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The latest economic forecast from the Leeds School of Business at the University of Colorado Boulder predicts a slow but steady 2026. Some industries are expected to have a tougher time than others.

The federal vocational program for young adults avoided closures by the Trump administration, but now Congress could slash funds for centers in Arizona, Idaho, New Mexico and Wyoming.

The job market in Colorado and around the country is pitting AI generators against AI filters and leaving real workers and hiring managers feeling trapped in the middle. Listen to "Morning Edition" host Michael Lyle, Jr. discuss this story with Colorado Sun reporter Tamara Chuang and then read the entire article at the link below.

Colorado’s job growth is weaker than economists predicted, thanks to a major federal data revision.

A second federal judge ruled the vocational program can keep going, for now.

This comes as the vocational and high school program for youth with low incomes is caught in the crosshairs of a legal battle.

The federally funded program has offered at-risk teens a career pipeline for more than 60 years. The White House is calling it a ‘failed experiment.’

New research shows that job growth in our region has been faster in areas with serious wildfire danger, a trend that raises the prospect of serious economic fallout from major blazes.

As nuclear waste piles up at power plants around the country, many states are aggressively fighting plans for new storage facilities. But Northwest Colorado is quietly opening the door to the idea. On this special edition of In The NoCo, we hear why some people like the idea of what nuclear waste storage could do for northwest Colorado’s economy – and why others are dead set against it.

Cañon City in southern Colorado is still dealing with the fallout of radioactive contamination from decades ago. A nuclear waste watchdog group wants communities that are considering partnering with the government on future waste storage plans to have the full picture of the energy cycle and its history.