The Denver Gazette: t’s hard to fathom how Colorado ended up the only state in the nation not to livestream its state legislative committee hearings. That said, a 5-1 vote just before the end of last year by the Executive Committee of the Legislative Council — the six top leaders of the Colorado House and Senate — at last will usher in a proper level of transparency and public access. Our state’s committee hearings will start livestreaming Jan. 14, the commencement of the 2026 legislative session.

And hats off to the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, the nonpartisan watchdog that, for the past year-and-a-half, has been dogged in pursuing the change. It will bring more of the sausage making of the state’s legislative process to the screens of taxpayers seeking to access it in real time on a smartphone or computer.

Common sense and modern technology suggest there really shouldn’t be much of a hurdle for the state legislature to implement the technology. Anyone anywhere can “go live” and record or stream themselves, others or whatever they wish via social media platforms and apps that are literal clicks of a finger away. Many municipalities across the state — and world, for that matter — long have streamed and/or recorded various meetings and public business.

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