Colorado Politics: Are Colorado lawmakers making it difficult for the public and the media to access public records or figure out what policymakers are up to?

Sponsors of several bills insist the answer is no.

Others question the path the Democratic-led state legislature appears to have carved in the last few years. They said lawmakers have pushed and passed laws that make public records less accessible and which chip away at transparency.

Jeff Roberts, the executive director of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, said it’s not just about accessing public records that worries him — it’s also about new policy to exempt state lawmakers from open meeting laws.

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