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?
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Residents’ lawsuit seeks to hold Elbert County commissioners personally liable for privately approving administrator and attorney contracts
The Elbert County commissioners should be held personally liable for unlawfully approving new contracts for the county administrator and county attorney outside of public view and ordered to reimburse Elbert’s treasury for those expenditures, a lawsuit filed by five residents says.
Court of Appeals stays release of blurred body-cam video showing Lakewood police shooting 17-year-old robbery suspect
The Colorado Court of Appeals has stayed a judge’s order to disclose blurred body-worn camera footage of Lakewood police officers shooting and killing a 17-year-old robbery suspect, pending the outcome of an appeal by the city.
Colorado Channel Authority Board members push for video webcasting of legislative committee meetings
Members of the appointed board that oversees the broadcasting of Colorado House and Senate floor proceedings say it’s time the General Assembly joins the long list of state legislatures that provide the public with video webcasts of committee meetings.
McIntyre and Wiggins merit CFOIC’s Jean Otto award for their ‘dogged and dog-inspired’ reporting
The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition presented its Jean Otto Friend of Freedom Award to Erin McIntyre and Mike Wiggins, owners and co-publishers of the weekly Ouray County Plaindealer since 2019.
Elbert County residents say commissioners violated open meetings law by privately approving administrator and attorney contracts
Elbert County commissioners violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law by approving new contracts for the county administrator and county attorney in private, a group of residents alleged in a letter.
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.
How the Ouray County Plaindealer successfully fought ‘excessive’ redactions in police internal affairs records
Despite a 2019 state statute requiring the public disclosure of police internal affairs files in Colorado, the town of Ouray for months released only heavily blacked-out copies of records concerning excessive-force allegations against officers.
Colorado Supreme Court will review judicially created doctrine that lets public bodies ‘cure’ open meetings law violations
The Colorado Supreme Court will examine whether a judicially created doctrine allowing public bodies to “cure” violations of the Colorado Open Meetings Law goes against the “plain meaning” of the transparency statute and “longstanding precedent.”
Judge sides with KOAA-TV in dispute over records of Colorado Mental Health Hospital employees
KOAA-TV is entitled to unredacted records concerning employees at the Colorado Mental Health Hospital in Pueblo, a judge ordered, rejecting a state agency’s claim that disclosure of their names is prohibited by the “personnel files” exemption in the Colorado Open Records Act.