Tag: Dave Young
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Colorado is ‘well positioned’ for a US debt default, says state Treasurer Dave Young
With eight days to go until the United States is unable to pay its bills, the White House and Congress are still nowhere near an agreement on raising the national debt ceiling. The U.S. reached its $31.4 trillion debt ceiling — the limit on how much the government can borrow — in January. Treasury Secretary…
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Colorado Treasurer Dave Young wins re-election | ELECTION NIGHT 2022
Democrat Dave Young will serve a second four-year term as Colorado State Treasurer, unofficial election results show. The Associated Press declared Young the winner just after midnight on Wednesday. Young is leading against his Republican challenger, former state Rep. Lang Sias, in a 52.2% to 44.6% vote as of Thursday. The state treasurer manages more than…
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“No tricks, just treats”: State Treasury has over $1 billion unclaimed funds
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The State Treasurer’s Office has more than $1 billion in unclaimed property to return to people across Colorado. As Halloween creeps up, the office released the spookiest names on the list. Colorado State Treasurer Dave Young revealed a list of 12 Halloween-themed names of Colorado…
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ENDORSEMENT: Elect Lang Sias, the Top Gun for Colorado
Tom Cruise is not running for Colorado state treasurer. Yet, we have Lang Sias. He’s like Top Gun’s Maverick — in real-life — minus the risky test-the-limits behavior. After a conversation with Sias, one must wonder why we lack candidates of this quality for president of the United States. That’s not an exaggeration. He is…
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Colorado’s retirement plan gets ‘powerhouse’ financial services companies
The Colorado State Treasurer named the two financial services firms that will manage the state’s new retirement savings program called Colorado SecureSavings. BlackRock will handle the global equity portion of the program, while State Street Global Advisors will administer the money market, target date and fixed income asset classes, according to Treasurer spokeswoman Sheena Kadi…
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Tens of millions of dollars waiting to be reclaimed by Colorado residents
Coloradans can now recover unclaimed properties online, allowing access to tens of millions of dollars worth of forgotten checks, wages and more. State Treasurer Dave Young urged Colorado residents to reclaim their property on Monday as part of “The Great Colorado Payback.” Young said at least one in 10 Coloradans have unclaimed property such as…
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Colorado completes final sale of certificates of participation from 2017 transportation bill
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Treasurer Dave Young announced Wednesday the state has wrapped up the final of four $500 million sales of certificates of participation intended to help finance transportation projects across the state. Certificates of participation are akin to bonds, but under Senate Bill 17-267, the state…
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Poll: Polis holds edge over generic Republican challenger in 2022 election
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Gov. Jared Polis’s electoral fortunes fare much better compared to other Colorado Democrats facing reelection this year, including U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet, according to a poll of voters commissioned by a pro-school choice group that supports conservative candidates. The group, Ready Colorado, attributed Polis’s solid showing…
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New El Paso County DA criticized over demotion of longtime prosecutor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Longtime El Paso County prosecutor Donna Billek is set to be demoted next week, a move that freed up her senior rank for a former district attorney recruited after a controversial tenure in Adams and Broomfield counties. Billek, a nearly 22-year office veteran who handled…