Lawmakers advance bill to regulate state agencies, like lobbyists who try to sway legislation
Currently, lobbyists are required to register a stance on any bills they’re trying to influence with the Secretary of State’s Office, which makes that information publicly available. Legislative liaisons doing the same type of work for state agencies or the governor’s office directly don’t have those disclosure requirements to indicate their position on a bill ...
Colorado lawmakers abandon effort to limit police use of Flock cameras, surveillance data
A bill that would have tightened rules on how government agencies use data from automated license plate readers won’t advance this year, after drawing significant pushback from law enforcement agencies, lead sponsors of Senate Bill 70 said ...
Evergreen father who fought for shooting documents finds partial answers and reason for gratitude
n Evergreen High School parent who spent months pushing Jefferson County authorities to release investigative documents from last September's school shooting said the 654 pages he received last week provided meaningful insight — but left some questions unanswered ...
Mesa County looking to subvert legal notices requirement
The Mesa County Commissioners directed staff to explore ways to get around a Colorado law that requires governments to post legal notices in newspapers except under certain conditions ...
Why are Denver police using face masks despite a new city law?
A recent city ordinance banned law enforcement from using masks to conceal their identities. But police Chief Ron Thomas said that law didn’t apply because the officers were working undercover and needed to protect their identities ...
Aurora lawmakers creating rules to curb profanity, personal attacks at meetings
Aurora lawmakers are drafting new decorum rules for council meetings that could allow the city to remove disruptive audience members and sanction council members for violating standards of piety ...
Polis signs legislation to increase transparency, ensure Colorado municipal court defendants have access to lawyers
Gov. Jared Polis signed a bill into law that seeks to ensure municipal court defendants have access to attorneys, along with providing other transparency measures that advocates argue are necessary to ensure civil liberties are protected ...
Inside the decision to release 600 pages of evidence on the Evergreen High School shooting
The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said its decision to release hundreds of pages of unusually detailed records tied to the Evergreen High School shooting came down to two things: public transparency and the hope that understanding how the tragedy unfolded could help prevent another one ...
As AI license plate readers spread across Colorado, grassroots movements push back
While cops and public safety leaders say the technology solves crimes and recovers stolen vehicles, critics warn the same system can track people’s daily movements, raising concerns about wrongful arrests, data misuse and federal sharing, including for immigration enforcement ...
Colorado bill puts focus on lawmakers’ safety — and public access to disclosures — in wake of Minnesota shootings
A new bill proposed by Colorado lawmakers would tighten oversight of their own security while removing their personal and financial records from publicly available databases, a move that comes nearly a year after a gunman killed a Minnesota lawmaker and her husband in their home ...
