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A consortium of news organizations Monday asked an El Paso County District Court judge to unseal the affidavit that outlines why authorities arrested Letecia...
In a state capitol where Democrats control the House, Senate, and governorship, lawmakers sided with law enforcement agencies on efforts to keep some police...
When state Sen. John Cooke asked for email communications of the top official for the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission last fall, the agency’s...
A Colorado Senate committee Wednesday evening advanced legislation that would open records on completed law enforcement internal affairs investigations.
House Bill 19-1119, which passed the...
Two words come to mind when looking back at 2018’s government transparency highlights and lowlights in Colorado.
Judicial secrecy.
In June, the Colorado Supreme Court baffled many legal...
Citing two Colorado Supreme Court decisions, a judge has ordered the Aurora Police Department to produce a written analysis of “pertinent factors” it did...
Tim Lomas was puzzled over the summer when a Denver city inspector quickly closed the complaint he had filed about his neighbor’s dog-grooming business.
“To...
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...