Politics - The Durango Herald

And in this corner ... ‘Buffie’ McFadyen

Your current U.S. Rep. Tipton may not be ‘maverick’ enough

DATE: Feb 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Should your kid’s teacher pack heat?

Republican gun measures fail

DATE: Feb 11, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ag committee has big appetite for McLachlan’s food measure

DENVER – Farmers would get a tax break, and needy people would get healthful food thanks to a bill advanced by a Durango legislator Monday. Rep. Mike McLachlan’s bill was an easy ...

DATE: Feb 10, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Gessler gets blame for budget bust

Secretary of State needs to cut spending, 1 or 2 jobs

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ellen Roberts’ bill to limit lawn size gains traction

Measure draws bipartisan supporters, opponents

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Measure clarifies sales taxes for Utes

Tribal members living on reservations not liable to levy

DATE: Feb 5, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

New Internet sales-tax bill brought forward

Democrats confident it will withstand legal challenge

DATE: Feb 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Lawns bill to go before ag committee

DENVER – Cities and developers have a message for senators: Keep off the grass. Today is the day of reckoning for Sen. Ellen Roberts’ bill to limit the size of suburban lawns in o...

DATE: Feb 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Bill offers tuition break for tribes

FLC official says measure will help Native Americans

DATE: Feb 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Measure to keep seizure-prone off Colo. roads fails

Rep. Coram says discussion of problem needed

DATE: Feb 4, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Election measures roil GOP

Ellen Roberts drops support; only Democrats sponsor bill

DATE: Feb 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Senate passes Roberts’ election bill

DENVER – Two years made all the difference for a plan hatched in Southwest Colorado to allow small counties to elect their commissioners by district. The Senate passed a bill Mond...

DATE: Feb 3, 2014 | CATEGORY: Local News

Photos: Local girls high school wrestling at La Plata TriDurango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Durango girls wrestling went 2-0 to win Tri on Thursday night at Bayfield

Photos: Fort Lewis College women’s and men’s basketball take on Westminster UniversityBoth Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Both Skyhawks teams were victorious on Saturday afternoon

Photos: An afternoon in 2004 with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell as he works on Capitol HillDurango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Durango Herald Photo Editor Jerry McBride had the chance to spend an afternoon with the late Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell in 2004, photographing him during meetings and around the Capitol.

Photos and video: ICE protests return to DurangoAbout a dozen protesters tried to block federal agents from leaving with a detainee on Thursday