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Court delivers mixed rulings for city, Durango watchdog

The 6th Judicial District Court ruled that a former Durango Financial Advisory Board member violated the Colorado Open Records Act when he withheld emails sought in a records request ...

Retired Aurora detective stashed 30 boxes of case docs under floorboards

A retired Aurora detective on the force for 41 years kept boxes of documents linked to 35 different police cases stashed under the floorboards of his home, police said.  ...

Kafer: Is DoBetterDNVR more anonymous troll or citizen journalist?

If its administrator wants to be the “citizen journalist” he or she claims to be, then the social media organization must try to meet the same principles real journalists strive for: transparency, accuracy, and objectivity ...

Law enforcement department in Denver metro area begins using AI to assist with police reports

Police in Wheat Ridge are getting a technology upgrade. As of Aug. 1, the department has begun using artificial intelligence to help officers write their reports ...

Measure to disclose Denver’s non-monetary settlements advances

A Denver City Council committee is aiming to increase transparency when it comes to non-monetary legal settlements made by the Department of Public Safety ...

Frequent immigration-related searches of Denver Flock camera data revealed in logs

Data collected by Flock Safety license plate readers across Denver was accessed in immigration-related national searches more than 1,400 times between June 2024 and April 2025, according to audit logs that Newsline obtained from the Denver Police Department.  ...

In private group chat, GOP lawmakers made crude jokes about a Democratic colleague’s clothing

CPR News has obtained screenshots that show several lawmakers quickly responded with comments on Zokaie’s outfit, comparing her to a prostitute and stripper ...

Colorado judicial discipline rules released for public comment

The panel charged with enacting protocols governing the judicial discipline process has released a set of new rules for public comment ...

Colorado Supreme Court accepts cases on campaign transparency, crime victim restitution

However, a three-judge Court of Appeals panel disagreed. By 2-1, the majority believed Colorado, as the only state to require the disclosure of registered agents on election communications, had not shown a "substantial" reason to compel advocacy groups to disclose that piece of information ...

Lawsuit against Pikes Peak Library District over Rockrimmon closure dismissed

Judge Gregory Werner issued an order dismissing complaints that the library board violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law and an attempt to reverse the library closure using the state's Rule 106 appeal process for government decisions ...