Thank you to the loyal readers and supporters of The Colorado Independent (2013-2020). The Indy has merged with the new nonprofit Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) on a new mission to strengthen local news in Colorado. We hope you will join us!
In his first week on the job, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser officially opposed The Colorado Independent’s petition before the U.S. Supreme Court to...
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...
Many of the nation's biggest news organizations, some of its top legal scholars and a squadron of Colorado newsrooms have joined The Colorado Independent...
Colorado’s judicial branch has spent a year stonewalling The Independent’s quest for court records, and I’m proud that we have stepped up our fight.
As...
The Colorado Independent on Friday took its fight for open records to the United States Supreme Court.
The Denver-based nonprofit news outlet, represented pro-bono by...
Longtime Colorado media lawyer Steve Zansberg, who has represented national news organizations in cases connected to the Aurora theater shooting, the Oklahoma City bombing...
The state Supreme Court today denied The Colorado Independent's petition for a rehearing of its request to unseal records related to prosecutorial misconduct in...
The Colorado Independent is asking the state Supreme Court to re-hear its request to unseal records about prosecutorial misconduct in the capital case against...