Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Financial support for two economic development efforts could shrink under proposed cuts in the Mesa County budget for 2014. The Grand Junction Economic Partnership and Business Incubator Center both could experience cuts under a budget that calls for a 5.2 percent overall reduction in spending that anticipates reduced sales and […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Six candidates vying for election to the Mesa County District 51 School Board agree on the role of public education in preparing students for the work force and college. But they disagree on the specifics of the process — and to what extent District 51 has experienced success in achieving […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Even as one energy company discontinues oil shale research in Western Colorado, industry observers hold out hope for development of a potentially vast energy resource. Shell Oil Co. announced it’s shutting down its Mahogany Project after spending tens of millions of dollars and more than 30 years in developing sophisticated […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Esther George disagrees with a decision by the Federal Reserve to continue an economic stimulus program despite signals the Fed would begin tapering off that program. George, president and chief executive officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, said she was a holdout on the Federal Open Market […]
Regardless of whether or not the federal government shutdown has ended or continues to drag on, I suspect a vast majority of Americans can’t tell the difference. Unless you have a federal government job that hasn’t been deemed “essential” or find yourself climbing over gates the feds spent money to erect around certain national sites […]
The moral indignation expressed by most members of the Democratic Party over the latest episode of looming debt ceiling conflicts is fun to watch. The fabricated anger at GOP insistence on conditioning the habitual increase in the legal federal debt limit on doing something to try to reduce the need for raising it again in […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times Hydraulic fracturing hasn’t caused a single documented case of groundwater contamination, but has resulted in a dramatic increase in domestic energy production. It’s important to consider the facts about “fracking” in an increasingly contentious debate because opponents have resorted to misinformation to provoke public antagonism and influence public policy, said […]
I suppose that whatever eventually comes of the entire Syria mess, we’ll at least have been treated to the surreal spectacle of John Kerry and other erstwhile peaceniks suddenly subscribing to many of the ideas they found so offensive when, once upon a time, they were applied in opposition to communism or Saddam Hussein. It […]
Kelly Sloan, The Business Times With more provisions of federal health care reform legislation scheduled to take effect next year and key deadlines approaching fast, business owners and managers are asking questions about how the law will affect their operations. A Western Colorado coalition set out to provide some answers during a day-long meeting in […]
New York lies once again at the center of a controversy commanding national attention. This time, it’s not (just) Anthony Wiener’s eccentric cell phone use that’s catching the nation’s attention, but something with more serious implications. Federal district judge Shira A. Scheindlin managed to arrive at the decision the NYPD stop-and-frisk — more accurately called […]