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Ibotta CEO warns impending Colorado AI law ‘makes us look like we don’t get it’
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Ibotta CEO warns impending Colorado AI law ‘makes us look like we don’t get it’

By Max Scheinblum | Business Den Feb. 1, 2026, could be the turning point for Colorado’s tech economy. That’s when SB205, a bill Gov. Jared Polis signed into law last May, goes into effect. The Consumer Protections for Artificial Intelligence legislation aims to proactively prevent consumer harm by regulating the use of “high-risk” artificial intelligence in “consequential decisions.” Those decisions include anything from school admissions to job applications to bank loans and insurance claims where AI systems help decide outcomes. The language of the law includes both the developers of the software and deployers of it, such as schools, city governments or businesses with over 50 employees. Leaders within the tech industry and outside of it, including some of the state’s l...
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In Covid-19 hangover, Colorado employers debate whether to require in-person work
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In Covid-19 hangover, Colorado employers debate whether to require in-person work

By Nicole Brady | Denver 7 News Five years since so many of us set up home offices during the COVID-19 pandemic, more employers are reevaluating remote and hybrid work arrangements. In February, Aurora City Council passed a resolution directing council-appointed city leaders to encourage full-time employees to work in person at least three days a week. A city council resolution states that in-person work “fosters collaboration, reduces isolation, and creates healthier boundaries between work and personal life.” The City of Denver and State of Colorado continue to allow hybrid work arrangements, despite downtown businesses owners saying economic activity has suffered. Governor Jared Polis’ office sent a statement to Denver7 saying its flexible work arrangement “helps the state recruit...
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Albertsons’ new CEO is Susan Morris, who began her grocer career in Colorado
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Albertsons’ new CEO is Susan Morris, who began her grocer career in Colorado

By Bernadette Berdychowski | The Denver Gazette Albertsons, the parent company of Safeway, will soon have a new CEO who's grocery career began in Denver.  The company's Chief Operating Officer Susan Morris will succeed Albertsons' current CEO Vivek Sankaran, the grocer announced Monday.  Sankaran plans to retire and Morris will take over May 1, Albertsons said in a news release. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Cañon City radio stations announce they are preparing to sign off in Fremont County
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Cañon City radio stations announce they are preparing to sign off in Fremont County

By BREEANNA JENT | The Gazette A popular Cañon City country radio station and its news/talk sister station will cease operations at the beginning of the new year. Nebraska-based Royal Gorge Broadcasting will close down both the 104.5 Star Country KSTY and news/talk 1400 KRLN radio stations on Jan. 1, according to a Dec. 23 written statement posted on Facebook pages for both stations and signed by “the staff.” The venerable KRLN serves Fremont County and started broadcasting on Aug. 15, 1947. KSTY, which serves Cañon City, Pueblo and the Colorado Springs area, first broadcast on June 1, 1975 as KRLN-FM. It was a country music station by 1991 and became KSTY on Dec. 30, 1994. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE GAZETTE
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Bass Pro to build a 130,000-square-foot store in Loveland
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Bass Pro to build a 130,000-square-foot store in Loveland

By Alexander Kirk | Denver Gazette, via 9News Bass Pro Shops is planning its sixth location in Colorado. The outdoor retail company is constructing a 130,000-square-foot Outdoor World store in Loveland. The store is located in the "Brands at the Ranch" mixed-use development, off Interstate 25 and Crossroads Boulevard, near the Larimer County Fairgrounds and Blue Arena. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE DENVER GAZETTE
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Aerospace company chooses Colorado over Utah for expansion
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Aerospace company chooses Colorado over Utah for expansion

By Tom Joyce | The Center Square A micro-satellite systems and infrastructure developer is expanding its operations into Littleton, Colorado. Astro Digital, a company founded in California nearly a decade ago, is building out in Colorado, Gov. Jared Polis and the Global Business Development Division of the Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade (OEDIT) announced Thursday morning. Astro Digital "provides end-to-end satellite mission support, including comprehensive satellite technology development and flight operations support for applications such as earth observation and communications," according to an OEDIT press release. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE CENTER SQUARE
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More than 400 Coloradans who work for UPS learn they are losing their jobs
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More than 400 Coloradans who work for UPS learn they are losing their jobs

By Jesse Sarles | CBS Colorado Hundreds of UPS workers in the Denver area will be looking for new jobs in the new year. The company made the announcement on Monday and said it's part of an effort to move into a workflow that involves more automation. UPS says it's going to temporarily close half of its facility in Commerce City while it makes changes. As a result, more than 400 people have learned they're losing their jobs. READ THE FULL STORY AT CBS COLORADO
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Legislators favor lighter touch to regulating business audits contracted by cities
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Legislators favor lighter touch to regulating business audits contracted by cities

By Ed Sealover | The Sum & Substance Given the options of taking an aggressive or conservative approach to combatting “trigger audits,” Colorado legislators appear to have chosen the latter. The Sales and Use Tax Simplification Task Force last week unanimously approved a bill for drafting that would require any that any third-party auditors contracted by cities maintain the same confidentiality with collected data that Colorado governments would use. It also will send a letter to the Colorado Department of Revenue calling on it to convene a task force to help increase the number of businesses using the existing SUTS tax-filing system — a change that it believes would boost compliance with state law. READ THE FULL STORY AT THE SUM & SUBSTANCE
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Natural Grocers says theft, safety issues behind closure of Colfax Avenue location in Denver
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Natural Grocers says theft, safety issues behind closure of Colfax Avenue location in Denver

By Tori Mason | CBS Colorado Natural Grocers will close its downtown Denver store at the corner of Colfax and Washington at the end of the month. The company says the decision was made after careful consideration of its operating challenges, including theft and safety issues. The store is located in a crime hotspot for the Denver Police Department. A Walmart further east on Colfax in Aurora also closed this year for issues related to crime. In a statement, Kemper Isely, Co-President of Natural Grocers, said: "We have been actively working to address the theft and safety issues impacting our store at Colfax and Washington for some time. Despite our investment in security and loss prevention strategies over the years, these factors have continued to challenge our ability t...
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National concerns leave Colorado biz leaders less confident in late ’24
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National concerns leave Colorado biz leaders less confident in late ’24

By Lucas High | BizWest Heading into the fourth quarter of 2024, Colorado business leaders are feeling less confident about the state of the economy. The University of Colorado Leeds Business Confidence Index for the final quarter of 2024 was down nearly four points from the preceding quarter, based largely on national-level issues such as next month’s presidential election and inflation.  The index figure heading into the fourth quarter was 46.7. An LBCI score — which is based on impressions of the state economy, national economy, industry sales, industry profits, industry hiring and capital expenditures — of 50 is neutral.  READ THE FULL STORY AT BIZWEST
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