Effort to limit comments at Durango City Council meetings met with resistance
Durango City Council tabled a discussion about whether to restrict public comments to “city business” after about 30 residents filled council chambers demanding councilors pass a symbolic resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war ...
Peif: Transparency for the win; judge orders state health agency to turn over emails
On March 5 a Denver District Court judge ruled that the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) improperly withheld documents from me as part of an open records request by wrongfully claiming what’s known as “deliberative-process privilege,” which is often just an excuse to withhold information concocted by the legislature. ...
Del Norte Town Board votes to send open meetings case to Colorado Supreme Court
The Del Norte Town Board voted 4-3 to appeal the decision made by the Colorado Court of Appeals in the case of former Trustee Laura Anzalone vs. The Town of Del Norte to the Colorado State Supreme Court during a special meeting on March 6 ...
Social media: Denver school board considering policy about when members can block people
Amid ongoing court cases about public officials’ use of social media, the Denver school board is considering a policy about when board members can and cannot delete comments or block people from commenting on their posts ...
Colorado lawmakers are close to passing a bill exempting themselves from parts of open meetings law
Colorado lawmakers are advancing a bill to exempt themselves from parts of the Open Meetings Law despite facing strong opposition from transparency advocates who fear the measure would encourage policy to be crafted in secret at the statehouse ...
Editorial: Aurora police ‘transparency portal’ is progress, but citizen oversight is key
The transparency portal does indeed provide some important details, counting how many times police record using some type of force against subjects during confrontations ...
Private RE-2 school board meeting raises concerns
While it’s not the role of The Florence Reporter to adjudicate matters related to Colorado’s Open Meeting Laws, it is clear that the public should have been provided a link or another form of technology to hear what transpired during the Open Session of the school board’s “special” meeting ...
Editorial: CSU, student media deserve more transparency from university administration
When information concerning the departure of a prominent university figure is withheld, whether that be the athletic director, the president or the football coach, a disservice is done. Secrecy is a breeding ground for rumors, misinformation and distrust ...
Colorado bill to curb book bans in school and public libraries voted down in education committee
Colorado lawmakers on the Senate Education Committee voted against a bill that would have made it harder to remove content from a school or public library ...
Elk Creek Fire to increase transparency
At the request of an Elk Creek Fire board member, the district will provide easier access to its finances. Board vice president Dominique Devaney cited public concern and a recent influx of open records requests from fellow board member Chuck Newby as reasons to make the change ...
