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Could more transparency come to Colorado this year?
Colorado's Open Records Act is an old law with some outdated provisions in it.
Last year, state legislation failed that would help align the law...
Attorney General’s office opposes 2017 open records legislation
This story was originally published by the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition.
After months of work by stakeholders, proposed 2017 legislation is taking shape that...
Colorado’s High Court won’t hear teachers’ union appeal in sick-leave open...
The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday declined to review a state appeals court decision holding that sick-leave records are not part of a public...
District bills parent $438 to see her son’s school records, $129...
This story originally appeared on the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition website.
Connie Sack was stunned when she received two invoices from the Keenesburg school...
Open-government wins and losses in the 2016 Colorado legislative session
Colorado lawmakers in 2016 rejected an opportunity to bring the state’s open-records law into the 21st century.
They also decided that wage-law violations should remain...
Senate committee kills measure to open records on wage-law violations
With no discussion, a Senate committee late last week killed legislation that would have allowed the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment to disclose whether a company has cheated its workers.
Colorado House panel votes to crack open records on wage-law violations
Information on employers who violate wage laws in Colorado shouldn’t be considered confidential “trade secrets,” a panel of state lawmakers decided Wednesday.
Currently, as Rocky...
High Court to Planned Parenthood shooting judge: Rethink sealing records
The Colorado Supreme Court has asked the judge overseeing the case against Robert Dear to rethink sealing certain records related to the Black Friday Planned Parenthood clinic...
Database records bill dies, but hope for compromise remains
Opposition from a state agency and several local governments Wednesday doomed proposed legislation intended to modernize Colorado’s open-records law by requiring that public records...
Opening records of disability nonprofits: ‘Impossible.’ Really?
The bill is still alive, but it’s becoming clear that 20 nonprofits serving people with disabilities won’t be covered by the Colorado Open Records...