Politics - The Durango Herald

Colorado Democrats, Republicans trade shots over Tancredo’s participation in Hispanic GOP forum

Seizing upon an ongoing dispute between state Republicans over whether gubernatorial candidate Tom Tancredo can attend a forum sponsored by the Colorado Hispanic Republicans, a spokesman for...

DATE: Jan 3, 2018 | CATEGORY: Regional News

2017: A year about land use, health and play in Dolores

Stories of the year in Dolores centered on land use, health and a playground

DATE: Dec 29, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gov. Hickenlooper seeks emergency funding for child health care

Congress let federal funding run out Sept. 30

DATE: Dec 20, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Dolores Town Manager Lana Hancock resigns

Hancock served four years; Ince also quits

DATE: Dec 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango rally calls for guaranteed health care

Doctor says current system is especially tough for middle class

DATE: Dec 12, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Carbondale lawyer Karl Hanlon visits Durango in trek to topple Tipton

Democratic candidate discusses health care and tax bill

DATE: Dec 4, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sen. Bennet says Senate Republicans’ tax plan ‘fundamentally flawed’

Bennet speaks out in Facebook townhall

DATE: Nov 28, 2017 | CATEGORY: Local News

Attorney General Cynthia Coffman joins GOP gubernatorial race

DENVER – Colorado’s attorney general, Cynthia Coffman, has entered the crowded Republican primary race for governor. Coffman said in her Wednesday announcement that public educati...

DATE: Nov 8, 2017 | CATEGORY: Regional News

Democrats’ disarray on eve of Virginia governor’s race foreshadows problems

A rainy get-out-the-vote rally in Fairfax on Saturday night was a fitting coda to a rough week for Virginia Democrats. Virginians finally head to the polls on Tuesday in what’s be...

DATE: Nov 6, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Democrats angry at report of Clinton’s influence over DNC

WASHINGTON – Many Democrats expressed outrage Thursday at allegations from a former party chairwoman that an agreement with the Democratic National Committee gave the presidential campaign o...

DATE: Nov 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Texas Rep. Hensarling latest GOP House retirement

WASHINGTON – Rep. Jeb Hensarling, a Texas conservative who has fought attempts to more strictly regulate Wall Street and the banking sector, said Tuesday that he’ll be the latest Republican ...

DATE: Oct 31, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

First guilty plea, indictment of Trump aides in Russia probe

WASHINGTON – In a black Monday for Donald Trump’s White House, the special counsel investigating possible coordination between the Kremlin and the Trump presidential campaign announced the f...

DATE: Oct 30, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World