Haven Orecchio-Egresitz is currently a journalist for the national outlet Insider but spent her career as a local reporter in Massachusetts. There, at the Berkshire Eagle, Cape Cod Times, and…
For more than a year, a sword of Damocles has been hanging over a leading local TV news station in Denver. A hedge fund called Standard General was poised to…
Four years ago, Colorado legalized online sports gambling. The lucrative business and gobs of money that orbit it have changed the behavior of individuals and institutions alike. The University of…
This week, Colorado lawmakers stopped making laws. Until next year, anyway. For one reporter who has covered state legislatures for nearly 20 years in four states, the end-of-session drama this…
Despite a looming inflationary increase in fees, state lawmakers in the 2023 legislative session never addressed the often-high cost of obtaining public records in Colorado but did vote to eliminate…
The important and impressive Voices Initiative is out with another report for Colorado — this time about Indigenous communities and their recommendations for improving relations among them and local media.…
Update: Denver District Court Judge Andrew Luxen on Thursday, June 1, denied Movimiento Poder’s motion to intervene because its interests are “adequately represented” by the news organizations suing Denver Public…
Promising to keep working to improve access to state-and-local government for people with disabilities, a lawmaker Tuesday requested the defeat of his own bill to mandate the livestreaming of public…
Update: The Colorado Senate voted 29-5 to pass the amended version of HB 23-1259 on Tuesday, May 2. The strike-below amendment to House Bill 23-1259, similar to language suggested by the Colorado Freedom…
Legislators Friday defeated a CORA bill amendment, proposed by Sen. Barbara Kirkmeyer, aimed at opening records on the Democrats’ use of a secret survey to help decide the fate of…
Update: The House concurred with Senate amendments to HB 23-1259 and repassed the bill on Thursday, May 4, sending it to the governor. An open meetings bill in the Colorado…
Update: The Senate passed HB 23-1306 on a 26-9 vote on Thursday, May 4, sending the bill to the governor. State and local elected officials could block anyone from their private…
Dylan Anderson has become the latest local journalism entrepreneur in Colorado to leave a shrinking newspaper only to launch a digital newsletter and website in the backyard of his former…
Colorado’s Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) board is a criminal justice agency, and it did not abuse its discretion by denying two news organizations’ requests for the state’s database…
A CORA modernization bill passed a Colorado Senate committee Thursday with lawmakers adding a provision that prohibits state agencies and local governments from requiring requesters to show identification to obtain…
ChatGPT and its artificial intelligence brethren are the latest technological advancements to rumble through local newsrooms. The so-called chatbot — the GPT stands for “generative pre-trained transformer” — is a…
Unlike a draft circulating at the state Capitol since mid-March, the introduced version of a bill amending the Colorado Open Records Act would not affect public records fees, which are…
As amended by the Colorado House last week, an open meetings bill still significantly weakens Coloradans’ ability to enforce a 22-year-old provision in the Sunshine Law requiring school boards and…
This week, the social media platform Twitter added a label to NPR’s account that called the national broadcaster “state-affiliated media” and “government-funded media.” In response to what NPR has said was inaccurate…
Update: The Colorado House approved HB 23-1182 on third reading 63-0 on Friday, Apr. 14. There will be no “presumptive” livestreaming of criminal trials and evidentiary hearings in state courts,…
State lawmakers Monday endorsed a bill that makes it harder for Coloradans to challenge inadequately announced closed-door meetings of school boards, city councils, county commissions and special district boards. House…
A Colorado couple who ran a string of mountain town newspapers under the banner of Arkansas Valley Publishing has sold them to an Arizona-based company. The new owners are O’Rourke…
A bill requiring Colorado courts to livestream open criminal court proceedings on Webex or another videoconferencing platform won unanimous approval in the House Judiciary Committee early Thursday morning. Committee amendments…
Two large broadcasters — Colorado Public Radio and Denver7 — have joined forces to launch a new public affairs show focused on the “stories and experiences of underserved communities.” The…
Lawyers argued in the Colorado Court of Appeals this week over whether Colorado’s Peace Officer Standards and Training board is a criminal justice agency or an agency subject to the…
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