The Durango Herald: As Sunshine Week 2026 draws to a close, it’s worth measuring the distance between the ideal it represents and the reality of open government in Colorado.

The ideal is simple: public business is the public’s business. In Colorado, those rights are enshrined in the Colorado Open Records Act and the Colorado Open Meetings Law, giving residents the legal right to request records and observe government conducting public business.

That right has never mattered more.

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