Oct 22, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Research
Although September job growth was lower than what is needed to achieve a full recovery by January 2023, adjusted for population growth, Colorado reached an important recovery milestone last month. For the first time since the start of the pandemic, the labor force participation rate for Colorado mothers exceeded its pre-pandemic level.
Oct 12, 2021 | 2021 Research, Ballot Issues, Featured, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Ordinance 304, Taxes
Ordinance 304 or the “Enough Taxes Already” ballot initiative proposes to cut the City of Denver’s sales tax from 4.81% to 4.5% and impose a cap at the latter rate.
Oct 5, 2021 | 2021 Research, Ballot Issues, Featured, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Proposition 120, Taxes
Proposition 120 – “Property Tax Assessment Rate Reduction” proposes to permanently reduce the statewide property tax assessment rate for several classes of property.
Sep 29, 2021 | 2021 Research, Education, Featured, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research
If Colorado is to have a substantive public discourse about how to improve educational outcomes, there needs to be a common understanding of how K-12 public education is funded in the state. This study analyzes statewide and regional trends in K-12 revenues and spending over the past decade to help ground conversations in facts.
Sep 17, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured, Featured Research, Jobs & Our Economy, Recent Research, Research
In April 2020, Colorado lost over 360,000 jobs, experienced the worst month of economic performance in its history, and launched into a deep and abiding recession. A little over a year later, the latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) show that, though Colorado’s workforce has already endured the worst of the recession and is ahead of pace to recover fully by 2023, much progress remains to be made.
Sep 14, 2021 | 2021 Research, Featured Research, Housing & Our Community, Jobs & Our Economy, Ordinance 303, Recent Research
This November, Denver voters face two ballot measures related to homelessness: Initiated Ordinance 303: “Let’s Do Better” and Referred Question 2B: Denver Housing and Sheltering System Bonds as part of the RISE GO Bond.
