State legislators introduce new measure to extend CORA response deadlines
A state senator is trying again to curb what she has referred to as the “abuse” of the Colorado Open Records Act by certain records requesters.
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Court of Appeals: Requesters can’t sue judicial branch over delayed response if records eventually provided
The Colorado Judicial Department cannot be sued for delaying its response to a request for administrative records if the records eventually are provided to the requester, the Court of Appeals ruled.
CFOIC: Colorado Supreme Court should affirm executive session announcement provision in open meetings law
CFOIC asked the state’s highest court to affirm that when a public body fails to properly announce the “particular matter” to be discussed in an executive session, the recording of that closed-door meeting becomes a public record.
Chief Justice stresses need for upgraded system to stop ‘coordinated attacks’ on Colorado’s virtual courtrooms
Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Monica Márquez highlighted “coordinated attacks” on Colorado’s virtual courtrooms during her State of the Judiciary remarks, stressing the need to upgrade the system that has expanded public access to judicial proceedings.
CFOIC brief: Lakewood’s appeal of body-cam footage ruling ‘an attempt to turn back the clock’ on Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act
Lakewood’s appeal of a judge’s order to disclose blurred body-worn camera footage of police shooting and killing a 17-year-old robbery suspect in 2023 “is a transparent attempt to turn back the clock” on Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and other organizations say.
Colorado legislative leaders asked to repeal 2024 open meetings law exemptions
Citizens, media representatives and nonprofit organizations asked legislative leaders to repeal Colorado Open Meetings Law changes affecting the legislature that were adopted earlier this year.
CFOIC’s 2024 year in review: a more opaque legislature, pricier public records, closed disciplinary records, child autopsies, police officer database and CORA ‘abuse’
Coloradans in 2024 lost ground in the never-ending battle for access to government information.
Rejecting news organizations’ appeal, Colorado Supreme Court keeps police officer database confidential
A ruling by the state’s highest court means that the bulk of Colorado’s licensing database of law enforcement officers will remain confidential.
Elbert County residents lack standing to hold commissioners personally liable for alleged open meetings violations, judge says
A judge tossed out one claim from a lawsuit that was aimed at holding Elbert County commissioners personally liable for approving new contracts for the county administrator and county attorney outside of public view.
Here’s how Colorado’s autopsy report disclosure law is changing on Jan. 1
Starting Jan. 1, journalists and the public no longer will have access to most autopsy reports on the deaths of children in Colorado but limited information from those reports will be available.