Coming soon: The First, a new documentary film about the First Amendment
The Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition is fiscal sponsor for a new film about the First Amendment to be aired on PBS stations starting in October.
Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Lawsuit: Colorado energy commission violated open meetings and open records laws
A lawsuit accuses the Colorado Energy and Carbon Management Commission of violating the state’s open meetings and open records laws by denying public access to a commission-appointed advisory committee and by withholding the committee’s draft report.
Colorado’s open meetings law prohibits secret ballots for decision-making. Some public bodies continue to use them anyway.
It’s been 14 years since an amendment to the Colorado Open Meetings Law barred public bodies from using secret ballots to make decisions, but the Greeley City Council and the Bayfield Planning Commission recently took votes that way.
Town of Hudson asks judge to bar release of pre-disciplinary notices given to police chief and lieutenant
The town of Hudson wants a judge to validate its denial of a request by 9NEWS journalist Steve Staeger for records related to the resignations of the police chief and a lieutenant.
Douglas County residents argue against Supreme Court review of commissioners’ open meetings law violations
Three Douglas County residents asked the Colorado Supreme Court to deny the county commissioners’ petition for review of an appellate court ruling that the open meetings law applied to several meetings they convened outside of public view.
CCJRA frustration: ‘This request is being closed due to the age of the request.’
For Zansberg, the story of his unilaterally terminated records request highlights a systemic problem with CCJRA that many requesters face: Unlike CORA, which requires the production of records “not readily available” within three working days unless extenuating circumstances apply, CCJRA does not include a response deadline.
CFOIC appeals ‘private’ judge’s refusal to lift suppression order in divorce case
That ruling should be reversed because Meyer failed to apply the presumption of public access outlined in case law, the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure and Chief Justice Directive 05-01, the judicial branch’s court records policy, argues CFOIC’s appellate brief.
‘A simple but monumental question for the future of government transparency in Colorado’
A case in the Court of Appeals about the redaction of public records “presents a simple but monumental question for the future of government transparency in Colorado,” the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition says in an amicus brief.
Wrap-up: Lawmakers in 2026 session rejected CORA response-time extension and PUC open meetings exemption, improved courts transparency
Efforts to weaken the Colorado Open Records Act and give an open meetings law exemption to the state Public Utilities Commission fell short during the 2026 session of the General Assembly.
Senate bill provides quicker access to bodycam footage for families of people killed by law enforcement
State lawmakers are rewriting portions of Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act and other statutes to ensure that family members of people killed by police get quicker access to body-worn and dashboard camera footage and additional information.