From the State House - The Durango Herald

Children should expect to have clean water at school

Lead can seriously change the trajectory of a child’s life. Studies show that lead is never safe in a child’s body. Exposure can seriously affect a child’s IQ, attention span and create nume...

DATE: Apr 15, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the State House

Keeping water policy flowing the right way

When it comes to the water battle in Colorado, the divide is much stronger between urban and rural than Democrat and Republican. We continually encourage urban areas to start cons...

DATE: Apr 1, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the State House

Hospital provider fee benefits

When my son accidentally punctured his eardrum years ago, we rushed him to Mercy Hospital. The doctors’ offices were closed, and Durango didn’t have any urgent care clinics at the time. He w...

DATE: Mar 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the State House

Don’t forget: These lands are our lands

My dad was a forest ranger in Rocky Mountain National Park before I was born. He and my mom raised my older brother there in the summers, in a tent. By the time I showed up, they knew every ...

DATE: Mar 5, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the State House

Funding state’s highways poses questions

Our students in Southwest Colorado ride buses across the state to get to their sporting events. Our business owners travel miles and miles on our highways to haul goods and visit other regio...

DATE: Feb 18, 2017 | CATEGORY: From the State House