Watch: ‘Reach, Representation and Respect’: A Conversation With Indigenous Voices

May 25, 2023

On Tuesday, May 25, we heard from Indigenous Voices working group members and other collaborators discussing the newly

Inside the News: I Followed a Colorado Newspaper’s Sports Betting Advice and Lost Money

May 19, 2023

Four years ago, Colorado legalized online sports gambling. The lucrative business and gobs of money that orbit it have

How Colorado Is Filling Gaps for Its ‘Most Vulnerable’ Children As Last-Resort Schools Dwindle

May 14, 2023

The Learning Zone is a small school in Littleton that teaches nonverbal students to use devices thatallow them to

Students in Rural Colorado Are Left Without Options as Specialized Schools Close

Riley George, a 12-year-old with autism and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, has had to cross a mountain range

Last Resort

May 11, 2023

The schools that take Colorado’s “most vulnerable” students are disappearing. Can they be saved? Should

The Schools That Take Colorado’s ‘Most Vulnerable’ Children Are Disappearing

For Erin Schneiderman, the summer between her son’s third and fourth grade year was “one of the worst periods of

Advocacy Group Movimiento Poder Asks To Join News Organizations’ Lawsuit Seeking Disclosure of DPS Board Executive Session

Update: Denver District Court Judge Andrew Luxen on Thursday, June 1, denied Movimiento Poder’s motion to intervene

Colorado Lawmaker Promises To Keep Trying To Improve Access to Government for People With Disabilities After Requesting Defeat of His Own Bill

May 3, 2023

Promising to keep working to improve access to state-and-local government for people with disabilities, a lawmaker

Colorado Senate Rewrites Open Meetings Bill To Only Affect Pro Se Litigants Who Challenge Executive Sessions

May 2, 2023

Update: The Colorado Senate voted 29-5 to pass the amended version of HB 23-1259 on Tuesday, May 2. The strike-below

Colorado Lawmakers Advance Bill Letting Elected Officials Block People on Private Social Media for ‘Any Reason’

Update: The Senate passed HB 23-1306 on a 26-9 vote on Thursday, May 4, sending the bill to the governor. State

Inside the News: Another Colorado Newspaper Reporter Quits to Launch a Local News Site

Dylan Anderson has become the latest local journalism entrepreneur in Colorado to leave a shrinking newspaper only to

Court of Appeals: Colorado’s Database of Law Enforcement Officers Will Remain Confidential

Apr 27, 2023

Colorado’s Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) board is a criminal justice agency, and it did not abuse its

Reach, Representation and Respect: Recommendations to Improve Relations Between Indigenous Communities and Local News in Colorado

Apr 20, 2023

The Voices Initiative began in January of 2021 as a community organizing project of the nonprofit Free Press, Colorado

No Cost Relief for Records Requesters in CORA Bill Introduced in Colorado Senate

Apr 18, 2023

Unlike a draft circulating at the state Capitol since mid-March, the introduced version of a bill amending the Colorado

‘A Terrible So-Called Solution’: Amended Open Meetings Bill Still Weakens Enforcement of Provision on Executive Session Announcements

Apr 17, 2023

As amended by the Colorado House last week, an open meetings bill still significantly weakens Coloradans’ ability to

‘An Anvil To Kill a Flea’: Lawmakers Vote To Weaken Enforcement of Open Meetings Law Provision on Executive Session Announcements

Apr 11, 2023

State lawmakers Monday endorsed a bill that makes it harder for Coloradans to challenge inadequately announced

Inside the News: Colorado Mountain Papers SOLD to Arizona Group Pledging Anti-Hedge-Fund Strategy

Apr 7, 2023

A Colorado couple who ran a string of mountain town newspapers under the banner of Arkansas Valley Publishing has sold

Criminal Courts Livestreaming Bill Advances in Colorado Legislature

Apr 6, 2023

A bill requiring Colorado courts to livestream open criminal court proceedings on Webex or another videoconferencing

Judge Orders Release of Woodland Park School District Surveillance Footage To Parent

Mar 23, 2023

A judge Wednesday ordered the Woodland Park School District to disclose video surveillance footage showing three school

Inside the News: New Book ‘Gangbuster’ Recalls 1920s Denver Media and the Ku Klux Klan

Mar 22, 2023

In the Roaring ‘20s, the Ku Klux Klan didn’t just control the levers of political power in Colorado from the

Inside the News: ‘We Had To Lay Off About Half of Our Staff,’ Says Major Colorado Springs Media Outlet

Mar 17, 2023

Call it Bloody Wednesday. “March 15 is going to be a hard date to forget here at Sixty35 Media,” read an

Inside the News: ‘Fighting to be Seen’ — Colorado AANHPI Community Members Call for ‘Just Local News’

Mar 10, 2023

The Voices Initiative is out with a new report for Colorado — this time about Asian, South Asian, Native Hawaiian,

Aurora Sentinel Argues in Court of Appeals for Release of City Council Executive Session Recording

Mar 8, 2023

In a new filing, the Aurora Sentinel lays out multiple reasons why it believes the Colorado Court of Appeals should

COA Ruling Chills Speech ‘That Allows the Media To Keep the Public Informed,’ CFOIC, News Associations Argue in Colorado Supreme Court Brief

Mar 6, 2023

A 2021 Colorado Court of Appeals opinion on what lawyers can tell the press about pending class-action lawsuits will

Counties Ask Colorado Supreme Court To Review Ruling That Lets Litigants Use CORA To Get Records From Public Entities They Sue

Feb 21, 2023

Archuleta County and Colorado Counties Inc. have asked the Colorado Supreme Court to review a 2022 appellate court

Inside the News: How a Colorado Newspaper Confronts ‘Systemic Racism’ of Its Past

Feb 17, 2023

Nestled in the foothills west of Denver, the small Golden Transcript newspaper is the latest to publicly grapple with

Measure to restrict NDAs for state and local government employees passes Senate committee

Feb 16, 2023

A bill that restricts governments’ use of nondisclosure agreements to silence public employees in Colorado earned

Inside the News: New Accountability Podcast Focuses on FBI Infiltration in Colorado

Feb 10, 2023

At the beginning of the first episode of a newly released national podcast called Alphabet Boys, which focuses on

Colorado Senate Bill Deletes Names of Children From Criminal Justice Records

Feb 7, 2023

The names of child victims and witnesses would be removed from criminal justice records before the records are released

Legislation or a New Judicial Branch Policy Could Make Livestreaming of Court Proceedings More Commonplace in Colorado

Feb 6, 2023

Nearly three years after the COVID-19 pandemic forced Colorado courts to fundamentally change how they operate, the

Inside the News: Denver Gazette ATTACKS The Denver Post

Jan 27, 2023

In recent years, much of Colorado’s local media scene has embraced a new orthodoxy of collaboration over

Inside the News: Denver Urban Spectrum Chosen for National ‘First Black Media Initiative’ Project

Jan 20, 2023

The monthly Denver Urban Spectrum is one of six outlets in the nation chosen as part of an inaugural cohort

Colorado Senate Bill Would Bar Nondisclosure Agreements for State and Local Government Employees

Jan 19, 2023

A state lawmaker is trying again to bar the use of nondisclosure agreements to silence public employees in Colorado,

Revised Colorado Privacy Act Rules: Enforcement Won’t Infringe on Press Freedom

Jan 4, 2023

Draft rules implementing a new Colorado consumer privacy law have been revised to address news organizations’

Inside the News: What Happened in Colorado’s Media World in 2022

Jan 2, 2023

In 2022, a nonprofit newspaper revolution hit Colorado. MmmnOK, that might be an overstatement — but as they

CFOIC’s 2022 Year in Review: Club Q, McClain Autopsy, Serial Meetings, Secret Ballots, Book Banning, Teacher Sick Days and Casa Bonita

Dec 28, 2022

Like last year, court rulings dominate the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition’s 2022 list of transparency

Court of Appeals: Litigants Can Use Cora To Get Records From Public Entities They Sue

Dec 15, 2022

A person involved in litigation with a public entity has the right to use the Colorado Open Records Act to obtain

Colorado Supreme Court Lets Stand Ruling That Can Make Attorneys Liable for Statements Made to News Media

Dec 13, 2022

The Colorado Supreme Court this week declined to review issues in a Court of Appeals opinion that could impact the

Inside the News: New Print Newspaper ‘Florence Reporter’ Launches in Southern Colorado

Dec 9, 2022

Earlier this year, the local government in the Southern Colorado city of Florence collapsed. “Entire City Council

Inside the News: Bloodshed on Colorado’s Front Pages. Again.

Nov 23, 2022

Another mass shooting in America, this time at Club Q in Colorado Springs, a longtime LGBTQ+ bar where a suspect on

CFOIC, Crested Butte News Argue for Reversal of Court Ruling That Shields Identities of People Who Want To Ban Library Books

Nov 22, 2022

In Colorado Court of Appeals briefs filed Monday, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and the editor of the

Inside the News: Hispanic Publishers From Across the U.S. Convened in Denver This Week

Nov 18, 2022

The National Association of Hispanic Publications chose Denver for its annual conference and the group’s 40th

Judge: Town Trustees’ Censure of Board Member Not Subject to Colorado Open Meetings Law

Nov 8, 2022

Colorado’s Sunshine Law does not require members of an elected public board to discuss the censure of a fellow board

Inside the News: ‘Can’t Explain It’ – Dem Candidates Vanished From Ski-Town Newspaper Search Engines

Nov 3, 2022

Voters in Colorado’s left-leaning ski towns who last week turned to the search engines of their local newspapers to

Inside the News: What Colorado Newsrooms are Paying Journalists in 2022

Oct 28, 2022

A year ago, this newsletter reported how Coloradans were, for the first time, learning what our state’s newsrooms

Introducing the Colorado News Mapping Project

Oct 21, 2022

Over roughly the last decade, the ranks of professional journalists in Colorado have shrunk by nearly half and one in

Todo lo que debes saber sobre cómo votar en las elecciones de Colorado de 2022

Oct 19, 2022

Este año el día de las elecciones es el 8 de noviembre, pero como todo elector elegible registrado en Colorado

Court of Appeals Reverses Judge’s Cora Rulings That Allowed a ‘Person in Interest’ To See Privileged Emails

The Colorado Court of Appeals last week reversed a judge’s findings that emails protected from disclosure by the

Inside the News: ‘Legendary’ Colorado Radio Station Goes Quiet on the Eastern Plains

Oct 7, 2022

After nearly 75 years, KLMR, a local radio station serving the area around Lamar on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, has

Fifty Years Ago, Voter Approval of the Sunshine Law Ushered In a New Era of Government Transparency in Colorado. It Also Meant No More Beer for the State Capitol Press Corps.

Oct 6, 2022

One day in October 1985, the late Neil Westergaard, then The Denver Post’s state Capitol bureau chief, introduced me

Zansberg: With Improvements Over Time, the Colorado Open Meetings Law Has Helped Hold Government Accountable to We the People

Over the past two decades, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and its member organizations and board members

Partisan Beliefs Influence Views on Election Security in Colorado, Survey Finds

Even though Colorado’s voting system is often regarded as one of the most efficient in the country, not all

How Secure is the Vote?

Colorado is known for its mail-in-ballot system that some election experts have called the “gold standard” in the

Inside the News: Springs Alt-Weekly Becomes 3rd Colorado Newspaper in a Month To Go Nonprofit

Sep 30, 2022

Three’s a trend, folks. A nonprofit newspaper revolution has hit Colorado. This week, the alternative weekly in

Inside the News: Gazette Editor Accuses Denver Competitors of Bias

Sep 23, 2022

Vince Bzdek, editor of The Colorado Springs and Denver Gazette, authored an eyebrow-raising column this week that

New Data Suggests Boulder High Has BVSD’s Largest Suspension Disparity for Latino Students

Sep 19, 2022

In an effort to better understand longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in student punishment, the Boulder Valley

Nuevos datos sugieren que la disparidad de suspensiones entre los estudiantes latinos de Boulder High es la mayor en BVSD

Para entender mejor las disparidades históricas entre las tasas de castigo de diferentes grupos raciales y étnicos,

Colorado Has Big Gaps in Who Finishes College. Can a Post-Pandemic Push Turn the Tide?

Sep 15, 2022

Reginaldo Haro-Flores knew finishing college would be an uphill battle. As the first in his family to go to a four-year

Colorado cuenta con grandes brechas de quién termina la universidad. ¿Puede un esfuerzo pospandémico cambiar esta tendencia?

Reginaldo Haro-Flores sabía que terminar la universidad iba a ser una batalla cuesta arriba. Ya que fue el primero en

Doctor’s Lawsuit Tests Scope of 2018 State Law on Disclosure of Denver Health Records

Sep 13, 2022

A trauma surgeon’s lawsuit is testing the scope of a 2018 statute that concerns the public disclosure of Denver