Doug Friednash

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Friednash: Initiative 300 could create permanent campgrounds at City Park, Red Rocks or on the street in front of you house

April 19, 2019 at 4:33 p.m.

Initiative 300 threatens the usability of playgrounds community gardens and picnic spaces. It threatens the vibrancy of our economy. And it threatens public health and safety -- both for people...

Donald Trump talks to reporters after an Aug. 6, 2015, Republican primary debate in Cleveland.

Friednash: Trump is a stronger candidate than ever headed into 2020

March 28, 2019 at 10:58 a.m.

In the 2015 Republican primary, Trump dominated every news cycle, and I predicted he would become our next president. Nearly 4 years later, he is poised to be re-elected.In the...

Maryann O'Brien, Election Judge, sets out ...

Friednash: Colorado Republicans have refer madness

March 15, 2019 at 12:01 p.m.

In the past few weeks, we have heard calls from various conservatives criticizing Democratic legislators for introducing and voting on important legislative issues. Their belief is that these issues should...

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert speaks during the National Governors Association 2019 winter meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019.

Friednash: Here’s why America’s governors can get it done while Congress falters

March 3, 2019 at 12:05 p.m.

Americans are more frustrated than ever with the epic level of government polarization and dysfunction in Washington D.C. With the weighty 2020 election on the horizon, things are only getting...

Colorado House Bill 1035 would require employers to delay questions about criminal convictions and arrests until the second step of the hiring process.

Friednash: Why we should care if that ex-convict can get a job in Colorado

February 13, 2019 at 3:45 p.m.

There鈥檚 an old saying that you can鈥檛 judge a book by its cover. This adage is particularly true for individuals attempting to move on with their lives while battling the...

CANON CITY, COLORADO, JANUARY 7, 2005--A ...

Friednash: I helped expand the Colorado death penalty; now I support its repeal

February 1, 2019 at 12:00 p.m.

Twenty-five years ago as a freshman House Democrat Doug Friednash sponsored legislation to expand the death penalty. Now, he says he was wrong.

Friednash: Full-day kindergarten for our future

January 21, 2019 at 10:28 a.m.

It抖阴ap time for the legislature to fund full-day kindergarten. This is the first step in expanding educational opportunity to all Colorado children.

Because Congressman Mike Coffman and Senator ...

Friednash: Gardner’s 2018 hangover could last until 2020

January 3, 2019 at 12:01 p.m.

Colorado Republicans suffered an epic political hangover on November 7th, when 聽Democrats swept control of state government and one of the most hotly contested congressional races in the country.

Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper speaks to reporters during his last public bill signing after nearly eight years as governor. =鈥淚t is, I will say, a little bit bittersweet,鈥� he said as he prepared to turn House Bill 1266 into a law.

Friednash: Hickenlooper’s progressive wins in the room where it happens

January 25, 2019 at 3:48 p.m.

To quote Lin-Manuel Miranda: 鈥渘o one really knows how the parties get to yes, the pieces are sacrificed in every game of chess. We just assume it happens, but no...

Newly elected governor of Colorado Jared ...

Friednash: After that thorough rout, Democrats have all the power and all the responsibility

January 25, 2019 at 2:21 p.m.

Having decimated the Colorado Republican party in the midterm elections, Democrats are now firmly in control of every branch of state government.聽 Democrats don鈥檛 need a single Republican to accomplish...

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