Economy Archives | Denver Westword https://westword-dev-wpvip.md-staging.com The Leading Independent News Source in Denver, Colorado Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:56:37 +0000 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 17:56:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 Copyright 2026 Westword. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Westword readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Westword. letters@westword.com (Westword Editor) web@voicemediagroup.com (Westword Webmaster) https://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss https://westword-dev-wpvip.md-staging.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/09/general-feed-rss.jpg Denver Westword The Leading Independent News Source in Denver, Colorado https://westword-dev-wpvip.md-staging.com 144 90 Colorado Marijuana Sales Fell for Fourth Straight Year in 2025 https://westword-dev-wpvip.md-staging.com/news/colorado-marijuana-sales-fell-fourth-straight-year-2025-40842592/ https://westword-dev-wpvip.md-staging.com/?p=40842592 Thomas Mitchell https://westword-dev-wpvip.md-staging.com/news/colorado-marijuana-sales-fell-fourth-straight-year-2025-40842592/#respond Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:56:36 -0700

The first green zone appears to have dried up.

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Amid housing crisis, vacancy rates in some mountain counties exceed 50 percent.

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Outdoor cannabis accounts for a small slice of Colorado herb and costs about half the price of indoor, but both carry the same tax rate.

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Large properties that once housed Big Lots, Safeway, Starbucks and Walgreens sit empty, but there are plans for some of them.

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Prices and urgency are down for Denver metro renters, while vacancies and landlord concessions are up.

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Why did DOTI go solo with Veo when the city has one of the country's most successful and equitable scooter programs?

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Colorado saw 5,612 layoffs last year, up 55 percent from 2023.

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Twenty new Colorado laws took effect January 1. The arguments started long before that.

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The Mile High City has the second-highest rate of houses being taken off the market.

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Recent election results suggest this state's voters might support programs that help the most vulnerable families.

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