Tag: Gas Prices
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Denver gas prices fall for Thanksgiving week
Here’s something to be thankful for during this Thanksgiving week: falling gas prices. And Santa may deliver even lower prices by Christmas. Average gasoline prices in Denver fell 10 cents per gallon in the last week and averaged $3.22 a gallon Monday, according to GasBuddy’s survey of gas stations in Denver. The area’s gas prices…
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Denver employment remains steady and diverse, experts say
Colorado’s unemployment rate, 3.4%, has stayed just lower than the national average, currently 3.5%, for months. Two experts weighed in recently on how Colorado’s economy has passed the recovery phase from the pandemic, and how it seems ready to weather a potential recession storm. The two are Jared Bernstein, a member of President Joe Biden’s…
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Denver Metro Chamber leaders blast possible EPA rules that would hike gas prices
Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce officials and business leaders on Thursday singled out the biggest issues impacting businesses in 2022, including “economically damaging” Environmental Protection Agency rules that will come down on Colorado soon over air quality standards, construction defect laws that business leaders say are ineffective and don’t prevent lawsuits in condominium developments and…
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Polis applauds Biden’s call to suspend federal gas tax: ‘I would dare anyone to oppose’
Gov. Jared Polis on Wednesday applauded President Joe Biden for urging the U.S. Congress to suspend the federal gas tax to fight record-high gas prices. Biden’s administration announced the call-to-action Wednesday, requesting that Congress suspend the federal gas tax for three months, through September. He also called on states to take similar action, such as…
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Report: Denver lodging bounces back, but lags behind national recovery
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Metro Denver’s hotels saw a strong first quarter, marching – slowly but surely – to pre-pandemic occupancy levels, according to an industry report from real estate giant CBRE. But the recovery remains behind the national average – largely because of the influx of all the newly-constructed, higher-priced…
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Tourism outlook: Pent-up travel demand will boost visitor numbers in the Pikes Peak region
Colorado Springs tourism leaders are optimistic that visitors will return to the Pikes Peak region in near-record numbers as the two-year-old COVID-19 pandemic fades from view. Officials believe Americans are ready to take vacations after two years of trying to avoid infection, and they are spending heavily to bring those visitors to the region. Visit…
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EDITORIAL: Inflation hurts the poor, as the wealthy drink lattes
A popular meme tells Americans to stop fussing about inflation. Variations are rampant on social and legacy media platforms. We hear the message from politicians and pundits throughout the free world. Here’s a Facebook version shared Tuesday by our friend and colleague, the venerable Harvard graduate and syndicated columnist Ruben Navarrette — a man who…
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Colorado gas prices surge, national prices hit highest since October 2019
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Denver gas prices hit six-month high
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Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver gas prices — averaging $2.388 a gallon on Monday — hit a six-month high, according to online price tracker GasBuddy.com. Monday’s average was the highest since late July and up nearly 8 cents in…
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National gas prices rising to pre-pandemic averages; Colorado prices still down
After nearly a year of cheaper year-over-year gas, national prices are on course to rise above 2020 levels this week, according to AAA. Currently sitting at $2.42 per gallon, the national gas price average is only 5 cents cheaper than this time last year and has already surpassed 2019 prices. However, Colorado’s $2.33 per gallon…