Politics - The Durango Herald

Effort to protect ski-area water rights dies

DENVER – The ski season is over and so is the Legislature’s latest effort to keep the U.S. Forest Service from claiming ski resorts’ water rights. Sen. Ellen Roberts, R-Durango, w...

DATE: May 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

County salaries: Legislature will set commissioners', elected officials' raises

DENVER – County elected officials will not be getting a raise anytime soon. Senators killed a bill to ask voters to let county commissioners set salaries for themselves and other ...

DATE: May 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

New rules on uranium processing pass House

Measure aims to keep groundwater safe, clean

DATE: May 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

City, county to roll out pot rules

Everything from zoning, morals to be considered

DATE: May 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Oprah? Christmas? No, it’s state Legislature

Lawmakers are feeling generous with tax credits

DATE: May 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Senate sinks bill to prevent wildfires

Some view fire defense as personal responsibility

DATE: May 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ballot-access plan gets killed

Broad political coalition opposes bill

DATE: Apr 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lawmakers want to give up power over county salaries

DENVER – Fed up with the politically unpalatable task of setting county salaries, state legislators took steps Wednesday to turn the task over to county leaders. Legislators want ...

DATE: Apr 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Public barred from marijuana cultivation tour

Open-meetings law violated, attorney says

DATE: Apr 30, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

No in-state tuition breaks for tribes with historic ties to Colo.

FLC still provides free tuition to any Native American

DATE: Apr 29, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Faster Internet speeds may be coming to a town near you

Fees already paid by telephone users would fund rural broadband

DATE: Apr 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

State open-meetings law strengthened in House

DENVER – The House voted unanimously Monday to allow any citizen to sue over a violation of the open-meetings law. It is the second time in three years lawmakers have pushed back ...

DATE: Apr 28, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News