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Colorado Springs cost of living highest since 2004
The cost of living in the Colorado Springs area rose in the first quarter to the highest level in more than 13 years when compared with the national average, according to a quarterly survey. Higher utility costs and gasoline prices lifted local costs to 97.7 percent of the national average in the first quarter, up…
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Colorado Springs cost of living highest since 2004
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The cost of living in the Colorado Springs area rose in the first quarter to the highest level in more than 13 years when compared with the national average, according to a quarterly survey. Higher…
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Survey: Colorado Springs hot job market ranks fifth among nation’s top 100 cities
The Colorado Springs job market will be among the best in the nation – tied with three other cities as the nation’s fifth best – during the third quarter, according to a survey by staffing giant ManpowerGroup. Manpower defines the best as those with the biggest difference between the percentage of local employers planning to…
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Survey: Colorado Springs hot job market ranks fifth among nation’s top 100 cities
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Springs job market will be among the best in the nation – tied with three other cities as the nation’s fifth best – during the third quarter, according to a survey by staffing giant ManpowerGroup. Manpower defines the best as those with the…
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WalletHub study ranks Colorado as nation’s fifth-best economy
Colorado ranked as the nation’s fifth-best economy in a ranking released Monday by the personal finance website WalletHub, trailing Washington, Utah, Massachusetts and California. Among individual components, Colorado ranked second in highest economic growth and lowest unemployment rate, fourth in most startup activity and fifth in highest median annual household income but third lowest in…
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WalletHub study ranks Colorado as nation’s fifth-best economy
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado ranked as the nation’s fifth-best economy in a ranking released Monday by the personal finance website WalletHub, trailing Washington, Utah, Massachusetts and California. Among individual components, Colorado ranked second in highest economic growth and…
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New tax incentives should help Colorado Springs-area ‘opportunity zones’
New tax incentives in eight “opportunity zones” in Colorado Springs and El Paso County should help struggling areas there, Colorado’s top economic development official said Tuesday in Colorado Springs. “One of the biggest things that I want to see happen is that this does not become an abused tax” incentive, said Stephanie Copeland, executive director…
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New tax incentives should help Colorado Springs-area ‘opportunity zones’
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save New tax incentives in eight “opportunity zones” in Colorado Springs and El Paso County should help struggling areas there, Colorado’s top economic development official said Tuesday in Colorado Springs. “One of the biggest things that…
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Colorado Springs Airport passenger numbers up 22.4 percent in February
Passengers numbers at the Colorado Springs Airport continued to climb in February due to big gains from American and Frontier Airlines, according to an airport report. The 62,973 passengers boarded on ongoing flights in February increased 22.4 percent from February 2017 with Frontier’s traffic up 65.8 percent to 19,606 to lead the airport’s six carriers…
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Colorado Springs area unemployment rate drops to 2.5 percent, lowest since at least 1990
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The booming Colorado Springs area job market set another milestone in April with a 2.5 percent unemployment rate, the lowest recorded by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in records beginning in 1990. The April…