For the record, I’m in favor of the First Amendment guarantee of free speech, with the usual and, I should think, reasonable exceptions (the clichéd but relevant prohibition against yelling “fire” in a school or crowded theater or showing pornography in either venue, for example). I think it’s accurate to say no one in America, […]
It’s a common, albeit imprecise, complaint: Government regulations hurt the economy. However, the latest version of an annual report assigns a specific number to the collective cost of federal regulations, and it’s a whopper: nearly $1.9 trillion. According to an analysis from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, the compliance costs and economic effects of federal regulations […]
Leave it to entrepreneurs to envision new uses for an old facility. We’re talking specifically about Joe and Mita White and their efforts to turn a former feed mill in Grand Junction into an adventure center featuring a trampoline park, obstacle courses and climbing walls — not to mention Mita White’s Pilates studio. The Whites […]
Two important indicators are headed in opposition directions, which constitutes good news for the Mesa County economy. The monthly unemployment rate slipped another two-tenths of a point to retreat to 7.9 percent in March. That means the jobless rate has backed off four-tenths of a point from January, when the rate typically spikes to its […]
And sadly, you can say that again two ways: both for the folks who suffer and for our creditors. I’ve been saying for a long time what is just beginning to surface as a topic of conversation with western lawmakers as all things relate to the Bureau of Land Management, Forest Service, National Parks and […]
While most entrepreneurs would consider themselves fortunate to launch just one successful venture, there are others who make it a habit. They no sooner get one business up and running than they’re looking for the next opportunity. Jon Labrum, the latest winner of an annual entrepreneurship award presented in the Grand Valley, constitutes an excellent […]
Let freedom ring. Tax freedom, that is. The day when average Colorado residents will have earned enough money to pay their federal, state and local taxes will arrive on April 22. That’s a day after U.S. citizens will have stopped working for Uncle Sam and finally can start working for themselves. There’s no shortage of […]
Here’s hoping the good folks who handle his schedule will soon find time for Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper to attend a proposed economic roundtable in Western Colorado. What initially was scheduled as an April 23 meeting in Grand Junction won’t work, so how about another day? By the time this appears online, perhaps a date […]
“Shark Tank” has become an increasingly popular television show, attracting by one estimate more than 8 million viewers who tune in to watch entrepreneurs pitch their business plans to a group of moguls who then consider whether or not to invest in their operations. At a time when so-called “reality” television usually reflects anything but, […]
It’s doubtful it would have mattered much to the pro-lawsuit crowd in control of the Colorado Legislature, but a recent report by a Denver-based attorney who represents employers shows just how exacerbating House Bill 13-1136 will be for small business owners in defending themselves against an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint. House Bill 1136, […]