Colorado’s new minimum wage means raises for child care workers and tuition increases for parents

“I don’t know how much more parents can pay,” said Diane Price, who heads a nonprofit network of seven centers in Colorado Springs.

Economic report paints grim picture of Colorado’s rapidly growing industries

Bell Policy Center expects to release its findings about wage stagnation and other factors squeezing Colorado workers Friday in its new Guide to Economic Mobility in Colorado report

Wages can’t keep up with housing costs in Denver, putting both workers and employers in tight spots

"The balance between costs of housing in the city and wages… those two are grossly out of line."

Legislature erupts into shouts and accusations over negotiations on major bills

Colorado minimum wage increase: Will restaurants pass on the cost or suck it up?

Minimum-wage workers in Colorado will get a voter-approved raise in January, but where their additional cents will come from still remains to be seen.

37 under $12 per hour: the lowest paying jobs in Denver

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, these professions earn, on average, less than $12 an hour.

Amendment 70: Colorado votes to raise the minimum wage

Amendment 70: What you need to know about the minimum wage increase

Amendment 70 would gradually increase Colorado's minimum wage to $12 an hour by 2020, with annual cost-of-living increases after that.

Colorado one of 5 states to vote on minimum wages as federal wage stalls

Founder of Zoe Ma Ma restaurant argues for a minimum wage increase

Edwin Zoe, owner of Chinese restaurants in Denver and Boulder, took to Facebook to ask for support on Amendment 70.

Polling: Minimum wage is likely to pass and ColoradoCare is going down

Louisville-based Magellan Strategies dropped some insight Wednesday into four statewide measures on the November ballot.

Colorado’s 2016 ballot measures: The always up-to-date guide

Here's what's on the ballot and what's still awaiting approval from the Colorado Secretary of State's Office.

Colorado authorities are investigating forged signatures again, this time on the minimum wage proposal

Colorado’s minimum wage measure will be on the November ballot

The Secretary of State's Office confirmed there are enough valid signatures.

Deadline looms for Colorado ballot measures

Deadline looms for Colorado ballot measures

Coloradans will get to vote on a $12 an hour minimum wage

Colorado Families for a Fair Wage submitted 200,000 signatures to the Colorado Secretary of State this week to put a higher minimum wage on the ballot.

You’ll pay a lot more if you accidentally walk into a free-standing emergency department

A study released this week by the Center for Improving Value in Healthcare found that free-standing ERs have run up big bills for unsuspecting patients.

Working mothers in Denver discuss why minimum wage isn’t working for them

Five working mothers discussed their struggles working for minimum wage, often without paid sick leave, in a Denver that has experienced a 13.6 percent increase in the cost of living in the last five years.