[By the numbers].

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$ 1.8 billion

How much Colorado has available to spend on Interstate 70 west from Denver through the year 2025 unless it finds a way to prop up its existing funding sources.

$3 million

Cost of a new study that will examine during the next year the potential for passenger rail service both along the Front Range and 1-70.

4.4 percent

Colorado's unemployment rate in May, unchanged from the previous two months.

5.5 percent

The U.S. unemployment rate in May, up from 5 percent in April, the largest one-month increase in 22 years. Vectra Bank Colorado economist Jeff Thredgold warns, however, that the increase might be tied to faulty seasonal adjustments...