Colorado Senate honors journalism icon Fred Brown
The Colorado Senate honored longtime Denver Post bureau chief Fred Brown with a ceremony as distinctive as the journalist himself, donning masks bearing his likeness and celebrating his five decades of shaping political reporting and ethical standards in the state ...
Appeals court denies rehearing in DougCo open meetings case
The Colorado Court of Appeals denied two petitions for rehearing in a case involving the Douglas County Board of County Commissioners’ violations of open meetings laws ...
Opinion: Why Colorado needs accountability and transparency in AI decision making
Strong guardrails don’t stop innovation, they build public trust in emerging technologies. Businesses and developers benefit when AI systems are transparent, fair and responsibly deployed. Clear standards can also help reduce legal and reputational risks ...
Mesa County approves legal notices contract
The Mesa County Commissioners approved a contract with The Daily Sentinel to publish legal notices, one week after directing staff to explore ways around the posting of legal notices in a newspaper, which is required by Colorado law ...
Boulder County limits public comment at key advisory boards, narrowing input to agenda items
Boulder County has restricted public comment at two of its advisory boards, narrowing what had been a broader forum for residents to raise concerns. ...
Colorado lawmakers reject bill that would have required legislative caucuses to report their donors
State lawmakers rejected a bill aimed at requiring Colorado legislative caucuses to disclose their funders ...
Gov. Jared Polis relies on ‘super-secret memo’ to back private investment bill in Colorado legislature
Gov. Jared Polis’ office is pursuing legislation that would allow state agencies to invest enterprise fees and other public money in privately managed investment funds, instead of investing through the Colorado treasurer — and it’s relying on what a lawmaker called a “super-secret memo” for legal backing ...
Nexstar Tegna antitrust lawsuit now bipartisan, Nexstar fires back
The antitrust lawsuit against the $6.1 billion dollar Nexstar Media Group merger with Tegna expanded with the addition of five new states to the eight already seeking to block the megamerger ...
Colorado’s AI compromise would drop requirement that companies explain how their technology works
Companies that create and use artificial intelligence wouldn’t have to disclose how their systems help make decisions on things like hiring, loans and housing under a bill introduced in the Colorado Senate ...
Opinion: All Coloradans should have a say at the Public Utilities Commission
Right now, the PUC is up for reauthorization, which means our lawmakers consider whether it’s doing its job, and how it can do better. Here are some of the possibilities: The PUC can provide notices of important proceedings using clear language that anyone can understand. Public comments can be explicitly considered by the commissioners, and they can be required to respond to public comments ...
