Nederland sued over denied CORA
The Town of Nederland’s nondisclosure agreement (NDA) regarding their attempted acquisition of the Eldora Ski Resort has kept the public in the dark on nearly every step of the process, leaving those curious for information at the whim of the Frequently Asked Questions format favored by the Town and the Mayor. ...
Over 100 protest outside D11 board meeting; call for transparency, accountability after lawsuit against superintendent
The District 11 Education and Community Help Organization (ECHO), an advocacy group, gathered a crowd of over 100 community members for "a rally for transparency and accountability" ahead of a District 11 special board meeting ...
Young: Bring transparency back to Colorado courtrooms
This is all the more important as the number of Colorado reporters, who often serve as the public’s eyes and ears in the courtroom, dwindles. Remote access helps ensure shrinking newsrooms can inform communities about cases they care about ...
Editorial: Park Hospital District taxpayers deserve answers about excessive legal bills
Invoices in the Sept. 7 special board meeting packet show that, since Dec. 1, the Park Hospital District has incurred about $46,000 in legal fees related to an Estes Valley Voice Colorado Open Records Act request seeking details of the District’s legal spending ...
District 11 employee initiates lawsuit against top officials, alleges stealing of confidential files
A Colorado Springs School District 11 employee has filed a civil complaint against the district's superintendent and deputy superintendent, alleging the theft of confidential files about the superintendent ...
Aurora City Council nears public decorum rule changes after months of debate
After months of wrangling, City Council policy changes about who gets to publicly address the council and for how long came closer to becoming law, but some rulemaking over council decorum changes got pushed back again ...
Centennial removes development plans from public dashboard, requiring records requests
The City of Centennial quietly stripped these documents from its Active Development Dashboard, an online tool that let anyone browse detailed plans for projects across the city. Now, accessing that information requires filing a formal open records request, according to Allison Wittern, Centennial’s communications director ...
‘About damn time’: Colorado’s chief justice faces little resistance from legal community after authorizing livestreaming halt
One day after she gave trial judges blanket permission to discontinue livestreaming in criminal cases as required under a 2023 Colorado law, Chief Justice Monica M. Márquez received varying degrees of support from the legal community ...
Denver council committee gives initial approval to open records related to Caring for Denver
Caring for Denver, a nonprofit organization funded by Denver sales tax money, will be fully subject to open records laws like any other city agency under a proposed ordinance that cleared a committee vote ...
Longmont proposes $130K for ongoing funding for AI police-report software
Draft One creates draft reports using transcripts from officers’ body-worn camera recordings. According to Axon’s website, officers must review and approve each report before submitting it ...