A judge in a “private” judicial system has largely denied a motion from the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition to lift a suppression order that has made an entire divorce case file and the order itself off-limits to the public.
Three months after the Colorado Supreme Court declared the Aurora Sentinel to be a “citizen” under the open meetings law, the newspaper is back in district court in the same case trying to win the disclosure of a city council executive session recording from almost four years ago.
A decision by legislative leaders means that Coloradans will be able to watch — not just hear — what happens in committee meetings when the 2026 session of the General Assembly convenes Jan. 14.
Coloradans fought for press freedom and freedom of information in 2025 in settings as small as the Eastern Plains town of Bennett and as big as the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
A Larimer County District Court judge will decide whether the Colorado Open Records Act requires a public hospital district to redact privileged information from attorney billing invoices and release the public portions to the Estes Valley Voice news site.
A Weld County Sheriff’s Office requirement that records request forms be notarized “creates an arbitrary and unreasonable hurdle” and “does not serve any legitimate government interest,” a letter from an attorney for two news organizations says.
Bennett trustees voted to settle a First Amendment claim brought by a weekly newspaper that lost town advertising last spring because the board didn’t like an article about a sexual assault that allegedly happened in the locker room of a middle school.
The Colorado Supreme Court established a two-step test for determining whether challenged speech or conduct is covered by a 2019 statute designed to protect Coloradans from meritless lawsuits that target free expression.
A judge made a “painfully obvious” legal error in ruling last May that the Douglas County Commission did not discuss public business during 14 meetings held outside of public view, three county residents say in a brief filed with the Colorado Court of Appeals.
Leaders of the Colorado General Assembly still haven’t decided whether to provide video coverage of committee meetings during the 2026 legislative session that begins in January, but House Speaker Julie McCluskie expressed her support for the idea.
