Doctor’s lawsuit tests scope of 2018 state law on disclosure of Denver Health records
A trauma surgeon’s lawsuit is testing the scope of a 2018 statute that concerns the public disclosure of Denver Health and Hospital Authority records.
Public Records Laws
Judge orders disclosure of performance narratives for two former Larimer County employees
A judge ordered Larimer County to publicly disclose the narrative portions of performance evaluations for two former employees of The Ranch, the county’s fairgrounds complex and events center.
A year after the legislature passed a law on police radio encryption, Denver-area news outlets are still blocked from listening
But a year after House Bill 21-1250 was signed into law, reporters still can’t tune into Denver and Aurora police radio transmissions like they did before both agencies blocked public access — Denver in 2019 and Aurora three years earlier. Although each department has a written policy on radio access, neither has reached an agreement with any Denver metro news organizations.
Judge rejects defendant’s constitutional objection to release of police body camera footage
An attorney for defendant Elroy Lee had invoked a provision in Colorado’s new body-cam footage law that permits objections to the public disclosure of recordings on constitutional grounds “if criminal charges have been filed against any party” to an incident.
U.S. Court of Appeals: Colorado statute criminalizing disclosure of child abuse information is unconstitutional
A Colorado statute that criminalizes the public disclosure of all child abuse and neglect records violates the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals held.
Local governments ask for appellate review of ‘manifestly absurd’ CORA rulings on Loveland emails
Local governments in Colorado are fighting two CORA-related court rulings they fear “will have far-reaching detrimental effects on nearly all aspects of government operations” if upheld.
Court of Appeals: A public entity’s records are public under CORA even if kept by a third party
A public entity with a contractual right to access documents from a private third party, such as a developer, must disclose those records to a requester if they are used for a public purpose, a three-judge panel of the Colorado Court of Appeals held.
Newspaper editor appeals court ruling that shields the identities of people who want library books banned or reclassified
The editor of the Crested Butte News is appealing a district court ruling that lets Gunnison County librarians withhold the names of people who want certain books reclassified or removed altogether from library shelves.
New ‘watchdog fund’ will help journalists pay for public records used to report on inequities
The philanthropic Colorado Media Project is starting a fund to help Colorado journalists pay for public records that enhance reporting on social, economic, racial and other inequities.
How soaring inflation will affect fees for public records in Colorado
If you think the cost of obtaining public records in Colorado is too high now, you’re not going to like what will happen in 2024.