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Denver to face trial over arrest of man recording officers, judge says

A jury will decide whether Denver has widespread practices or policies that led officers to unconstitutionally arrest a man for recording and speaking to them, a federal judge ruled ...

Request for report regarding Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold headed back to court

Three months after a Denver District Court judge ordered Secretary of State Jena Griswold's Office to ask a consulting agency if it has a missing $25,000 report, the consultant has released a set of demands ...

Boulder police deny records request regarding hazing incident, citing active investigation

The Boulder Police Department has denied a request for a police report from a fall 2025 hazing incident where emails showed more than half of the fraternity members were suspended, citing an ongoing investigation ...

Judge denies parents’ injunction, clearing way for Boulder Valley school closures

Maxfield argued that Boulder Valley Superintendent Rob Anderson and Assistant Superintendent of Operations Rob Price meeting with one to two school board members at a time to go over the closure plan before it was presented at the public Aug. 25 school board meeting violated Colorado’s open meetings law ...

Aurora lawmakers continue bickering over public comment conundrum

After months of discussion and a recent swell of public participation, council members are leaning toward slightly more relaxed sanctions for speakers who defy the three-minute comment limit ...

Denver police drone video joins body-worn cameras as accountability tool in new lawsuit

A protester who says he was wrongfully arrested at a No Kings march last year is pointing to the Denver Police Department’s own drone footage as evidence of the alleged misconduct in a newly filed lawsuit, offering an early example of police drone footage being used as an oversight tool amid the agency’s increasing embrace of the technology ...

Opinion: Court livestreams offer information, transparency

Livestreams offer newsrooms easier and better access to follow, observe and report on the cases that are meaningful to those communities, and to track trends. They also help small newsrooms that cover large areas that include multiple courthouses have better coverage, ...

Who’s watching Colorado’s metro districts? Audit flags debt, fees and oversight concerns

The newly-released audit found Colorado needs to improve oversight, accountability and transparency involving the metro districts that help finance and operate public services in communities across the state ...

Dark-money donors are spending big to change Colorado elections — and it’s unclear if any live here

It’s also not clear if any of the donors have ever cast a ballot in the state, or if any even live here. Indeed, none of the groups that are funneling the donors’ cash into the state are based in Colorado ...

Auditor accuses mayor’s office of withholding records

Denver's auditor says Mayor Mike Johnston's administration is blocking his review of how City Hall builds its budget ...