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Denver school board member reprimanded over comments following shooting

Anderson disclosed on the Brother Jeff Show on Wednesday that he expects a reprimand from School Board President Xóchitl Gaytán for allegedly violating board policy for, among other things, discussing a confidential meeting following the recent shooting at East High School ...
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Aurora looks to AI to monitor police behavior

Aurora can soon begin using an AI technology that assesses police body camera audio, which proponents say will serve as a helpful tool to monitor for poor police behavior and allow the Aurora Police Department to correct it quickly ...
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Denver Public Schools can’t say how many justice-involved students attend public school

Denver Public Schools does not have a mechanism to track students involved with the juvenile justice system, The Denver Gazette has learned ...
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Citing national security, Aurora bans TikTok on city devices

Using or downloading TikTok on city devices or personal devices using the city network will no longer be allowed in Aurora ...
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Recall, search for new city manager move forward in Dacono

The recall petitions allege that Thomas and Turini, “both alone and in concert with others, intentionally withheld information at the (Feb. 13) meeting by not providing timely and full disclosure of potential agenda information; in violation of the Open Meetings Law.” ...
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What is FERPA? And what does it mean for learning more about the East High School shooting?

Denver7 has been receiving many questions over what we have and have not been able to report with the East High School shooting and, in particular, the suspect. Because he was under the age of 18, Colorado and federal laws kept much of his information private ...
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Perry: The price of open records in Colorado shouldn’t keep them closed

Inquiring minds may want to know all they can about the workings of the government, but the journalists who reveal what goes on have to pay — a lot ...
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‘Silver lining’ v. ‘worst part of my job’: Legal community offers divergent experiences with virtual court proceedings

Those were the broad messages contained in more than 200 pages of comments submitted to the Colorado Supreme Court on a pair of proposed directives governing remote access to judicial proceedings ...
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Colorado proposal would cut public records costs for media

In a concession many journalists know well, Paul gutted his admittedly large request, leaving most of those government documents shrouded from the public’s sight ...
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Steamboat Council’s talks about Brown Ranch have been largely behind closed doors — some members think that should change

Since the start of Brown Ranch annexation talks on Jan. 20, Steamboat Springs City Council has met twice in executive session to talk about extending the city, but council members have only discussed the process in public for 26 minutes ...
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