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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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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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...

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...

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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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.

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.

Should you be able to obtain Flock camera records about your own vehicle in Colorado? A class-action lawsuit in Boulder District Court focuses in part on that question.

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It’s been 14 years since an amendment to the Colorado Open Meetings Law barred public bodies from using secret ballots to make decisions, but the Greeley City Council and the Bayfield Planning Commiss...

The town of Hudson wants a judge to validate its denial of a request by 9NEWS journalist Steve Staeger for records related to the resignations of the police chief and a lieutenant.

A progressive activist has failed to show that the Colorado Opportunity Caucus is a public entity subject to the Colorado Open Records Act, a judge determined, dismissing claims against the nonprofit ...

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An appeals court opinion barring fees for some law enforcement body-worn camera footage should not be reviewed by the Colorado Supreme Court, a brief filed by Yellow Scene Magazine argues.

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For Zansberg, the story of his unilaterally terminated records request highlights a systemic problem with CCJRA that many requesters face: Unlike CORA, which requires the production of records “not re...

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 law...

That ruling should be reversed because Meyer failed to apply the presumption of public access outlined in case law, the Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure and Chief Justice Directive 05-01, the judicia...

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A case in the Court of Appeals about the redaction of public records “presents a simple but monumental question for the future of government transparency in Colorado,” the Colorado Freedom of Informat...

Efforts to weaken the Colorado Open Records Act and give an open meetings law exemption to the state Public Utilities Commission fell short during the 2026 session of the General Assembly.

State lawmakers are adding themselves and many other government officials in Colorado to the list of “protected persons” who, for safety reasons, can get their home addresses and other personal inform...

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The Colorado Title Board again rejected a proposed state constitutional right-to-know initiative for the fall ballot, still maintaining it doesn’t meet a single-subject requirement.

Sponsors of a bill to reauthorize the Colorado Public Utilities Commission agreed to remove a provision that would have let the three commissioners engage in “nonpublic” discussions after hearing evid...

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A bill advancing in the Colorado legislature would restore public access to funeral home inspection reports with some limitations.

A state board declined to set the title for a proposed fall ballot initiative that would enshrine in the Colorado Constitution “a fundamental right to know the affairs of all levels of state and local...

The Office of the State Public Defender is not a criminal justice agency, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled, reversing a district court order that prison inmate Eric St. George be paid $13,650 in pe...

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A bipartisan bill in the Colorado legislature is aimed at making sure the public regains access to records used by 9NEWS to show errors in the way the state screens the risk levels of parolees.

Fred Brown, who died this week at age 85, demonstrated his passion for both journalism ethics and access to government information long before he joined the board of the newly formed Colorado Freedom ...

Fred Brown, who died this week at age 85, demonstrated his passion for both journalism ethics and access to government information long before he joined the board of the newly formed Colorado Freedom ...

A judge last May wrongly decided that the Colorado Open Meetings Law did not apply to several Douglas County Commission meetings held outside of public view, the Colorado Court of Appeals ruled.

Five years after The Colorado Sun and 9NEWS sued the state Department of Human Services, the Colorado Supreme Court ordered the agency to disclose to the news organizations aggregate child-abuse hotli...

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Erin O’Connell, whose open meetings lawsuit against the Woodland Park school board “sent a message to public bodies across Colorado,” is the newest recipient of the Colorado Freedom of Information Coa...

Lawyers for Boulder and Yellow Scene Magazine clashed in the Court of Appeals over whether Colorado’s Law Enforcement Integrity Act lets agencies charge hundreds or thousands of dollars to provide bod...

Colorado lawmakers did the right thing for government transparency last week. First in a vote of 43-19, representatives in the Colorado House voted to increase transparency of municipal courts, and…