Coming soon: The First, a new documentary film about the First Amendment
The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition is fiscal sponsor for a new film about the First Amendment to be aired on PBS stations starting in October.
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Lawsuit: Colorado energy commission violated open meetings and open records laws
A lawsuit accuses the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission of violating the state’s open meetings and open records laws by denying public access to a commission-appointed advisory committee and by withholding the committee’s draft report.
Are Flock camera images of your own vehicle available under Colorado public records laws?
Should you be able to obtain Flock camera records about your own vehicle in Colorado? A class-action lawsuit in Boulder District Court focuses in part on that question.
Colorado’s open meetings law prohibits secret ballots for decision-making. Some public bodies continue to use them anyway.
It’s been 14 years since an amendment to the Colorado Open Meetings Law barred public bodies from using secret ballots to make decisions, but the Greeley City Council and the Bayfield Planning Commission recently took votes that way.
Town of Hudson asks judge to bar release of pre-disciplinary notices given to police chief and lieutenant
The town of Hudson wants a judge to validate its denial of a request by 9NEWS journalist Steve Staeger for records related to the resignations of the police chief and a lieutenant.
Judge: Colorado Opportunity Caucus doesn’t meet judicial test for nonprofits subject to CORA
A progressive activist has failed to show that the Colorado Opportunity Caucus is a public entity subject to the Colorado Open Records Act, a judge determined, dismissing claims against the nonprofit for withholding documents related to a 2025 retreat at a Vail hotel.