Colorado press freedom advocates earn the Julie J. Boucher Community Honor Roll Award
Colorado Public Radio’s President and CEO Stewart Vanderwilt was awarded the Julie J. Boucher Community Honor Roll Award along with Breeze Richardson, Executive Director of Aspen Public Radio; Tami Graham, Executive Director of KSUT Public Radio; and Steve Zansberg, legal counsel representing the Colorado stations, for their First Amendment lawsuit challenging the Trump administration ...
Judge closes courtroom as Children’s Hospital contempt hearing over treatment of transgender kids gets underway
A judge in Denver took the unusual step of closing her courtroom to the public — including the media — as doctors from Children’s Hospital Colorado testified about their decisions to no longer write prescriptions for young transgender patients ...
Opinion: Public comment is essential to advisory committees. Boulder County must reinstate it.
All public comment at POSAC meetings and other county boards must be reinstated without the new limits so true representative democracy, transparency and accountability are preserved ...
CU settles student free speech lawsuit for $160,000
The University of Colorado has reached a $160,000 settlement agreement with two students who claimed their free speech and due process rights were violated after they participated in a pro-Palestine protest ...
State rep. sues Douglas County commissioners for ‘illegal secret meeting’ before alleged ballot meddling
He argues that the board cited a nonexistent state law to justify a secret meeting and then used what was discussed to reshape how voters will decide the county’s future ...
Kafer: Information empowers voters and Initiative 234 strips away vital knowledge
Initiative 234 may seem simple but the intent of this measure isn’t so plain. Colorado law already requires ballot measures be written in understandable language accessible to the “widest possible audience.” ...
Bzdek: Colorado newsrooms ‘are holding the line’
After reading a new report on the state of Colorado journalism, and visiting with intrepid news people from all around the state at the Colorado Press Association annual conference last weekend, I’m thinking newspapers aren’t quite dead yet, either ...
Years of Colorado River talks failed to produce a deal. How much should the public see?
For the last three years, the seven states have been negotiating a new set of rules for sharing a dwindling supply of water before current ones expire in December. But the public has had little view inside the negotiating rooms ...
Complaint: Springs Utilities withheld text messages in CORA request about data center
A complaint sent to the Colorado Springs Utilities Board, which is also Colorado Springs City Council, claims senior leaders at Colorado Springs Utilities withheld text messages responsive to a Colorado Open Records Act (CORA) request made in August ...
Two Colorado agencies are paying local social media influencers to help spread their message
Invoices obtained through an open records request show a Denver-area regional government agency paid a dozen local influencers a combined more than $15,000 over two campaigns this year to promote a bike-to-work initiative, and its "Way To Go" app ...
