Former Boulder council candidate, political organizer settle defamation lawsuit
A yearslong legal dispute from the 2021 City of Boulder election that raised questions about political speech and campaign tactics has ended with an apology ...
Opinion: Pursuing accountability and transparency is an appropriate role of the media
The bottom line is that the public’s business must be conducted publicly. Private companies can operate privately, but government institutions and elected officials must operate openly and transparently, and they should bend over backwards to serve their constituents ...
Denver to disclose non-monetary settlements
After a unanimous vote by the Denver City Council, the city’s Department of Public Safety must now disclose all non-monetary settlements to the Citizens’ Oversight Board (COB) ...
Opinion: A $950 million city bond deserves full transparency
As of today, there is no public cost breakdown for many of the 59 proposed projects in the bond. No explanation of how figures were determined. No access to the financial assumptions, cost modeling or contingency calculations behind the totals. For a bond package of this size, that’s a problem ...
Colorado Democrats condemn sale of 9News’ parent company to owner of Fox31
Leading Colorado Democrats condemned the proposed consolidation of local TV news stations in Colorado, which would see Fox31’s owner buying its rival Tegna, owner of Denver’s 9News ...
Broadcast TV merger could spell layoffs, programming changes for 9News and Fox31
A proposed merger between the parent companies of two of Denver’s top TV news operations could result in layoffs, consolidation and programming changes, according to media experts ...
Littwin: A media takeover may jeopardize journalism at 9News. That’s not fake news
Because there’s a significant chance that 9News — Denver’s longtime local TV ratings leader and, more importantly, its longtime local TV journalism leader — may not be the 9News you know and love for much longer ...
Denver cuts off Loveland’s access to Flock license plate-reading camera data
The most populated city in Colorado is removing Loveland's access to its Flock automated license plate reading data, after 9NEWS obtained records that showed Loveland Police has shared access to its Flock data with U.S. Border Patrol ...
Loveland Police sharing access to license plate reader data with Border Patrol, records reveal
The Loveland Police Department is sharing access to its automated license plate reader system with U.S. Border Patrol, 9NEWS has learned through an open records request ...
Did Poudre School District backtrack on plans to reduce public comment at board meetings?
But there was just one problem. The Poudre School District Board of Education never approved the policy change nor discussed it in a public meeting, Vice President Jessica Zamora wrote in an Aug. 7 email to the Coloradoan ...
