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The state of La Plata County

Meeting needs through lean, effective strategies

DATE: Jan 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Three new ways to pay property tax bills in 2016

Last November, the residents of La Plata County were asked to vote for or against a mill levy increase. The levy lost by a few hundred votes. People I talked with had a number of ...

DATE: Jan 30, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Transportation funding, transparency a priority for the current legislative session

The second regular session of the 70th Colorado General Assembly of the House of Representatives was called to order by the speaker of the House, Dickie Lee Hullinghorst, on Jan. 13, followi...

DATE: Jan 26, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Aid in dying

Give the terminally ill options for the end of life

DATE: Jan 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Fixing budget requires heeding Constitution

We’re past the ceremonial days of the 2016 Legislature and the only tasks we must complete in a session, based on the state’s Constitution, are to pass the budget and the school finance act....

DATE: Jan 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Empower students to take part in creating a culture of learning

When your children arrive home from school, are they able to share where they are in the learning process? Often, students are inactive passengers on the journey of learning. Sometimes they...

DATE: Jan 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Break the silence on college sexual assault

In 2015, the average of surveys conducted by the Journal of Adolescent Health, the Post-Kaiser Family Foundation Poll, the National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey and others rep...

DATE: Jan 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Fund Planned Parenthood, fund women’s rights

Swallowing gun powder, throwing herself downstairs, hitting her stomach with a meat pulverizer, probing herself with a knitting needle or the infamous hanger: While these all may sound like ...

DATE: Jan 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Help out your fellow vets by signing up for VA health care

This is a request directed to all veterans, regardless of time in service or rank, to help your fellow comrades in need of health care by reducing the wait time for VA medical services. ...

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Blood and money

U.S. concern about fundamentalism obstructed by financial interests

DATE: Jan 9, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Islam and terrorism

Is there a middle ground between Obama and Trump?

DATE: Jan 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

Fancy footwork won’t fix finances

Sitting at my home desk preparing to write this column, I couldn’t be happier to see the mounds of snow outside the window. May El Niño be all for Southwest Colorado that’s been promised. Fo...

DATE: Jan 2, 2016 | CATEGORY: From our Congressman

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