On June 4, 2026, CSI released Administrative Growth, Student Decline, and Academic Performance in Colorado’s Public Schools. The report found that between the 2021-22 and 2025-26 school years, ...

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This major shift is largely attributable to Iowa’s shrinking 55 to 64 workforce following the pandemic. Table 1 displays the percentage change in number and share of the workforce before and after the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Madalyn Paltzik is the 2026 Jim Kolbe Junior Fellow at the Common Sense Institute. She is a high school student, researcher, and founder of FutureFund, a financial education platform designed to ...

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 ...

On November 3, 2026, City of Boulder voters will decide whether to impose a new annual excise tax on homes occupied for 183 days or fewer. Ballot Issue 2J would charge owners $4,000 per qualifying ...

What Colorado’s Health Plans Cover: Medicaid and Private Insurance Key Findings Of 88 medical service categories identified by CSI, Health… The Future of Hunting and Fishing in Colorado: What It Means ...