colorado open records act
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Colorado appeals court agrees media organizations not entitled to police officer records
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The state’s second-highest court on Thursday agreed the Colorado Attorney General’s Office acted reasonably by refusing to provide two media outlets with records of police officers who are certified and, for misconduct-related reasons, decertified as law enforcement. A three-judge panel for the Court of Appeals determined the Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Board qualifies…
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Denver Public Schools can’t say how many justice-involved students attend public school
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Denver Public Schools does not have a mechanism to track students involved with the juvenile justice system, The Denver Gazette has learned. And that’s a problem, community members and parents said. The revelation takes on new meaning in the aftermath of an East High School shooting last week that left two administrators wounded and the…
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Appeals court sides with restrictive interpretation of open records law
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Colorado’s second-highest court has settled on a narrower interpretation of the state’s open records law, deciding a former paralegal for the city of Loveland could not have access to emails in which she was the subject. A three-judge panel of the Court of Appeals last month reversed a Larimer County judge who believed that even…
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Sen. John Kefalas honored for dedication by the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
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State. Sen. John Kefalas was heralded as a champion of free speech and transparent government by the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition Friday. The Democratic lawmaker from Fort Collins was presented the Sue O’Brien Award for Outstanding Public Service. The award isn’t given out annually, but only when a person’s sustained efforts rise to the…
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Ethics commission delays decision on open records rules
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The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission, under fire from open records advocates over its attempt to write its own open records rules, decided Monday to delay a decision on those rules, in part because of objections from the public. And after hearing from transparency advocates, including the organization that wrote the law creating the commission, one…
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State ethics commission challenged over open records position, again
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The state’s Independent Ethics Commission has decided to write its own rules about how and whether it is subject to the state’s open records law, and that’s drawing pushback from the Colorado Press Association, the Colorado Broadcasters Association, the Secretary of State’s Office and other open records advocates. The commission, in court challenges to its…
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Colorado Democrats warn: The Russians want your emails, so delete anything embarrassing
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Candidates, campaigns and political parties aren’t the only ones gearing up for the election, the Colorado Democratic Party warns in this month’s Democratic Dispatch newsletter. The Russian government-aligned hackers who broke into email accounts belonging to Democrats – including presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, her campaign chairman John Podesta and state Sen. Andy Kerr – in…
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Teacher back on the job following a timeout over her choice of a guest speaker
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A teacher at an Aurora middle school faced more than a month of administrative leave after complaints that a guest speaker in her social justice class was politically motivated, according to the Aurora Sentinel. Some parents thought a guest speaker whom teacher Asia Lyons brought into her Sky Vista Middle School class focused on topics…
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State Freedom of Information Coalition seeks support on Colorado Gives Day
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If you missed #GivingTuesday this week, you can satisfy your passion for open government next Tuesday on Colorado Gives Day by making a tax-deductible donation to the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition. The nonprofit does what better-financed, more committed media used to do: fight to make sure government records are truly public and accessible, and…
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Colorado GOP lawmaker Cole Wist ‘thinking seriously’ about run for attorney general if Cynthia Coffman runs for governor
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Cole Wist, Colorado’s assistant House Republican leader, says he’s “thinking seriously” about running for state attorney general in next year’s election if GOP incumbent Cynthia Coffman decides to run for governor, and he expects to announce his plans within weeks, he told Colorado Politics. Coffman said months ago she was weighing a bid for governor…
