Politics - The Durango Herald

Feds pledge alliance on fire risks

Agencies to cooperate on forest thinning and habitat restoration

DATE: Jul 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Sen. Ellen Roberts breaks foot after slipping

State Sen. Ellen Roberts is managing to get around despite suffering a broken foot. The Durango Republican has two stories about how it happened. “In my mind, I was bar...

DATE: Jul 19, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Retirement chiefs tout strong year

PERA fund gains nearly $3B in ’12

DATE: Jul 15, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Audit: A dozen doctors account for half of medical marijuana list

DENVER – Just 12 doctors account for more than half the 108,000 patients on Colorado’s medical marijuana registry, a state audit revealed Monday. One doctor had more than 8,400 pa...

DATE: Jul 14, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

House GOP picks a new leader

Domino’s franchisee to lead chamber’s Republicans

DATE: Jul 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

State treasurer announces bid for re-election

2 Dems seek to replace GOP incumbent

DATE: Jul 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Courtroom wrangling clarifies gun law

One legal battle averted, another still looming

DATE: Jul 10, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Governor lends support to tax hike

Added revenue would go to Colorado schools

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Treasurer is touting millions in savings

DENVER – State Treasurer Walker Stapleton is touting $7 million in savings of taxpayer money because of a 2012 bill that gave his office oversight of most borrowing by government agencies. ...

DATE: Jul 9, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Ken Salazar back in Denver as law-firm ‘rock star’

DENVER – Ken Salazar, the San Luis Valley native who stepped down as U.S. secretary of the Interior Department in April, is returning to private law practice and opening a Denver office for ...

DATE: Jun 5, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Governor stays green

Hickenlooper signs renewable-energy mandate

DATE: Jun 4, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News

Audit finds gaps in state personnel system

DENVER – The state government needs to do a better job tracking its employees’ performance for annual reviews, an audit released Monday said. The state’s various departments do th...

DATE: Jun 2, 2013 | CATEGORY: Local News