Politics

Local News

Gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston visits Durango

Democrat Mike Johnston outlines vision

January 18, 2017

Local News

GOP: House Democrats abandoned pledge to work together

Minority Leader Neville says bills sent to ‘kill committee’

January 17, 2017

Local News

Former businesswoman announces bid for City Council

Melissa Youssef promises community collaboration, infrastructure investment

January 11, 2017

Local News

Hickenlooper’s legacy discussed on eve of legislative session

two years will heavily influence how he is viewed

January 10, 2017

Nation & World

For liberal groups, inauguration a time to organize against Trump

Organizers of the Peace Ball: Voices of Hope and Resistance – from right, Laela Shallal; her father, Anthony Shallal; Alisha…

January 8, 2017

Local News

Democrats concerned over projected state revenue drop

Hopeful they can cut through the ‘fiscal thicket’

January 8, 2017

Nation & World

Out of power, state Dems frustrated with national committee

past 8 years, party lost 1,000 seats at state and national levels

January 2, 2017

Nation & World

Obama says he would have beaten Donald Trump

Trump: I say NO WAY!

December 26, 2016

Nation & World

Trump aides: Russian meddling does it matter?

President-elect weighs in on Twitter

December 18, 2016

Regional News

2 Colorado electors try to overturn voting requirement

Lawsuit is part of national effort to deny Trump the presidency

December 6, 2016

Nation & World

Democrats aim to rebuild in Midwest

President-elect Donald Trump smiles as he speaks during the first stop of his post-election tour in Cincinnati. Democrats need to…

December 4, 2016

Nation & World

A quick Medicare overhaul worries GOP senators

“That falls under the rule of not biting off more than you can chew,” Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tennessee, who chairs…

November 30, 2016

Nation & World

Trump assails recount push

President-elect claims millions voted illegally

November 27, 2016

Local News

Tweet Congress founder looks to expand to Europe

McCroskey believes platform can improve political discourse

November 27, 2016

Local News

Durango’s anti-Trump protest draws several hundred

chase several trucks donning confederate flags, spewing exhaust

November 13, 2016

Local News

Photo: Firing up the base

California Gov. Jerry Brown makes a quick stop at the La Plata County Democrats office in Durango on Sunday, urging…

November 6, 2016

Local News

Lecture examines volatile 2016 politics

Jerry Wallace of Marshall, Texas, chips a golf ball toward a target Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, at Alpine Target Golf…

November 1, 2016

Local News

Clinton emails a chance for GOP to turn the tables

Renewed scrutiny pushes Democrats to explain allegiance to Clinton

October 31, 2016

Policy and Politics Digest

They say all politics is local. Then export it.

The result, as Mann depressingly points out, is that government does not get much done — at least at the…

October 30, 2016

Local News

Some legislators carry concealed arms

Theyll be packing heat. For years, the presence of concealed guns in the state Capitol supposedly a gun-free zone…

October 29, 2016

Community Voices

Different choice, different result

has orchestrated the most divisive political and cultural environment since the 1960s.

October 29, 2016

Local News

Schwartz promises to look forward for Western Slope in Congress

Democrat is challenging Tipton to represent Western Slope

October 26, 2016

Local News

Proposition would create a presidential primary

item comes after chaotic March caucuses

October 20, 2016

Local News

Amendment 71 would make amending state constitution more difficult

du1-i-syn The constitutional Amendment 71 question – known as Raise the Bar – asks, “Shall there be an amendment to…

October 19, 2016