Aurora lawmakers maintain virtual meetings, overriding calls for in-person assembly
Virtual versus in-person city council meetings have been an ongoing issue in Aurora for more than a year, prompting a small number of city council members to create their own version of a public meeting through an almost watch-party setup in person ...
District court dismisses Integrity Matters’ lawsuit against Town of Palmer Lake
The lawsuit was filed in January, when multiple groups, including one that calls itself ‘Integrity Matters’, accused the town of failure to comply with state law on the potential annexation and violating Colorado’s open meeting law ...
Opinion: Celebrate (and protect) your right to read
Here’s the thing about free speech: It isn’t just about what you say. The First Amendment guarantees the freedom to access information and read for all, including children ...
Denver DA failed to disclose police records in as many as 756 criminal cases
The Denver District Attorney’s Office failed to share police records with defense attorneys in as many as 756 criminal cases since 2022, potentially violating court discovery rules, a probe by the office found ...
Coloradans will soon have free access to banned books via their smartphones
Coloradans will soon be able to carry a library of banned books right in their pockets — free of charge ...
ICE denies records request about its activity in Summit County, cites ‘ongoing investigation’
The agency responded to the records request by writing that the information requested is “withholdable in its entirety” due to the “open status of ongoing law enforcement operations.” Disclosing the information before ICE completes its operation could “interfere with law enforcement proceedings,” the response read ...
Pueblo County commissioner censured following allegations of confidentiality breach
Pueblo County Commissioner Miles Lucero was censured by the county board on Tuesday, Sept. 30 after being accused of violating executive session confidentiality ...
Amusement parks, challenge courses inspected yearly, but safety history not listed in reports
Colorado law requires yearly inspections of amusement parks and adventure attractions, but documentation of problems that are found may never become public, 9NEWS Investigates has learned ...
Dominion Voting Systems settles defamation suit with Rudy Guiliani
On September 26, the $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit it filed in January 2021 against Rudy Guiliani, which accused the former New York City mayor and Trump lawyer of “a viral disinformation campaign about Dominion” consisting of “demonstrably false” allegations, was dismissed after a settlement was reached ...
DEA, FBI refuse to confirm or deny existence of warrants for Denver raids
Both the DEA and FBI issued what’s known as a “Glomar” denial — a response that allows agencies to neither confirm nor deny the records exist ...
