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Iowa added 1,800 nonfarm jobs in September, with private-sector employment rising by 400 and government employment rising by 1,400. The BLS also revised August 2026 nonfarm employment downward by 200 ...

About one in eight American women, and roughly one in 755 men, will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Excluding skin cancers, it is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in ...

Nuclear power now qualifies as clean energy in Colorado, but it does not receive all the incentives available to renewable resources. HB25-1040 allows nuclear power to count toward the 2050 ...

Colorado gained 2,400 nonfarm jobs in September, reversing a loss of 300 jobs in August. Private-sector employment rose by 3,000 jobs while government employment fell by 600. The state’s unemployment ...

Inflation picked up again in the Pacific region in September, interrupting a brief period of price relief for consumers. After declining 0.16 percent between May and July, the Consumer Price Index for ...

Colorado lost a net total of 3,934 business establishments (28,121 births and 32,055 deaths). This amounts to two-thirds of an establishment per 1,000 people, which ranks 48th among U.S. states.

Arizona’s housing market continues to face a persistent imbalance between supply and demand, even as conditions have softened over the past year. CSI estimates the state faces an immediate need for 56 ...

CSI estimates that roughly 900,000 district residents, about one-third of the population, live more than five miles from any planned station. FasTracks, Colorado’s last major effort to expand ...

Now mostly free from the specter of COVID-19, Colorado’s public education system is still struggling: in 2025, enrollment fell for the fifth-straight year and student performance declined, reversing ...

New data from the U.S. Census Bureau shows Iowa’s population grew less in 2025 than the last two years, though it grew more than in most recent years. This slowdown in population growth raises fresh ...

Public education is the largest single line in Iowa’s state budget. Kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) spending alone accounts for roughly 52% of the state budget in FY 2027, or $4.8 billion.[i] ...