Editorial: Transparency
Governing boards must be aware of any legal actions involving their operations, and when organizations are tax supported, the public should know, as well ...
Settled in silence: How fire departments quietly put out legal fires
Whatever the price of Sells’ silence, likely paid by the district’s insurer, is unknown. It was not enshrined in a document signed by the chief, nor was it reviewed by the board at a public meeting ...
The missing pieces in Boulder’s police force data
This limited data does not compare to the in-depth information dashboards released by other Colorado police departments, and it does not reflect the thorough data sets that advocacy groups have been asking the city to share ...
Attorney claims City of Florence violated Open Meetings Law during June 10 special meeting
Colorado attorney Matt Roane has brought another lawsuit against the City of Florence, positing that the city council violated Colorado’s Open Meetings Law during a June 10 special meeting ...
Divided Colorado Supreme Court: Criminal trial livestreams not enough to satisfy public trial right
A slim majority of the Colorado Supreme Court decided that livestreaming criminal proceedings without also opening the physical courtroom to spectators may violate the constitutional guarantee of a public trial ...
Proposed policy would require Denver Public Schools to report how much it spends on lawsuits
The proposal says the district would have to provide the school board with a list of lawsuits DPS is involved in and a tally of how much it spends on external legal costs ...
Colorado has been expanding some of its privacy protections, but how do they work, and who qualifies?
An individual can remove information like their address, how frequently they’ve voted and party registration from the public database. But there’s a catch: legally, that option is only open to people if they believe their information could be used to harass or harm them ...
Trump bill could cut $4.5 million from Colorado public media
President Donald Trump’s request for Congress to cut $9.4 billion in spending on foreign aid and public broadcasting appears to put Colorado public media at a potential loss of more than $4.5 million in annual funding ...
Zansberg: Public media lawsuit over federal subsidies explained
The lawsuit poses two basic questions: (1) Does any president have the authority, under the law, to command CPB how it is to disperse its funds, or the recipients of CPB grants how they can (and cannot) spend those monies? And (2) assuming, for argument’s sake only, that the president does have such authority, does it infringe on the First Amendment rights of those private entities if the government imposes restrictions on what programming they may broadcast based exclusively on the express (stated) grounds that the president disapproves of their speech? ...
Perry: To Aurora lawmakers and protestors — If you can’t beat ’em, stop trying
Sorry if it sucks to listen to people you don’t like or agree with, city council members, but that’s what being a public official, and especially an elected official is all about ...
