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• US jobs gap between young and old is widest ever

  February 9, 2012 4:28 AM

  WASHINGTON (AP) - A new survey of attitudes finds a significant number of Americans believe that younger adults have been hit harder than any other group by the tight job market. The Pew survey finds that 41 percent of Americans believe young adults have taken the biggest recession hit,... more »

• District seeks opinions on bus fee proposal

  January 18, 2012 6:41 PM

  Lewis Palmer School District 38 in Monument is the latest district in our area to consider charging students for bus rides. The district is currently gathering input about the plan which would tentatively begin in the 2012-2013 school year. Anyone in the Monument area is encouraged to vote in... more »

• Marijuana legalization effort advances Play Video

  December 17, 2011 11:39 PM

  Colorado voters will be deciding in November whether the state should become the first to completely legalize marijuana. This week, the group Sensible Colorado announced that they have collected enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot. Bob Wiley is a local spokesperson for the group. He says... more »

• County wants to know your opinion

  July 25, 2011 9:20 PM

  The decision makers within the various government offices of El Paso County want to know how citizens feel about the value they receive for their tax dollars and where they would rate the county as a place to live. These questions are among a list of inquiries posted in... more »

• Survey: Americans more accepting of risque tunes

  July 13, 2011 5:06 PM

  NEW YORK (AP) - A new survey shows Americans are increasingly accepting of musicians who sing potentially offensive lyrics. The survey conducted for the First Amendment Center and released Wednesday found that two-thirds of Americans agree that musicians should be allowed to sing songs with lyrics that some might... more »

• Health care costs rising; who's picking up the tab? Play Video

  June 25, 2011 11:52 PM

  Rising health care costs are nothing new, but the break down of who's paying for the insurance benefits -- between employers and employees -- continues to shift. "As health care costs rise, the employer is paying more and the employee is paying more," says Kim Koy, director of the... more »

• Health care costs rising; who's picking up the tab?

  June 25, 2011 6:05 PM

  Rising health care costs are nothing new, but the break down of who's paying for the insurance benefits -- between employers and employees -- continues to shift. The Mountain States Employers Council just finished a survey of businesses in Colorado, and they found many employers are still carrying a... more »

• Police conducts citizen survey

  March 22, 2011 6:49 PM

  Over the next several weeks, the Colorado Springs Police Department will be conducting a citizen survey. A professional survey company will be randomly calling households in Colorado Springs, and asking a variety of questions relating to crime in the community, safety issues and police response. This survey will assist... more »

• Research firm studies teen pregnancy in Pueblo Play Video

  February 14, 2011 7:10 PM

  A new study is underway in Pueblo to find out why the city has one of highest teen pregnancy rates in the state. It's costing taxpayers millions as many young moms struggle to finish high school. The health department has now hired a research firm to study why its such... more »

• Click, click flush ... study says many Facebook users update from the loo Play Video

  February 6, 2011 12:24 PM

  Ah modern life. According to a new study by the digital media company AIS Media, nearly a 1/3 of all Facebook users say they've visited social networking site from the bathroom. Among the 27 percent who admit to checking their status from the throne, more than half were women... more »

• Input invited on next Education Commissioner

  January 14, 2011 6:42 PM

  The State Board of Education is looking for help in selecting a new commissioner of education for Colorado. The public is invited to take a survey online to determine what values a new commissioner should have. Click here to take the survey. The survey will be posted... more »

• Survey predicts growth in Colorado

  January 3, 2011 1:52 PM

  DENVER (AP) - A survey of supply managers suggests the economies of Colorado, Utah and Wyoming will expand in the months ahead, with the strongest growth coming in Wyoming. The Goss Institute for Economic Research said Monday that the business conditions index for the Rocky Mountain region in December... more »

• Worst place to find a job? Depends on whom you ask Play Video

  December 21, 2010 11:40 PM

  Colorado Springs is tied with two other cities for the worst job outlook for the first part of 2011, according to a Forbes list based on a recent survey by the employment company, Manpower. The Manpower survey shows 14 percent of Colorado Springs companies plan to decrease their work force... more »

• Deer counting to be done by air

  December 1, 2010 3:39 PM

  The Colorado Division of Wildlife will use a low-flying helicopter to conduct annual aerial deer surveys in eastern Colorado in the coming weeks. Flight dates are weather-dependent, but generally, the flights will start around December 15 and continue until December 22 in Crowley, Kiowa, Pueblo, Otero, Bent, Prowers, Bent and... more »

• Cadets report proselytizing

  October 29, 2010 1:33 PM

  COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) - A survey of Air Force Academy cadets found 41 percent of those who consider themselves non-Christian said they were subjected to unwanted proselytizing at least once or twice last year. The academy offered the voluntary, anonymous survey to cadets in December and January. Nearly... more »

• Bankers: Colorado economy will remain weak

  September 17, 2010 1:52 PM

  A survey of rural bankers in Colorado and 9 other Midwest and Plains states suggests the rural economy will remain weak in the months ahead. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says many rural businesses in the region appear to be struggling even though the farm sector is generally doing... more »

• Legal group: Gays shouldn't answer Pentagon survey

  July 8, 2010 9:29 AM

  An advocacy group for gays in the military is warning those services members not to answer a Pentagon survey seeking opinions on repeal of the policy that bans homosexuals from serving openly. The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network said Thursday that troops could be accidentally outed by answering the survey.... more »

• Colorado ranks 8th in business survey

  May 24, 2010 12:30 PM

  Chief Executive Magazine ranks Colorado as the 8th best state in which to do business. Colorado moved up two spaces in 2010. Texas remains number one, with California at the bottom of the list. The magazine surveyed 650 CEOs to arrive at the rankings. They considered regulation, tax... more »

• Colorado ranks 8th in business survey

  May 24, 2010 12:04 PM

  Chief Executive Magazine ranks Colorado as the 8th best state in which to do business. Colorado moved up two spaces in 2010. Texas remains number one, with California at the bottom of the list. The magazine surveyed 650 CEOs to arrive at the rankings. They considered regulation, tax... more »

• Census: Minority areas, cities lagging in response

  April 12, 2010 11:48 AM

  With five days left for people to mail their census forms, Census Bureau director Robert Groves is urging those in big cities and border regions to step up the response to avoid personal visits by census takers. So far, about 65 percent have completed the 10-question form. The Midwest leads... more »

• Congress banning misleading census mailings

  March 27, 2010 1:08 PM

  Congress has banned misleading mailings that appear to be from the Census Bureau. Republican groups recently sent out fundraising letters that appeared to be Census forms. The Senate approved by unanimous consent a bill that requires mailings marked "census" to state the name and address of the sender and to... more »

• US census forms arrive in the mail: What to expect

  March 15, 2010 8:36 AM

  More than 120 million U.S. census forms begin arriving Monday in mailboxes around the country. The government's once-a-decade population count will be used to divvy up congressional seats and more than $400 billion in federal aid. Fast-growing states in the South and the West could stand to lose the most... more »

• One-person towns to Census: Count me in

  March 7, 2010 9:26 AM

  The founding fathers must have chuckled at the impossibility of the job when they etched it into the Constitution: Count every man, woman and child along every back road and big-city avenue in the entire country. From Key West to Nome, today's Americans will largely get the founders' joke... more »

• U.S. census count kicks into high gear

  March 6, 2010 12:39 PM

  Coming soon to a mailbox near you: the 2010 census form. The U.S. Census Bureau's once-a-decade population count kicks into high gear this month as the government agency sends out forms to more than 130 million addresses across the country. The forms are due to arrive in mailboxes... more »

• Americans required to fill out Census surveys

  February 1, 2010 8:20 PM

  This spring the U.S. Census will begin going door to door to count every American, but you may also be required to fill out a survey you receive in the mail. The census says it conducts a number of monthly surveys. They're sent out to hundreds of thousands of Americans... more »

• Public concern over H1N1 waning, poll finds

  December 29, 2009 10:54 AM

  As the number of new H1N1 swine flu cases decreases and the number of people immunized increases, public concern about swine flu has waned. Only 40 percent of people in a recent Harvard survey say they are concerned that they or a family member will get sick from swine... more »

• Survey: Few companies plan to hire in next 6 months

  December 8, 2009 10:25 AM

  The CEOs of America's largest companies do not expect employment to significantly improve in the next six months. A quarterly survey from the Business Roundtable found that 19 percent of companies expect to grow their work forces, while 31 percent predict a decrease in the next six months. That's slightly... more »

• Kids watching hours of TV at home daycare

  November 23, 2009 11:21 AM

  Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surprised to discover they are sitting as many as two hours a day in front of a TV, according to a study published Monday.... more »

• Survey says gas prices down just in time for Thanksgiving

  November 23, 2009 9:06 AM

  The average price of regular gasoline in the U.S. has dropped 3.64 cents over a two-week period to $2.65. That's according to the national Lundberg Survey of fuel prices released today. Analyst Trilby Lundberg says the average price for a gallon of mid-grade was $2.78. Premium was at $2.89.... more »

• 1 in 5 kids had flu this month

  October 22, 2009 4:51 PM

  About 1 in 5 U.S. children had a flu-like illness earlier this month - and most of those cases likely were swine flu, according to a new government health survey. About 7 percent of surveyed adults said they'd had a flu-like illness, the survey found. The information comes... more »