The purpose of this publication is to help readers understand how Colorado finances its public elementary and secondary schools. The major focus is an explanation of the funding formula included in the Public School Finance Act of 1994, including amendments made to the act in 2019. Several illustrations are provided to help readers calculate funding under the formula.
This issue brief provides information about how to register a number on the Colorado and federal no-call lists; an overview of Colorado's regulation and enforcement of telemarketers; an explanation of which calls are not subject to telemarketing laws; and a summary of federal provisions regarding telemarketing.
This issue brief provides an overview of consumer data privacy, describes applicable federal laws, and summarizes recent state legislation proposed to strengthen consumer data privacy laws.
The Colorado State Forest Service has designed this plan to provide a road map for improving forest health across Colorado in the coming decade. Major forest types in Colorado can be categorized by the dominant overstory vegetation; these include conifer-hardwood, conifer, mixed conifer, hardwood (primarily aspen), lodgepole pine, oak shrubland, piñon-juniper, ponderosa pine, riparian and spruce-fir.
Colorado's creative economy is robust and growing. This report examines the scale, scope, and growth of the creative economy statewide offering details regarding employment trends and sales revenue over a nine-year period from 2010 to 2019.
Pollution prevention strategies at bakeries not only help the environment. They also can increase efficiency, reduce waste and improve your bottom line.
Coronavirus (COVID-19) has impacted almost every aspect of society, including the criminal justice system, leaving crowded courts, prisons and jails especially susceptible to the outbreak. This memorandum provides an overview of how courts and other sectors of the criminal justice system in Colorado are handling this public health emergency.
This memorandum provides an overview of federal, state, and local programs to assist small business owners and employees in Colorado during the economic instability caused by the coronavirus (COVID-19). In order to qualify for assistance programs as a small business, a business must meet certain size standards that vary according to the program. The size standards may include a maximum number of employees and maximum average annual business receipts or revenue.
During this pandemic, the State is working to make life as sustainable as possible, while ensuring we do not surpass our public health and health care capacities. Carefully maintaining the effective reproductive or R number at or below 1 helps prevent the exponential spread of the COVID-19 virus. Different levels of "openness" that are standardized at the county level will help maintain this delicate balance.
Using data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), I look at the intersection of the unemployment provisions of the CARES Act, Colorado's unemployment insurance (UI) scheme, and the Colorado labor market.
