Opinion: When Colorado, US communities lose their newspapers, they often lose more than news
The PBS documentary “Stripped for Parts: American Journalism on the Brink” is more than a story about struggling newspapers. It is a warning about what happens when financial interests dismantle institutions that help hold communities — and democracies — together ...
Want to know who’s paying for legislative campaign flyers filling Denver mailboxes? Good luck.
Another Democratic primary in Colorado. Another wave of campaign mailers and attack ads that frequently, as far as the public can tell, emerged from a black hole ...
Cherry Creek investigation tops $46,000 as district withholds invoices
Caitlin Holzfaster, the district’s records custodian, denied a May 15 Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request by The Denver Gazette for the investigation’s invoices and billing records, arguing that descriptions could reveal attorney-client privileged information, legal advice or litigation strategy ...
Aurora closer to creating internal police, fire oversight office in wake of consent decree
The office’s duties will include investigating critical public safety incidents that result in serious injury or death, as well as ongoing reviews of public safety operations. It also will share information with the public, provide liaisons to impacted families and conduct community engagement ...
Erie council clash erupts after three members vote against executive session
A routine Erie Town Council meeting took an unexpected turn when three council members voted against entering executive session, halting a planned closed-door discussion related to airport negotiations and triggering a heated exchange on the dais ...
Douglas County seeks Colorado Supreme Court review in open meetings lawsuit
A lawsuit centering around whether the Board of Douglas County Commissioners violated Colorado's open meetings laws could continue all the way to the Colorado Supreme Court ...
Hundreds of calls to Colorado child abuse hotline from youth treatment centers go uninvestigated
After the state Supreme Court ruling, The Colorado Sun sent a new request under the Colorado Open Records Act to get the up-to-date numbers of hotline calls ...
Opinion: Student press freedom under threat at GJHS
Student press freedom is being threatened by Grand Junction High School’s administration because of the reassignment of the school newspaper’s adviser ...
Colorado restores access to funeral home inspection reports 2 years after quietly blocking records
The new law will allow Coloradans to learn the details of what inspectors are finding as they ramp up scrutiny of the industry in the wake of several scandals involving fake ashes and mishandled remains ...
Colorado Springs Utilities CEO pay study not public
LPPC said the information was confidential. When asked why that was the case, as the information is from publicly owned utilities, an LPPC spokesperson said “confidentiality is standard practice for compensation benchmarking surveys across industries, consistent with how compensation studies are conducted by benefit consulting firms and industry associations broadly." ...
