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Nonpartisan alliance of journalists, supporters of government transparency. Promotes understanding and use of Colorado's open-government laws. coloradofoic.org ED jeffreyaroberts.bsky.social

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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Nearly eight months after appointing a new board member to a vacant seat, a southern Colorado school board must redo the pick to comply with two court decisions in a case over open meetings law violations."
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A judge said this Colorado school board picked a member in secret. Get ready for a do-over.
The Pueblo District 70 school board will discuss the process for selecting a fifth member at its Tuesday meeting. A district court judge recently said the original appointment was invalid.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Scoop: The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One today, which means the news outlet cannot fulfill its pool responsibilities. There's another show of solidarity in the works >>> www.cnn.com/2026/10/05/m...
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White House blocks Politico from Air Force One amid press access lawsuit | CNN Business
The White House is refusing to allow Politico on Air Force One on Monday, which means the news organization cannot fulfill its press corps pool responsibilities.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
ICYMI: The Lakewood City Council violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law by failing to publicly announce the topic of a 2024 executive session “in as much detail as required,” a judge ruled Friday.
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Judge: Lakewood City Council’s announcement of executive session violated open meetings law - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
The Lakewood City Council violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law by failing to publicly announce the topic of a 2024 executive session “in as much detail as required,” a judge ruled.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The Lakewood City Council violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law by failing to publicly announce the topic of a 2024 executive session “in as much detail as required,” a judge ruled Friday.
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Judge: Lakewood City Council’s announcement of executive session violated open meetings law - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
The Lakewood City Council violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law by failing to publicly announce the topic of a 2024 executive session “in as much detail as required,” a judge ruled.
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SPJ Colorado Pro @spjcoloradopro.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
From our allies at the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and Rocky Mountain PBS.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 01/10/2026
Breaking news: The Trump administration is airing campaign-style TV ads using money Congress approved for border security upgrades, efforts to combat drug trafficking and memorials for officers killed in the line of duty, according to records.
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Campaign-style Trump ads use money meant for border security, memorials
The White House Office of Management and Budget added $20 million to the pot for commemorative events a day before DHS awarded an advertising contract of the same amount.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Join CFOIC and Rocky Mountain PBS for Oct. 19 screenings of The First, a new film about the First Amendment, followed by discussions with filmmaker Brian Malone and presenters Tom Costello of NBC News and Bazi Kanani of Colorado Public Radio.
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The First Documentary Screening - Free Speech at a Crossroads | Rocky Mountain PBS
A page with info for The First Documentary Screening - Free Speech at a Crossroads
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Colorado Court of Appeals will decide whether a town council’s improperly noticed meeting requires the public disclosure of an executive session recording.
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Does a town board's improperly noticed meeting require public release of an executive session recording? - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
The Colorado Court of Appeals will decide whether a town council’s improperly noticed meeting requires the public disclosure of an executive session recording.
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Peter Baker @peterbakernyt.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Paid for by the US Government": Trump is using taxpayer dollars to air pro-Trump TV ads, including a 2024 campaign ad. A GOP senator says no public official, including Trump, "should spend public money on private ads for themselves." @baylisswagner.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/27/u...
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A Trump 2024 Campaign Ad Returns, Now Brought to You by the Government
The ad, which ethics experts said could violate federal law, shows Mr. Trump vowing to “expel the warmongers” from the government and fight the “deep state,” even as he wages a war with Iran.
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Seung Min Kim @seungminkim1.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW YORK (AP) — CNN and MS NOW journalists are now back at the White House, hours after federal judge orders Trump to lift ban.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“This is a really important tool for making sure there are more eyes on the judicial system, and to make sure that the courts get adequately covered by journalists." coloradonewsline.com/2026/09/24/t...
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Commentary: Bring transparency back to Colorado courtrooms | Colorado Newsline
Colorado law says state criminal courts must offer livestreams, but the state's top judge has little use for that mandate.
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Adam A. Marshall @a-marshall-plan.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Breaking: CNN, MS Now, Politico have moved for an emergency hearing before Judge Kelly, noting reporters for their orgs were turned away from WH this morning
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: Judge temporarily blocks U.S. President Donald Trump’s ban on CNN, MS NOW and Politico and says White House must restore access.
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Judge orders White House to restore access to news outlets Trump banned
A federal judge temporarily blocked President Donald Trump’s move to ban three news outlets from the White House grounds and said CNN, MS NOW and Politico must have their access restored.
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp.org · 23/09/2026
The White House press ban targeting CNN, MS NOW, and Politico is “illegal and unconstitutional,” @rcfp.org argues in a new friend-of-the-court brief joined by 50 media outlets and industry groups. Their access must be restored.
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Media coalition: White House press ban targeting CNN, MS NOW, Politico is ‘illegal and unconstitutional’
Reporters Committee rallied a coalition of 50 media outlets and industry groups in urging a federal court to restore White House access to the news outlets.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Colorado Transparency News: FOI and government officials' AI conversations; modernizing the open meetings law; criminal courts livestreaming halt; First Amendment documentary; alleged DougCo commissioners' secret meeting; more.
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Colorado Transparency News - 9/22/2026
Newsletter of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 21/09/2026
BREAKING: CNN, MS NOW and Politico say they've notified the Trump administration that they're filing a lawsuit over being denied White House access.
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CNN, MS NOW, Politico say they've notified Trump they're suing over denied White House access
CNN, MS NOW and Politico say they’ve notified President Donald Trump's administration that they’re filing a lawsuit over being denied White House access.
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trump's "banning" of CNN, MS NOW and Politico has now taken effect. All three news organizations have been denied entry to the White House complex today. All three have signaled they will take legal action to defend the rights of their reporters.
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Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press @rcfp.org · 18/09/2026
On Friday, President Trump said he is planning to ban CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House for reporting what he called “fake news.” “A ban like this would be flatly unconstitutional,” said @rcfp.org President Bruce D. Brown. Our full statement: www.rcfp.org/statement-wh...
A quote from RCFP President Bruce D. Brown: “A ban like this would be flatly unconstitutional. The First Amendment is clear that once the White House invites in some journalists, it can't ban others because it doesn't like their reporting. This is textbook viewpoint discrimination and will be quickly struck down by the courts if challenged.”
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 18/09/2026
BREAKING: President Trump says he is banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House over their coverage.
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Trump says he is banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House
President Donald Trump says he is banning CNN, MSNOW and Politico from the White House due to what he called unfavorable coverage, and threatens that more such prohibitions of media outlets could follow.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 18/09/2026
The Denver Post obtained thousands of texts between Lindsey Miller, the superintendent of the Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center, and Justin Tomsick, the facility’s program manager, under the Colorado Open Records Act.
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The Sentinel in Aurora @sentinelcolorado.com · 17/09/2026
Aurora City Council nears public decorum rule changes after months of debate “It’s the same people over and over and over” — Councilmember Francoise Bergen sentinelcolorado.com/metro/aurora... #AuroraCO #1A #NoPaywall
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Aurora City Council nears public decorum rule changes after months of debate - Sentinel Colorado
"It's the same people over and over and over" — Councilmember Francoise Bergen
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Caring for Denver, a nonprofit organization funded by Denver sales tax money, will be fully subject to open records laws like any other city agency under a proposed ordinance that cleared a committee vote on Tuesday."
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Denver council committee gives initial approval to open records related to Caring for Denver
The proposed changes would make taxpayer-funded non-profit groups more transparent and would mandate more detailed planning.
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 15/09/2026
New: The Colorado Supreme Court on Tuesday told judges they can stop livestreaming court proceedings for the next 90 days — a move that directly contradicts state law and escalates an ongoing power struggle between the state’s highest court and its lawmakers
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Colorado Supreme Court tells judges they can stop livestreaming their hearings despite state law requiring it
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
On a Democracy Day panel at Front Range Community College.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 15/09/2026
BREAKING: The Supreme Court rejected President Trump's bid to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterms.
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Supreme Court rejects Trump mail ballot restrictions for now ahead of midterms
The Supreme Court has rejected President Donald Trump’s bid to restrict mail ballots ahead of the midterms.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Are the government’s conversations with AI accessible under public records laws and FOIA? | by CFOIC president Steve Zansberg
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Are the government’s conversations with AI accessible under public records laws and FOIA? - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
The results generated by an AI chatbot are determined by the interaction of human prompts, the large language dataset, and the algorithmic programming for processing; accordingly, the public is entitl...
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
In 2026, it's still permissible under the Colorado Open Meetings Law for a public body to post a meeting notice on a wall somewhere. Shouldn't all meeting notices be posted online and on social media?
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Six ways to modernize the Colorado Open Meetings Law - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Below are some ideas for additional changes that favor government transparency and the notion that governmental proceedings could be made more accessible to more people without imposing unreasonable b...
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"A judge in Denver took the unusual step Thursday of closing her courtroom to the public — including the media — as doctors from Children’s Hospital Colorado testified about their decisions to no longer write prescriptions for young transgender patients."
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Judge closes courtroom as Children’s Hospital contempt hearing over treatment of transgender kids gets underway
The courtroom was closed as Children's Hospital Colorado doctors testified about why they won't write prescriptions for gender-affirming care.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Ideas for modernizing the Colorado Open Meetings Law, gleaned from the nearly 7,600 inquiries to the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition’s FOI hotline over the past 13 years.
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Six ways to modernize the Colorado Open Meetings Law - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Below are some ideas for additional changes that favor government transparency and the notion that governmental proceedings could be made more accessible to more people without imposing unreasonable b...
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"Judge Ericka Englert closed the courtroom during witnesses’ testimony, only allowing the public to hear opening statements by attorneys representing the Aurora hospital and the families of transgender children who had sued."
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Ideas for modernizing the Colorado Open Meetings Law.
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Six ways to modernize the Colorado Open Meetings Law - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Below are some ideas for additional changes that favor government transparency and the notion that governmental proceedings could be made more accessible to more people without imposing unreasonable b...
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
CFOIC has tried for years to get the legislature to reevaluate the fee structure in CORA. coloradofoic.org/cfoic-report...
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CFOIC report: It’s time to reevaluate CORA’s ‘unbalanced’ research-and-retrieval fee provision - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
This may come as a surprise to Coloradans who have been quoted hundreds or thousands of dollars by cities, state agencies, school districts and other government entities for “research and retrieval” i...
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Coming soon: The First, a new documentary film about the First Amendment made by Colorado filmmaker Brian Malone and co-hosted by Bazi Kanani of Colorado Public Radio and Tom Costello of NBC News.
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Coming soon: The First, a new documentary film about the First Amendment - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
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.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Colorado Transparency News: Flock camera images; CORA/COML lawsuit against energy commission; missing SOS consultant's report; confidential voter data breach; deepfake video complaint; public comment lawsuit; Pueblo school board COML violation; more.
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Colorado Transparency News - 9/1/2026
Newsletter of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
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Ryan (Ry) Warner @ryanhasaquestion.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Sec't Griswold’s GOP opponent among the victims of secretary of state data breach Michael Allen tells @allisonsherry.bsky.social that Jena Griswold called him and alerted him that he was a victim and that his profile was accessed twice, but he is unclear where those pings came from.
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Griswold's GOP opponent among the victims of secretary of state data breach
Michael Allen says he got a phone call from Jena Griswold alerting him to the exposure of his voter information GOP candidate for attorney general Michael Allen is among those whose voter information ...
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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Trump is getting more explicit about weaponizing the FCC. This morning he said Kristen Welker will be "reported to the FCC for rebuke or punishment" for saying something he didn't like about his endorsement record. (That's not a thing. By law, the FCC can't punish Welker.) And that's not all...
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 28/08/2026
Info for confidential voters was made public in Colorado secretary of state web update, office confirms
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Info for confidential voters was made public in Colorado secretary of state web update, office confirms
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
BREAKING: Fired Stars and Stripes staffers, including the editor and publisher, sued the Pentagon on Thursday alleging that their firings were retaliatory and violate their First Amendment rights. w/ @liamjscott.bsky.social www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Stars and Stripes employees sue Pentagon over firings at military newspaper
The publication’s publisher, its editor in chief and a reporter allege that the government violated their First Amendment rights to free speech.
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Colorado Times Recorder @coloradotimesrecorder.com · 27/08/2026
The Douglas County Republican Party has a page on its website that promises to doxx all of the residents who signed the petition for the ballot question it opposes.
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20,000 Dougco Voters Signed a Ballot Petition Opposed by The County GOP, Now It Might Publish Their Addresses
This November, voters in Douglas County will decide whether or not to add two more commissioners to the county’s current three-person board. The Douglas County Republican Party, which opposes the...
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 21/08/2026
The Pentagon fired the publisher and the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper funded by the Department of Defense that has long enjoyed editorial independence from the government.
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Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders who criticized DOD’s interference
The Defense Department earlier this year railed against the publication, which has long enjoyed editorial independence, as “woke.”
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The Denver Post @denverpost.com · 21/08/2026
Denver’s auditor found transparency and oversight problems with how DOTI handled the 16th Street renovation project, including when construction crews uncovered a historic brick sewer system that added $18 million and nearly a year of work.
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Denver’s 16th Street renovation lacked transparency and oversight, auditor says
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
CFOIC's free, comprehensive guide to Colorado's open-government laws has been updated with links to PDFs of the 2026 Colorado Revised Statutes, recently published by the Office of Legislative Legal Services.
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Guide to Colorado’s Open Records and Open Meetings Laws - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Welcome to the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition’s “Guide to Colorado’s Open Records and Open Meetings Laws.”Previously published in booklet format, this online version of CFOIC’s sunshine laws guide is more comprehensive, searchable, indexed by topic and kept up to date.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"The agreement resolves a lawsuit Randall filed against the city and McFall in February alleging that her First Amendment rights were violated when the mayor ended her public comments during a City Council meeting for being 'off topic.'”
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Loveland settles public comment lawsuit for $42,500
Council approved the settlement on a 5-3 vote after discussing the lawsuit with attorneys in an executive session.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
A state commission barred an environmentalist from observing the meetings of a working group, claiming the advisory committee is not a state public body under the open meetings law. He filed a lawsuit last week.
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Lawsuit: Colorado energy commission violated open meetings and open records laws - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
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 committe...
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Commissioners denied his request, telling Klafehn the working group “is not a state public body” under the Colorado Open Meetings Law, even though the statute includes “advisory” bodies in its definition of state public bodies subject to the law’s provisions.
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
“The fact of the matter is that Ms. Woods chose to become a cancer within the Colorado Bureau of Investigation, and that agency chose first to ignore, then place a bandage on the tumor until it could no longer be hidden from public view,” the judge wrote in the scathing six-page order.
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Katie Langford @katielang.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Today in Colorado public records: District Court will not email an arrest affidavit for a Department of Corrections officer accused of child sexual exploitation because the court clerk is concerned about the security of email. Fax or USPS only. So anyway, here's what a fax looks like the big 2026
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Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition @coloradofoic.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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.
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Lawsuit: Colorado energy commission violated open meetings and open records laws - Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director 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.
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Columbia Journalism Review @columjournreview.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
@bgrueskin.bsky.social was a fifty-year newspaper veteran and a journalism professor. Then he joined @sltrib.com as a junior editor. www.cjr.org/first_person...
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The 69-year-old rookie.
I was a fifty-year newspaper veteran and a journalism professor. Then I joined the Salt Lake Tribune as a junior editor.
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Matt Sebastian @mattsebastian.com · 14/08/2026
Reporters, usually barred from covering Deion Sanders' practices, this week could attend 2, but had to relinquish backpacks, phones, even pens and notebooks. "Any information reported on personnel, injuries and formations — among other items — could lead to the revocation of media credentials."
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Restrictions for CU Buffs football media policy under scrutiny
This week, fans were treated to the rare opportunity of attending a pair of Colorado football practices to get a firsthand glimpse of the new-look Buffaloes.
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