Tag: open records
New law in Colorado: You have to ‘cool-off’ before suing for...
Colorado Democratic Gov. John Hickenlooper signed legislation Thursday that requires a “cooling-off period” when open-records disputes reach the point where litigation is being considered.
With...
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Colorado's Open Records Act is an old law with some outdated provisions in it.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...
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...
Government employee records in Colorado: What’s confidential, what’s not?
Colorado’s open-records law is clear: A government employee’s personnel file is off limits to the public.
Should Colorado court documents be free on public library computers?
Name the one place in Colorado where someone who isn’t a lawyer can look at digital images of civil court documents on file anywhere in the state.
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...
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...
Cynthia Coffman and Mitch Morrissey sued over post-conviction reviews
Colorado’s Attorney General and Denver’s District Attorney are hiding records from a $2.6 million project to identify wrongful convictions, according to a lawsuit filed...
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...