Elections

GOP candidates debate Russia, immigration – and Trump
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GOP candidates debate Russia, immigration – and Trump

September 16, 2015

Republican presidential candidate, businesswoman Carly Fiorina speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday in Simi Valley, Calif.Mark J. Terrill/Associated Press…

Contenders on undercard try to shine
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Contenders on undercard try to shine

September 16, 2015

Republican presidential candidates, former New York Gov. George Pataki, left; former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, second from left; Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, second from right; and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.,…

Scott Walker plans to bar unions on a federal level
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Scott Walker plans to bar unions on a federal level

September 14, 2015

Republican presidential candidate Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, right, proposed eliminating all unions for federal workers at a town-hall meeting Monday in Las Vegas.Isaac Brekken/Associated Press Walker’s plan calls for eliminating…

Rick Perry exits in early 2016 shake-up
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Rick Perry exits in early 2016 shake-up

September 12, 2015

A day after Rick Perry, Texas’ longest serving governor, ended his second Republican presidential run with a whimper, Trump marked the shake-up by embracing his role as his party’s 2016…

LPEA leaders to speak at annual meeting
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LPEA leaders to speak at annual meeting

May 5, 2015

Michael Rendon, LPEA board chairman, executive director Michael Dreyspring and Barry Spear, the board’s legal counsel, are scheduled to speak. Rendon and Dreyspring will note that LPEA’s first community solar…

Ballots trickling in at a snail’s pace
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Ballots trickling in at a snail’s pace

May 1, 2015

As of Friday afternoon, Tiffany Lee Parker, the La Plata County clerk and recorder, had received 1,579 ballots – just short of 5 percent of the 31,829 ballots mailed April…

Basics win vote
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Basics win vote

April 9, 2015

Personality, canvassing may have won race

Sales tax will help fund parks and rec maintenance
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Sales tax will help fund parks and rec maintenance

April 6, 2015

Stein The question passed with 69 percent majority: 2,725 “yes” votes to 1,197 “no” votes. The tax initially was passed in 1999 to pay for the Durango Community Recreation Center…