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Colorado Supreme Court will examine ruling that lets litigants use CORA to...
By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director The Colorado Supreme Court on Monday agreed to review a 2022 appellate court ruling that lets a person involved in litigation with a government entity...
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Colorado lawmakers commit to stop auto-deleting instant messages with other...
Note: This article originally appeared in the September 2023 edition of MediaLawLetter, published by the Media Law Resource Center. By Steve Zansberg CFOIC President Both Democratic and Republican...
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State lawmakers have made policing in Colorado more transparent and...
By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director Powerful new reporting by the Colorado News Collaborative (COLab) and news organization partners shines a light on gaps and weaknesses in Colorado’s...
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Public Trust Institute and state higher ed department vie in court over...
By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director A CORA request seeking information about a June cybersecurity attack at the Colorado Department of Higher Education has led to a court dispute over...
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Denver improperly withheld text messages about Red Rocks hailstorm, judge rules
By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director A judge Monday ordered Denver to disclose city officials’ text messages about last June’s severe hailstorm at Red Rocks Amphitheater, ruling the...
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Court of Appeals sides with The Sun and 9NEWS in dispute over disclosure of...
By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director The Colorado Children’s Code doesn’t necessarily prohibit the state Department of Human Services from publicly releasing aggregate statistics about...
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Court briefs lay out arguments in open meetings/CORA lawsuit over lawmakers’...
By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director In a new court brief, leaders of the Colorado General Assembly defend their use during recent legislative sessions of an anonymous online survey to help...
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News organizations object to suppression of sex assault case records that...
By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director A judge’s decision to restrict access to records in the case of a cardiologist accused of sexually assaulting and drugging victims does not comply with a...
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Newspaper editor asks Colorado Supreme Court to reverse ruling that shields...
By Jeffrey A. Roberts CFOIC Executive Director Are people who want books banned or reclassified library “users” whose identities are protected by Colorado law? The Colorado Court of Appeals said yes...
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Colorado court holds that public officials’ text messages on cellphones are...
Note: This article originally appeared in the October 2023 edition of MediaLawLetter, published by the Media Law Resource Center. By Steve Zansberg CFOIC President On October 30, 2023, a Colorado...
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