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Judge denies parents’ injunction, clearing way for Boulder Valley school closures

Maxfield argued that Boulder Valley Superintendent Rob Anderson and Assistant Superintendent of Operations Rob Price meeting with one to two school board members at a time to go over the closure plan before it was presented at the public Aug. 25 school board meeting violated Colorado’s open meetings law ...

Aurora lawmakers continue bickering over public comment conundrum

After months of discussion and a recent swell of public participation, council members are leaning toward slightly more relaxed sanctions for speakers who defy the three-minute comment limit ...

Denver police drone video joins body-worn cameras as accountability tool in new lawsuit

A protester who says he was wrongfully arrested at a No Kings march last year is pointing to the Denver Police Department’s own drone footage as evidence of the alleged misconduct in a newly filed lawsuit, offering an early example of police drone footage being used as an oversight tool amid the agency’s increasing embrace of the technology ...

Opinion: Court livestreams offer information, transparency

Livestreams offer newsrooms easier and better access to follow, observe and report on the cases that are meaningful to those communities, and to track trends. They also help small newsrooms that cover large areas that include multiple courthouses have better coverage, ...

Who’s watching Colorado’s metro districts? Audit flags debt, fees and oversight concerns

The newly-released audit found Colorado needs to improve oversight, accountability and transparency involving the metro districts that help finance and operate public services in communities across the state ...

Dark-money donors are spending big to change Colorado elections — and it’s unclear if any live here

It’s also not clear if any of the donors have ever cast a ballot in the state, or if any even live here. Indeed, none of the groups that are funneling the donors’ cash into the state are based in Colorado ...

Auditor accuses mayor’s office of withholding records

Denver's auditor says Mayor Mike Johnston's administration is blocking his review of how City Hall builds its budget ...

Colorado’s federal court announces cell phone lockup pilot

Colorado’s federal trial court is seeking public comment on a proposed program that would require certain visitors to lock up their cell phones inside its courthouses ...

Pueblo D70 could owe more than $78,000 after open meetings violations

Pueblo County School District 70 could be ordered to pay more than $78,000 in attorney fees and court costs after a Pueblo judge ruled against the district's board of education in a lawsuit alleging multiple violations of Colorado Open Meetings Law ...

Millions in untraceable conservative money is flooding into Colorado to oppose tax-related ballot measures

Millions of dollars in untraceable money from conservative groups has flowed into Colorado in recent weeks to oppose a pair of liberal ballot measures that would change the tax code to raise billions of dollars in state revenue, primarily for things like education and healthcare.  ...