Charity

A $50,000 payment to a charitable arm of the Central Florida Partnership is drawing fire from an array of critics who wonder why tax money was used to support the agenda of a business group.

Sometimes it seems as if all our economic news is bad news. Then a ray of sunshine pierces those clouds. We hear of an industry that is thriving. Whose various companies provide a lot of jobs, a valuable service, a healthy contribution to the public good

Mayor Steve Bach says the leader of a local charity for the poor earns way too much money, which is one reason he wants to stop city funding of Homeward Pikes Peak.Bach has given us less city government. We are free of city-sponsored sobriety checkpoints

The economic forum drew several big names, including Huffington Post founder Arianna Huffington and Valerie Jarrett, a senior adviser to President Barack Obama.

CONWAY Drew Basilicato says he’s good at the dreaming part of starting a business, but when it comes to the practical part, he turns to SCORE, a group of retired business men and women who mentor people running new and existing small businesses.