Tag: Technology
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Colorado legislators wrap up special session to plug $800 million budget deficit
Colorado’s legislators on Tuesday wrapped up their work following a special session that sought to plug an $800 million budget deficit. They adopted a slew of tax measures intended to shore up state revenue and confirmed the governor’s authority to make spending reductions. But the legislators didn’t actually cut any spending themselves, despite the governor…
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In Boulder’s underground Media Archaeology Lab, a search for tech reckoning
BOULDER • Before stepping down into the basement of a brick cottage on the University of Colorado campus, I had been thinking about a book. It’s called “Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business,” published in 1985. It was written by Neil Postman, who thought deeply on the consequences of…
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2 more names added to Denver’s long mayoral candidate list
Two more Denverites have added their names to the pool of mayoral candidates: Robert Treta and Abass Yaya Bamba. The latest additions bring the total number of candidates to 24, more than the previous two elections combined according to city records. Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock is term limited after serving almost three terms, and…
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Crusoe acquires operating assets of Great American Mining
Denver-based Crusoe Energy Systems LLC bought the operating assets of Great American Mining of North Dakota, according to a news release. The move will help expedite Crusoe’s “Digital Flare Mitigation” business. “We value the relationships established by Great American Mining with oil and gas producers in the Bakken oil fields, and look forward to developing these…
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Colorado gaming division points to pandemic in regulation glitches
Colorado Division of Gaming officials early Tuesday responded to a critical audit from the Office of the State Auditor, saying the pandemic impacted its ability to roll out legalized sports betting in Colorado. The state auditor issued a scathing audit Monday of how the division regulated the first full year of legal sports betting in…
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Lone Tree student and first-ever Time Magazine ‘Kid of the Year’ joins battle against opioid addiction
Two years ago, a teenage scholar, scientist and inventor from Lone Tree created an anti-cyberbullying app that helped lead to her being named Time Magazine’s first-ever Kid of the Year for 2020. Now, having just completed her junior year in high school, Gitanjali Rao is using her science and technology skills to combat the opioid…
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Governor’s Citizenship Medal: Lockheed Martin honored for community impact
During the COVID-19 pandemic, Lockheed Martin employees have helped restore trails in state parks, manufactured personal protective equipment for people working on the front lines of the pandemic and provided online lessons in science, technology, engineering and math to Colorado students. The aerospace company will receive a Governor’s Citizenship Medal during a ceremony this week in…
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Colorado Springs lands top 10 ranking among best U.S. cities, topping Denver
Colorado Springs cracked the top 10 in the Milken Institute‘s annual best-performing cities list, placing ahead of both Denver and the Springs’ U.S. Space Command rival, Huntsville, Ala. The Springs is ranked ninth in the latest listing, up from 17th last year and the highest spot the city has reached in the 23 years the California-based…
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Colorado city ranks top 10 in ‘best-performing cities’ list
Colorado Springs cracked the Top 10 in the Milken Institute‘s annual best-performing cities list, placing ahead of both Denver and the Springs’ U.S. Space Command rival, Huntsville, Ala. The Springs is ranked ninth in the latest listing, up from 17th last year and the highest spot the city has reached in the 23 years the California-based…