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Colorado credit unions not meeting current business lending caps | OPINION
PJ Wharton Randy Younger In rural Colorado, community banks are much more than businesses where residents deposit their money. (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); Often the financial backbone of these communities, these banks address the unique challenges present in rural areas and tailor their financial services to the local needs. This includes everything from seasonal loans to…
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Rand Paul introduces legislation to return power ‘back in the people’s hands’
Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) introduced the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act in the Senate on Thursday. His bill intended to take action to “put power back in the people’s hands instead of the administrative state,” read a press release about the bill. This specifically applies to the current process involving legislation…
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The ambitious and doomed The Brutalist
Some kinds of creativity are harder to capture on camera than others. Eureka moments are fairly easy to present in music or occasionally in art. Architecture can have its napkin sketch epiphanies, but the fundamental requirement of the profession is then to tweak these dreams to hold up floors and keep out rain, a process…
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The law of rule
What is it about the Wild West that keeps us coming back for more? Surely the popular appeal of the Western, on the page, on the stage, and on the screen, derives at least in part from prurience — the ever-present blood, guts, and sex on prominent display in an untamed land. On top of…
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Colorado Springs real estate market expected to remain flat in 2025
Colorado Springs’ residential and commercial markets are expected to largely remain flat in 2025 amid economic uncertainty and fluctuating mortgage and interest rates that have slowed home and property sales, but not mortgages or rents. Industry experts on Thursday presented on the state of the national, state and local real estate market at the 35th…
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King Soopers union employees in Pueblo set to strike
Union employees at two King Soopers stores in Pueblo will begin striking on Friday, though no strikes have yet been called in Colorado Springs, United Food and Commercial Workers International Union Local 7 announced. The Pueblo stores will join some 10,000 King Soopers workers across 77 stores in the greater Denver area who began striking…
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Some of homeless provider’s workers unionize, others reject organized labor
Efforts to unionize employees of one of Colorado’s largest homeless providers failed in area and succeeded in another. The Colorado Coalition for the Homeless, which provides homeless-related services, employs around 850 people. Two weeks ago, roughly 80 employees within the housing support services team — case managers, social works and clinical providers — voted to unionize with…
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Homeless task force in Loveland dissolves
A task force to curb homelessness in Loveland dissolved after the City Council indefinitely postponed a vote to rezone an old church into a 24/7 homelessness resource center and overnight shelter. The 63-year-old First Christian Church of Loveland filed an application to the city requesting a rezoning to allow it to operate a homeless resource…
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3 candidates now in running for Aurora City Council Ward I seat
Stephen Elkins, a product development manager and former Aurora city planner, announced his candidacy Monday for Aurora City Council’s Ward I seat that will be up for election in November. Elkins is one of three candidates to have announced a campaign for the council, which will have five positions up for election this year. Aurora…
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A voluntary waiver to prevent suicides? Colorado bill clears committee
A bill that would allow individuals struggling with suicidal thoughts to fill out a voluntary waiver temporarily prohibiting them from purchasing firearms has cleared a Senate committee. Senate Bill 34, sponsored by Fort Collins Democrats Sen. Cathy Kipp and Rep. Andrew Boesenecker, would allow people to voluntarily sign an electronic waiver authorizing the Colorado Bureau…