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There was little sign of spring across a large swath of the U.S. Midwest on Sunday as a powerful storm dumped heavy snow across a widespread area.
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DENVER-- Citing Colorado's slain prisons chief, the state House shifted money to the state parole system Thursday as it approved a $20.5 billion budget for next year. The House voted to add nearly $500,000 for more parole officers in the wake of the shooting death of Department of Corrections Director Tom Clements.
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DENVER-- Colorado would join more than two dozen states with a local version of the federal earned income tax credit under a proposal approved Wednesday in a state Senate committee. The bill would make permanent the Colorado earned income tax credit, to be phased in starting next year, and also would create a Colorado child tax credit.
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From Colorado to Connecticut, a handful of very different states have advanced new gun control laws over opposition that has made such legislation a struggle nationally and a non-starter in most legislatures. All three helped drive new gun control measures in New York, Colorado and in Connecticut, where Gov.
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DENVER-- Two gun rights groups worked on political attack mailers in Colorado that showed a gay couple from New Jersey kissing, according to claims in a federal lawsuit Wednesday.
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NEW YORK-- A Raymond James analyst upgraded four restaurant chains Wednesday, citing falling prices for ingredients and a return to more normal consumer demand levels in recent weeks after a weak February. Analyst Bryan Elliott upgraded Brinker International, which owns Chili's, to "Outperform" from "Market Perform."
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DENVER-- Authorities are investigating after construction crews discovered a problem with a liquid gas pipeline that allowed a carcinogen to seep into the ground near a large creek that feeds into the Colorado River. "It's possible that we've narrowly dodged a bullet this time," said Michael Saul, with the National Wildlife Federation.
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DENVER-- A federal agency has fined Chesapeake Energy Corp. $765,000 over accusations that it knowingly misstated sales volumes on its oil and gas royalty reports. Chesapeake spokesman Jim Gipson said Tuesday the company plans to request a hearing on the penalty and doesn't believe it willfully submitted inaccurate reports.
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WASHINGTON-- The Senate gun control debate on the near horizon, a National Rifle Association- sponsored report on Tuesday proposed a program for schools to train selected staffers as armed security officers.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of kidney dialysis provider DaVita HealthCare Partners Inc. rose Tuesday after Medicare said it does not expect to cut payments for the popular Medicare Advantage program in 2014..
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DENVER-- A Colorado proposal to hike oil and gas drilling fines for the first time in more than 50 years has advanced in the state Legislature. The House Finance Committee voted 7-5 to hike drilling fines from a maximum $1,000 a day to a maximum $15,000 a day. The Colorado Oil& Gas Association testified that fines are indeed due for an update.
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DENVER-- Biofuel Energy Corp. is exploring strategic options, including potentially selling one or both of its ethanol plants, after receiving a notice of default from lenders. Denver- based Biofuel Energy said Tuesday that it has engaged Piper Jaffray& Co. as its financial adviser to help it explore its options.
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NEW YORK, March 26- By one measure, the U.S. housing market turned a significant corner early this year: Prices are on the rise everywhere. Definitely we're seeing more evidence of a rebirth of the housing market, "index co-creater and Yale economics professor Robert Shiller told Reuters Insider."
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NEW YORK, March 26- By one measure, the U.S. housing market turned a significant corner early this year: Prices are on the rise everywhere. "Definitely we're seeing more evidence of a rebirth of the housing market," index co-creater and Yale economics professor Robert Shiller told Reuters Insider. "
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NEW YORK, March 26 Fitch Ratings has assigned initial credit ratings to Forest City Enterprises, Inc. as follows:. --Bank revolving credit facility' BB-';. FCE's leverage was high at 11.9 x for the nine months ended Oct. 31, 2012.
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March 26- Standard& Poor's on Tuesday released its Standard& Poor's/Case-Shiller home price index for January. NOT SEASONALLY SEASONALLY ADJUSTED ADJUSTED.
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There was little sign of spring across a large swath of the U.S. Midwest on Sunday as a powerful storm dumped heavy snow across a widespread area.
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The storm was part of the same system that blanketed parts of Colorado and northwest Kansas with heavy snowfall on Saturday, said Ariel Cohen, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
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The weather system forced the cancellations of more than 100 flights in and out of Denver International Airport on Saturday and blowing and drifting snow closed several roads in Colorado, including Interstate 70 in both directions east of Denver to the Kansas state line.
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Baseball-sized hail was reported in northern Florida, along with possible tornadoes, while heavy snow in Colorado and Kansas delayed flights and shut down part of Interstate-70. A crash involving up to 50 vehicles closed part of Interstate-25 near Loveland, Colorado, north of Denver.
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Baseball-sized hail was reported in northern Florida, along with possible tornadoes, while heavy snow in Colorado and Kansas delayed flights and shut down part of Interstate-70. A crash involving up to 50 vehicles closed part of Interstate-25 near Loveland, Colorado, north of Denver.