Educating everyone about the First Amendment
Two new resources are designed to help Americans learn more about the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
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Free Press, Free Country campaign and documentary will show that ‘journalism is not partisan, it’s patriotic’
Fast Forward Films launched Free Press, Free Country, a campaign to educate Coloradans about the critical importance of strong, independent journalism in a democracy. The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition is serving as the fiscal sponsor and as an adviser for the project.
The legislature made it easier to obtain police bodycam footage in Colorado, but barriers to access remain
Enacted five years ago following the killings of George Floyd in Minneapolis and Elijah McClain in Aurora, Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act has made it easier to obtain police body-worn camera footage. But some barriers to access remain.
Judge: Aurora PD must release all unedited body-cam footage of May 2024 shooting of Kilyn Lewis
A judge ordered Aurora to release all unedited body-worn camera footage of police shooting and killing Kilyn Lewis, finding that the city denied 9NEWS’ requests for the video in violation of Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act.
Lawmakers drop effort to override veto of CORA bill that would have let governments take more time to process requests — except for those made by journalists
Gov. Jared Polis’ veto of a bill to extend Colorado Open Records Act response deadlines for requests made by the public and businesses will stand after legislators abandoned their effort to override it.
Colorado court case about disclosure of police body-cam footage focuses on when an ‘incident’ begins and ends
A judge is examining how much body-worn camera footage must be provided to the public when there is an incident of alleged misconduct by law enforcement.
It’s almost 2025. Why are we still writing checks to pay for public records?
A quarter of the way into the 21st century, should Coloradans still have to write paper checks to pay for public records?
State Supreme Court to review child abuse statistics case won on appeal by Colorado Sun and 9NEWS
The Colorado Supreme Court will review an appellate court opinion that the Colorado Children’s Code doesn’t necessarily prohibit the state Department of Human Services from publicly releasing aggregate statistics about child-abuse hotline calls made from licensed residential care facilities.
Amended Colorado autopsy bill requires release of deceased minor’s name in summary report
State lawmakers made significant adjustments to a bill that closes autopsy reports on minors, adding a deceased child’s name to the summary of information that must be released to the public following a death.
Amended bill allows disclosure of autopsy reports on minors who die in care or custody of government
County coroners could publicly release an autopsy report concerning a minor’s death while in the care or custody of a government agency under a revised bill passed by the Colorado House.