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LendingTree analyzed small business data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics and found that almost 1 in 4 businesses fail in their first year. The 23% failure rate from 2023 is two percentage points more than the year before and four percentage points more than in 2021.
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There are still 16 Las Vegas properties that have not signed new contracts with the culinary union.
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A new report evaluates the business climate for LGBTQ+ people in every state, and most of the Mountain West ranks on the low end.
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The Jackson Hole Airport is closing for 78 days to replace its runway, but tourism and supply chain impacts are expected to be minimal.
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Gas prices have been on the rise nationwide, the result of several factors, including the effects of the pandemic, supply chain issues and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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The Palms Casino Resort closed for two years after the COVID pandemic hit. The San Manuel Band of Mission Indians bought it last year and its reopening makes the Palms the first Las Vegas casino to be fully owned and operated by a Native American tribe.
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Wyoming’s inflation rate in the final quarter of 2021 grew by 9.3 percent, the highest rate since 1981. According to the Wyoming Economic Analysis Division, a 22 percent increase in transportation costs led the way.
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As of April 1, adults in New Mexico can buy recreational marijuana, making it the latest Mountain West state to legalize cannabis as federal lawmakers consider broader decriminalization. Under the new law, anyone 21 and older can buy up to 2 ounces of recreational marijuana, and on Friday many New Mexicans lined up to shop.
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The Northern Arapaho tribe is putting together a hemp commission to determine the finer points of growing and distributing hemp on the Wind River Reservation.
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Home to just 300 or so people, Meeteetse is nestled between the foot of the Absaroka Mountains and the Badlands. And for the past 18 years, the owner of Meeteetse Chocolatier Tim Kellogg has been making chocolates for the townspeople and tourists. Wyoming Public Radio's Kamila Kudelska visited the chocolatier to see how they fared during the pandemic.
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The U.S. The Department of Agriculture granted $500,000 to a group recently to help build a maple syrup industry in the Mountain West. At least one business is already doing this in Montana, but organizations across the region are working together to spread awareness and research a possible syrup industry in our own backyards.
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According to 2019 IRS returns, Teton County has the highest concentration of wealth per household than any other county in the nation. The adjusted gross income is the amount of money a household makes before taxes or charitable deductions. Teton County's adjusted gross income for 2019 was $312,442.