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.
Articles by jroberts
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.
Reject Boulder’s petition for review of bodycam-footage fees ruling, Yellow Scene asks Colorado Supreme Court
An appeals court opinion barring fees for some law enforcement body-worn camera footage should not be reviewed by the Colorado Supreme Court, a brief filed by Yellow Scene Magazine argues.
Douglas County residents argue against Supreme Court review of commissioners’ open meetings law violations
Three Douglas County residents asked the Colorado Supreme Court to deny the county commissioners’ petition for review of an appellate court ruling that the open meetings law applied to several meetings they convened outside of public view.
CCJRA frustration: ‘This request is being closed due to the age of the request.’
For Zansberg, the story of his unilaterally terminated records request highlights a systemic problem with CCJRA that many requesters face: Unlike CORA, which requires the production of records “not readily available” within three working days unless extenuating circumstances apply, CCJRA does not include a response deadline.
CFOIC appeals ‘private’ judge’s refusal to lift suppression order in divorce case
That ruling should be reversed because Meyer failed to apply the presumption of public access outlined in case law, the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure and Chief Justice Directive 05-01, the judicial branch’s court records policy, argues CFOIC’s appellate brief.