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Please join The Durango Herald editorial board for its public session at 3 p.m. Thursday at BREW Pub & Kitchen, 117 W. College. Each of these meetings will consider issues relevant to Herald...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

S.W. Colo. to benefit from progress made at Capitol

My first year in the Legislature was one of the busiest in recent years, and I confirmed my belief that the only way to get things done is through compromise and respecting both sides of the...

DATE: May 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Business landscape

Protecting treasured areas good for local economy, quality of life

DATE: May 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Democrats rushed election reform bill before its time

After a secret, monthslong process that occurred without any input from my office, voters, or Republican legislators, Democrats rammed through legislation that fundamentally changes how we r...

DATE: May 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Knowing the ins and outs of how to properly buy real estate

Now that the economy is on a steady ascent, you have a good job, and your 201k has turned back into a 401k, the future is looking bright, so you decide it is time to buy a house, upgrade to ...

DATE: May 11, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Wildfire prevention, safety, funding consume final days

My first legislative session, one of the most exciting and productive sessions in recent memory, is ending today. I am sponsoring Senate Bill 264, the Rural Health Bill with Sens....

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Session wraps up with key successes for District 6

As the clock strikes midnight, the 2013 legislative session comes to a close. There will be a number of efforts seeking to sum up the work that we did and, depending on your political views,...

DATE: May 7, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Uganda’s lively media

The country is way past Idi Amin

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

War, weather, crops led the news in July 1898

By July 1898, the United States was at war with Spain. Actually, it was a rather strange way to go to war. In April, Congress resolved that Spain must abandon Cuba where a fight was raging b...

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Research needed before trying new gun control laws

Advocates of tighter gun-control legislation were stunned last month by the United States Senates rejection of new restrictions on the types of firearms that can be sold and on the exp...

DATE: May 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Education, school safety, events dominate last weeks of session

Much like the weather on the Front Range, last week was lively, to say the least. Despite the often-long days and nights at the Capitol, I still had the opportunity to attend a few special e...

DATE: Apr 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

With elections, forests, vets, final week should be busy

This is the final full week of the 2013 session. Still to be debated and voted on in the Senate are many weighty topics, some presented in lengthy bills of more than 100 pages. Examples are...

DATE: Apr 30, 2013 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Public editorial board meeting

S.W. Colo. to benefit from progress made at Capitol

Business landscape

Democrats rushed election reform bill before its time

Knowing the ins and outs of how to properly buy real estate

Wildfire prevention, safety, funding consume final days

Session wraps up with key successes for District 6

Uganda’s lively media

War, weather, crops led the news in July 1898

Research needed before trying new gun control laws

Education, school safety, events dominate last weeks of session

With elections, forests, vets, final week should be busy

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