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Durango City Council candidates discuss housing, homelessness
hopefuls compete for three seats
Elections
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City Council election Q&A invites public attendance
The Boulevard Neighborhood Association will hold a potluck and question-and-answer educational forum with the candidates up for Durango City Council at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, at First Presbyterian Church, 1159 East…
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Gubernatorial candidate Mike Johnston visits Durango
Democrat Mike Johnston outlines vision
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Durango voters likely to decide whether to halt fluoridation in drinking water
Petition receives enough signatures to make ballot
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Southwest Colorado counties must provide Ute language help in elections
Census data requires changes under Voting Rights Act
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Tweet Congress founder looks to expand to Europe
McCroskey believes platform can improve political discourse
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Democrats win big in La Plata County, but GOP strongholds persist
won big, but GOP strongholds persist
Regional News
Election 2016 the Latest: Colorado OKs medically assisted suicide
8:55 p.m. Democratic U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado has won re-election to a second full term, defeating Republican challenger Darryl Glenn. Bennet once was considered one of the most…
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Election Day blog
Durango residents vote Tuesday on Election Day.du1-i-syn 11:34 p.m. Archuleta County election results (unofficial) Presidential: Hillary Clinton with 2,489 votes, Donald Trump with 4,234 votes. U.S. Senator: Michael Bennet with…
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Fluoride in drinking water could be up for vote
Petition started to get issue on April ballot
Business
Election campaign sparks chatter, anger in workplaces
The presidential race between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has gotten heated, and some of that heat is spilling over into the workplace. But…
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 national level. And the media does a weak job pointing…
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Pence: Trump will rebuild military, destroy ISIS
GOP’s vice presidential nominee rallies crowd in Durango
Editorials
‘Yes’ on Amdts. T and U
Amendment T would remove an unnecessary reference to slavery in the state Constitution. Amendment U would eliminate an esoteric tax in minor cases in which collection costs often exceed the…
From our Congressman
Pro & Con: Amendment 70: raising the minimum wage
If passed, Amendment 70 will increase the Colorado minimum wage from the current $8.31 per hour to $12 per hour by 2020. One of the most common concerns is that…
Editorials
‘Yes’ to 107, 108: Reinstate primary and let all vote
Both measures would change state law. Both were initiated by proponents who gathered the required number of signatures. Proposition 107 was prompted in part by the messy way this year’s…
Nation & World
Trump puts Clinton sex abuse claims at center of campaign
Ryan will no longer campaign for billionaire
From our Congressman
Pro & Con: Amendment 71: Changing the state Constitution
On Nov. 8, Colorado citizens will have the opportunity to decide whether they support the “Raise the Bar” initiative, Amendment 71. The U.S. Constitution has been amended only 27 times.…
Nation & World
Utah Republicans out front in opposing Trump
Gov. Gary Herbert was the first elected official to pull his endorsement from Donald Trump as conservatives recoiled from a recording of Trump boasting of how his fame allowed him…
Nation & World
Kaine attacks, Pence fights back in VP debate
Republican vice-presidential nominee Gov. Mike Pence, right, and Democratic vice-presidential nominee Sen. Tim Kaine criticized the other’s running mate during the vice-presidential debate at Longwood University in Farmville, Va., on…
Nation & World
N.Y. Times hits Trump on taxes
Report: Billionaire may have avoided payments for 18 years
Nation & World
Clinton says wave of shootings show need to protect children
“Protecting all of God’s children is America’s calling,” Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, told an the audience during Sunday’s service at the Little Rock AME Zion Church in Charlotte, N.C.Andrew…
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ColoradoCare taxes would extend beyond payroll levies
Investment, real estate, some business income would be hit
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A grand and 9 friends can get you on Colorado ballot
say having 22 presidential candidates on ballot complicates process