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• Public outcry grows over bonuses to city leaders Play Video

  April 18, 2013 9:48 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - Public outcry is growing over the lavish bonuses awarded to two members of Colorado Springs Mayor Steve Bach's inner circle. Laura Neumann, the mayor's Chief of Staff, and City Attorney Chris Melcher were both given $25,000 bonuses last year on top of their six figure salaries. ... more »

• City council wants a raise

  December 28, 2012 9:05 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS - Members of the Colorado City Council may ask voters next April for a substantial raise. News 5 obtained a copy of a draft ballot issued that would amend the City Charter to increase the pay of council members by the equivalent of 44 percent of the mayor's... more »

• Co lawmakers pay could be in trouble

  March 7, 2012 6:21 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Colorado lawmakers would have to forgo their pay and benefits if they don't agree on a budget on time under a proposal that gets its first hearing in the state Senate. Democratic Senate President Brandon Shaffer, the bill sponsor, says the idea is a popular one with... more »

• State of Colorado moves to online pay stubs

  January 11, 2012 6:25 AM

  DENVER (AP) - The governor's office says Colorado will save an estimated $60,000 per year by having state employees access their pay stubs online instead of sending them pay stubs printed out on paper. The state started issuing paperless pay stubs to some employees in late November. The governor's office... more »

• Tax Amnesty for Colorado Tax Payers

  November 12, 2011 8:26 AM

  DENVER (AP) - Taxpayers who are behind on their taxes have until Tuesday to pay up and avoid penalties under the state's tax amnesty program. Under the Colorado Department of Revenue's program, most delinquent tax payers can avoid penalties and pay half the interest on past due taxes. ... more »

• One CEO has pay drop to $10.9 million

  September 23, 2011 8:26 PM

  Archer Daniels Midland Co. says it paid its CEO $10.9 million for its most recent fiscal year, a 1 percent cut, even though she met or exceeded most of her targets. The seller of products from animal feed to supply chain management and financial services, ADM said Friday that it... more »

• Pay day switch leave some county employees feeling short changed

  February 22, 2011 5:13 PM

  Fremont County employees will have their payday changed in April and many workers are worried the switch will leave them short changed. County Manager George Sugars says the move has to do with timing. All 300 county employees are currently paid every other Friday for hours turned in the... more »

• Free recycling no longer available in Pueblo

  December 28, 2010 2:00 PM

  You can no longer recycle in Pueblo for free. Today the Pueblo City-County Health Department removed public recycling bins located in Pueblo and Pueblo West. The bins have been in place since 2003. They were funded by a grant from the Colorado Department of Health and Environment, but the... more »

• House to consider Jobs Bill

  August 10, 2010 8:32 AM

  House Democrats are convening an emergency session to pass a bill aimed at saving hundreds of thousands of teachers and other public workers from unemployment. The one-day session Tuesday also may address another issue that will be on voters' minds this November - lax border security - with passage... more »

• Backers push for Strong Mayor in Colorado Springs

  August 3, 2010 3:15 PM

  Backers of a Strong Mayor form of government in Colorado Springs submitted signatures Tuesday to get the issue on the November ballot. The group needs 25,091 valid signatures to make the ballot. The petitions submitted have 36,305. If voters approve the Strong Mayor proposal the position of City... more »

• Calif. court sides with Schwarzenegger on pay

  July 2, 2010 3:39 PM

  A California appellate court has sided with Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger in his move to pay state workers minimum wage. The governor made the move late Thursday involving 200,000 state workers to send a signal to California lawmakers in the impasse over closing California's $19 billion budget deficit. The Legislature's deadline... more »

• Oil giant BP picks up tab for Durango fireworks

  July 2, 2010 11:17 AM

  The fireworks display in the city of Durango will go on thanks to embattled oil giant BP. The company stepped forward to pay for the annual July Fourth display back in December, five months before the start of its oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The display typically costs... more »

• Proposed new rules for college recruitment

  June 16, 2010 8:30 AM

  Colleges would no longer be allowed to pay recruiters for students or engage in aggressive or misleading recruitment under proposed new federal regulations that target the practices of for-profit colleges. The proposed new Department of Education rules are to be announced Wednesday. They apply to all colleges but are... more »

• Geithner: AIG has other options to repay bailout

  June 2, 2010 4:24 PM

  Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner is looking past the collapse of an American International Group deal to sell off a subsidiary, saying the insurance giant has other options for paying back its $182 billion government bailout. Geithner was speaking to reporters after Prudential PLC, a British company, said it was backing... more »

• Paying for the peaks: hiking charges considered

  May 17, 2010 8:24 AM

  Hikers who tackle some of Colorado's highest peaks could soon face a toll beyond the physical. The federal government is considering charging hikers up to $20 to access popular mountaintops. The U.S. Forest Service says it will consider permit fees to cover trail improvements at some of Colorado "fourteeners"... more »

• Walsenburg City Council pay goes up more than 600 percent

  March 29, 2010 7:20 PM

  When four new Walsenburg city council members were sworn in two months ago, they got a huge pay raise.  They'd been making up to $900 a year, if they attended all meetings.  Now they can make up to $6,000.  "We're not proud of the fact that we got a raise... more »

• Health reform to cover hefty charity care expenses

  March 26, 2010 7:46 PM

  The health care reform is suppose to save hospitals tens of millions of dollars each year. Right now, the major hospitals in Southern Colorado treat patients, even if they don't have insurance and it's running up a big tab. The cost for treating the uninsured and under insured is... more »

• Study: Despite laws, women earn less than men

  March 8, 2010 1:03 PM

  A global trade union says women with children still face major career and pay obstacles. In a report released Monday, the International Trade Union Confederation says women with children earn almost a third less than men and still face too many career obstacles. Diana Holland, chair of the ITUC's Women's... more »

• Recession takes toll on university president pay

  January 18, 2010 10:39 AM

  A new survey says chief executives of colleges and universities are feeling the effects of the recession in their paychecks. The survey by the Chronicle of Higher Education suggests a string of large annual pay increases for school presidents is coming to a halt. The survey showed compensation packages... more »

• Pueblo County's elected officials agree to salary cuts

  December 8, 2009 9:55 PM

  All ten elected officials in Pueblo County have agreed to take salary cuts as part of the 2010 budget. This comes after County Commissioners approved 12 mandatory furlough days for all county employees in 2010. Salaries for elected officials are set by the state legislature, which means they are... more »

• Medical Records Technician - Fort Carson

  October 29, 2009 12:31 PM

  Codes disease and injury diagnoses, acuity of care, and procedures in a wide range of ambulatory settings and specialties including special DOD codes. Apply before November 9th. Click here to apply Starting pay range: $38,100 - $49,500 more »

• Soldiers accused in marriage scam for benefits

  October 27, 2009 11:14 AM

  Sgt. Jason Hawk and his bride met for the first time when he picked her up at a bus stop near his Army base a day before their wedding. Prosecutors say the speedy romance was echoed by a fast honeymoon: Ayna Ivanova returned to New York soon after. Two... more »