It was a wild couple days of chaos and confusion after President Trump signed his travel ban. Not up to speed on what went down over the weekend? Here' a quick primer. 

In a total turnaround, North Carolina ranked as Forbes' best state for business this year, jumping up from near bottom of last year's list. 

For the annual ranking, Forbes analyzed states across six categories: business costs, labor supply, regulatory environment, economic climate, growth prospects and quality of life. 

The Douglas County School Board voted Monday to end a controversial private-school voucher program and directed the school district to end a long-running legal battle that reached the nation's highest court. 

The board voted 6-0 at a standing room only meeting to end the program, which was put on hold in 2011 by a Denver District Court judge before families could use it. 

Contact Lisa Gregg to learn more about the event, sponsorship opportunities, and how you can be a part of these important business discussions as we bring the candidates together that will most likely lead our state for the next four years. 

As resorts, retailers and restaurants face their annual challenge of staffing up for the 2017-18 ski season, the last thing they need is federal policy that makes it more difficult to find workers. 

That's why Colorado business leaders, including leaders in the resort industry, have pledged support for efforts to address the urgency of passing a legislative solutions for Dreamers before the end of the year. 

President Trump formally reconfigured two big national monuments in southern Utah on Monday, shrinking them by more than 2 million acres and establishing five smaller units within them - a public lands declaration unlike any ever made by a U.S. chief executive. 

WGA Chair and South Dakota Gov. Dennis Daugaard was joined at the meeting by WGA Vice Chair and Hawaii Gov. David Ige, Alaska Gov. Bill Walker, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey, Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper, Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, Guam Gov. Eddie Calvo, and Northern Mariana Islands Gov. Ralph Torres. 

Put aside for the moment the fact that benefiting shareholders - most of whom are ordinary Americans - is not such a bad thing. The overwhelming evidence is that the tax bills now pending in the House and Senate would substantially boost U.S. business spending on plant, equipment, hiring and wages. 

We think it's critical that Gov. John Hickenlooper considers how important this appointment is to Colorado's business community, including our smallest businesses. In fact, at the Denver Metro Chamber of Commerce, more than 90 percent of our members are small businesses, reinforcing how important it is that this appointee has the background and experience to understand how businesses work. As an entrepreneur himself, Hickenlooper knows that businesses thrive when courts provide certainty or "bright lines" defining legal risks and liabilities.