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Friday, April 26, 2013  Steve Fehl from the Pikes Peak Workforce Center says there are some very important things job seekers need to be aware of.

Wednesday, February 13, 2013  Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler says business filings were up in the last quarter of 2012.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012  Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems is laying off 75 workers at its blade factory in Brighton.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011  Legislative economists say a Colorado fund that pays out unemployment benefits should be solvent again in the coming fiscal year.

Friday, March 25, 2011  State officials say Colorado's unemployment rate rose to 9.3 percent in February, even though the state added 3,000 non-farm jobs.

Tuesday, November 23, 2010  Colorado added 7,100 jobs during October but that wasn't enough to cut the state's unemployment rate.

Monday, December 21, 2009  City officials say the workers will be hired locally and trained by IBM. The Armonk, N.Y.-based company is expanding customer-service related jobs, supported with $35,000 in sales and use tax rebates from Boulder.

Thursday, December 10, 2009  Gov. Bill Ritter said he will lay out his plan on Thursday for his program to help keep Colorado on the path to economic recovery.

Monday, December 07, 2009  In a forecast released Monday, CU-Boulder's Leeds School of Business predicts the state unemployment rate will rise from 7.3 percent at the end of 2009 to 8.1 percent for 2010. Wobbekind says the state should gain about 6,500 higher-paying professional and business service jobs in 2010, but the construction industry will recover more slowly.

Thursday, October 15, 2009  A national board set up to monitor stimulus spending plans to release a big report on direct federal spending by state on Thursday.

Monday, August 03, 2009  State officials say it's difficult to pinpoint the exact number of jobs created by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and that it's also hard to determine how many jobs have been saved.

Friday, December 05, 2008  Monarch opens, but how does this affect the economy?