On St. Patrick’s Day, the Legislature was presented with some not so welcome news from staff of the Governor’s Office and Legislative revenue forecasters – the budget outlook leaves a hole for ...

Colorado’s electricity sector is on the brink of rapid transformation. Driven by policy and propelled by new technologies and innovations, a large expansion to electricity generation is set to ...

Regrettably, the Common Sense Institute (CSI) Homebuyers Misery Index, which measures effective homebuying costs, has worsened across many parts of the Denver metro since the last CSI quarterly ...

Education and workforce alignment refers to the coordination and harmonization of educational programs and training with the needs of the labor market. It means ensuring the skills and knowledge ...

In Colorado, there are 178 school districts. To provide more localized educational data and statistics, the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) divides the state into 10 geographic regions. CDE ...

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 ...

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Arizona’s housing market remains supply constrained, even as more recent data shows a rising gap between sellers and buyers in the current market. Home prices in Greater Phoenix through Q1 2025 have ...

The housing market in Arizona remains tight and while homebuilding has picked up recently, the pace of permitting remains too slow and the supply of existing homes too low to bring prices down ...

Arizona’s housing market continued to cool through the second quarter of the year as buyers remain on the sidelines. According to several measures, home prices in Greater Phoenix through Q2 2025 have ...

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 ...

CSI estimates that the price of consumer natural gas per Mcf was $0.59 higher in 2023 than it would have been in the absence of new policy. On average over the previous 15 years, the consumer price of ...