Opinion: Transparency wins with release of Larimer County autopsy report
Government officials should not be hiding information from us based on what they think is good for us to know, or for some ideological reason; a lesson the Larimer County Coroner recently learned the hard way ...
Gov. Jared Polis vetoes bill requiring disclosure from administration lobbyists
Gov. Jared Polis vetoed a bill that would have required executive branch lobbyists to follow much of the same disclosure rules that already govern other Capitol lobbyists ...
Cherry Creek School District withholds cost of investigation into former top officials
Cherry Creek School District hired an outside law firm to investigate former Superintendent Chris Smith and his wife, former Human Resources Chief Brenda Smith, but officials are withholding records that would reveal how much taxpayers spent on the investigation ...
Editorial: Polis should help police increase transparency by signing law mandating it
It is a long-overdue recognition that when someone dies at the hands of police, families and the public deserve timely, factual information instead of bureaucratic stonewalling, selective narratives and endless delays ...
Denver shifts some sheriff discipline away from independent investigation, oversight
The Denver Sheriff Department is shifting some deputy disciplinary matters away from independent investigation and instead will handle them in-house, a move that narrows the scope of reforms city officials made more than six years ago ...
2 Boulder residents sue over city’s use of Flock cameras, citing widespread privacy violations
Two Boulder residents are challenging the city’s use of 31 Flock Safety surveillance cameras, saying the technology violates Coloradans’ rights by cataloging their movements without warrants. ...
Boulder council may have violated open meetings laws over airport study session, law firm says
The legal memo states that the direction during the April 23 study session was effectively a policy decision, no matter if it was characterized as keeping the status quo. It also concludes that there was insufficient notice of the meeting if a court were to find the April 23 study session was sufficiently open to the public ...
Opinion: From secret huddles to Zebulon — the high cost of the Dougco BOCC’s shady governance
In Douglas County, a new and dangerous standard of governance has taken root: if the public doesn’t like your plan, simply stop letting the public in the room ...
Who’s influencing Denver officials? City Council aims for overhaul of lobbyist reporting requirements
The people who are paid to influence policy in Denver city government may soon have to publicly report a lot more about their activities ...
Colorado man awarded $50,000 after being banned from public agency’s social media
The Colorado State Patrol recently agreed to settle a civil complaint filed on behalf of a man who criticized the agency on one of its social media platforms. ...
