Aurora’s City Council decides to meet virtually — with no public comment — until shooting lawsuit is resolved
The Aurora City Council voted to meet virtually and to do away with public comment sessions until the suburban city resolves a lawsuit filed recently by the family of a Black man fatally shot by Aurora police ...
Colorado justices say access to Missy Woods data must be litigated in Jeffco
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that defense attorneys seeking access to withheld information about a former DNA scientist's misconduct must pursue the data in Jefferson County, where the Colorado Bureau of Investigation is located ...
Aurora mayor announces in-person city council meetings suspended until Kilyn Lewis lawsuit settled
Mayor Mike Coffman announced in-person Aurora City Council meetings are suspended until a wrongful death lawsuit filed by the family of Kilyn Lewis is settled ...
Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission restructures public comment to get meetings back on track
The Colorado Parks and Wildlife Commission is changing how the public can comment at meetings to increase meeting efficiency ...
Armstrong: Government funding of news media inherently corruptive
Government funding of news media also is inherently corruptive. A primary function of news journalism is to hold elected officials and bureaucrats accountable. To the degree that journalists collect their paychecks through government transfers, those journalists have an incentive to protect those transfers and to shield the hands that feed them ...
Marshall: A rushed, secretive Home Rule power-grab in Douglas County
This was done at a hastily called special meeting with only 24-hour notice and no public input invited or allowed. Nobody I know heard any public airing of this Home Rule idea before that meeting ...
Palmer Lake mayor resigns amid controversy over alleged Signal text leaks, derogatory comments
In the lead-up to the resignation of Palmer Lake Mayor Glant Havenar, the Tri-Lakes area has been experiencing a social media firestorm over texts allegedly leaked in a Signal group chat ...
Ex-Lochbuie officer’s rights not violated with disclosure of misconduct finding, appeals court rules
Colorado's second-highest court concluded that a former law enforcement officer cannot sue his employer under one police accountability law for reporting its misconduct finding to another agency, as required under a different police accountability law ...
Denver Post’s YourHub: Community journalism project’s life and death
YourHub has died at the tender age of twenty and will be buried soon. The community journalism project's final offering was published in the Denver Post on May 29 and its content will vanish from YourHub's online home at the end of June ...
Boulder City Council suspends open comment after Pearl Street attack and rising tensions
For more than a year, residents have used open comment to condemn Israel’s war in Gaza and urge councilmembers to pass a ceasefire resolution, often alleging they bear some responsibility for the conflict ...
