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Colorado Cracking Down On Unemployment Fraud
DENVER (CBS4)- Colorado is cracking down on people who are taking advantage of the unemployment benefits system. The Department of Labor said fraud has increased along with the number of claims. A new...
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Colorado Democrat, Republican Weigh In On New Campaign Ads
DENVER (CBS4)– Republicans and Democrats agree that something needs to be done about job growth but disagree on how that will be accomplished. Both weigh in on the latest political ads making waves on...
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Opinion: Democratic Party’s Lies And Spins
Watching the political arena for the past week has been terribly frustrating for a sane, logical thinker – and hopefully this includes nearly all Americans. The blatant lies and the desperate spins...
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Opinion: 7.8% Unemployment Rate Is Questionable
While Americans want the unemployment rate to drop and the economy to improve, there is a severe contradiction regarding the positive unemployment report released Friday which says that the...
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Opinion: A Few Brave Newspapers Endorse Romney Fighting Tide Of Liberal Press
While many newspaper endorsements of the presidential candidates are expected to be for one candidate or the other due to the newspapers’ past affiliations and endorsements of the candidates’...
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Officials Crack Down On Colorado Child Care Employers
DENVER (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor says it has uncovered serious violations of minimum wage laws in Colorado’s child care industry. Officials say they conducted more than 100 investigations of...
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CBS4 Investigates Unemployment Benefits Going To The Wealthy
DENVER (CBS4) – Among the hundreds of thousands of Coloradans who applied for unemployment last year were a handful of people who made more than $100,000 at the time they were laid off. When CBS4’s...
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ATF Takes Over Colorado Avalanche Blast Probe
GEORGETOWN, Colo. (CBS4/AP) — Federal investigators are trying to determine why an avalanche shell exploded Monday while state workers were trying to fire a round up a hillside to clear chasms filled...
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Hickenlooper Plans To Address Long-Term Unemployed
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — Colorado’s unemployment rate is below the national average, but tens of thousands of residents have been unable to find a job for more than six months — an issue Gov....
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House Panel OKs Making Wage-Theft Findings Open To Public
DENVER (AP) — For about a century, any finding by Colorado labor officials that an employer cheated his or her workers on wages has been considered a trade secret that’s off-limits to the public. That...
View ArticleJob Openings Matches Number Of Unemployed For First Time In Decades
WASHINGTON, DC (CBS Local) – The U.S. job market reached a historic marker in March as the number of available jobs reportedly equaled the number of unemployed workers for the first time in two...
View ArticleMeat Producer Agrees To $4 Million Payment To Settle Labor Claims
GREELEY, Colo. (AP) – The U.S. branch of the world’s largest meat producer will pay $4 million in back wages and other monetary relief as part of a consent decree settling allegations by federal labor...
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