Action Global News is headquartered in downtown Denver, and this is our home desk. Colorado’s economy is unusually varied for a state its size: aerospace and defense, energy, agriculture, outdoor recreation and tourism, a substantial startup and software scene along the Front Range, and a dense network of small, owner-run service businesses that make up most of its employers.
We cover that economy the same way we cover everything else: from the side of the people running the businesses. That means the cost of space and labor in Denver, the pressures on mountain-town employers, how local companies are adapting to AI search and changing customer habits, and the policy decisions at the Capitol and in city halls that affect what it costs to operate.
What we watch
Denver small business. Openings, closings, expansions and the costs behind them.
Front Range growth. Boulder, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs and the corridor between them.
Outdoor and tourism economy. Ski towns, public lands and the seasonal workforce.
State policy. Legislation and regulation that changes the cost of doing business in Colorado.
Live headlines on this page come from Colorado publishers, including The Colorado Sun, Denverite and Colorado Public Radio, and link back to them.