After three hours of discussion, tearful comments from the public and threat of further litigation from a new character in the drama, the Loveland City Council voted to hire a special prosecutor in the case of four members accused of violating the city charter ...

A library book that’s only been checked out twice since its purchase in 2018 will remain available at Greeley Central High School after undergoing Greeley-Evans School District 6’s book review process ...

Colorado's second-highest court agreed a group that spent $4 million backing conservative causes on the ballot in 2020 is required to disclose its contributions and spending, and pay a $40,000 fine for failing to register as an advocacy group ...

An attorney appointed to investigate alleged open meeting violations by four current and three former Loveland City councilors has found that there is enough evidence to support a criminal prosecution in the case ...

A new state-published report that is intended to show how Colorado police are interacting with citizens, especially with the use of force, is so lacking with data from police agencies, that the report itself admits it can’t serve as a reliable reference yet.  ...

A federal judge threw out an attorney's defamation claim against a blogger who was critical of her work representing a special district in Jefferson County and who, she believed, contributed to the district's decision to oust her ...

Eighth Judicial District Court Judge C. Michelle Brinegar issued an order dismissing the complaint filed by Loveland resident Bill Jensen alleging that the four current councilors violated Colorado open meeting law along with three former councilors (Richard Ball, John Fogle and Don Overcash) in the weeks before their decisive vote on the controversial Centerra South urban renewal plan ...

The social media policy — a single sentence added to a broader policy on board member conduct — aligns with a March 15 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that could give public officials more freedom to block critics or delete their comments ...

At this point they have chosen only to eliminate a portion of the open meetings law, and only for themselves. If this first step goes unchallenged, however, it is hard to imagine local governments, city councils, school boards, etc., not demanding and obtaining a similar exemption ...

Loveland resident Bill Jensen contends that this series of individual meetings between Olson and the others constitute a secret meeting of a quorum to decide policy, and is a violation of Colorado meeting law ...