Colorado seems like a bust for the Canadian-owned local news publisher that tried to replicate its success in the
Are Colorado law enforcement agencies allowed to charge the public thousands of dollars for body-worn camera footage of
Thousands of Coloradans responding to a survey by their local newsrooms say candidates competing for their votes this
A lot of Coloradans are worried about our democracy. And they want candidates to pay attention to it too. That is the
It’s an election year, and the San Miguel Basin Forum has been asking locals this spring what they want to hear from
The GOP-leaning district spans Colorado’s Western Slope and stretches into Pueblo and southeastern Colorado. U.S.
Tracking trends, anticipating challenges and spotting opportunities to make Colorado’s news ecosystem ever
The 2023 State of News: Colorado is based on the most comprehensive survey of state news outlets to date. In October
Earlier this year, Ark Valley Voice (AVV) made a commitment to our readers for what we called “engaged
The death at age 89 of longtime police reporter Marilyn Robinson brought to mind an enduring image for those of us who
A dozen years ago, critic and commentator John Moore left the Denver Post. Typically, a journalist accepting a buyout
Young voters in Colorado are worried about their ability to afford rent across the state, but they haven’t heard
A judge Friday ordered the Lakewood Police Department to release blurred body-worn camera footage of officers shooting
A Pagosa Springs attorney who has filed nearly 100 open-government lawsuits in the past several years has standing to
A picturesque town at the edge of Rocky Mountain National Park will be the latest setting for a new digital news outlet
Three months after two wealthy local developers announced they would relaunch the iconic Indy alternative weekly
Nearly 70 Colorado law enforcement officers have lost their state-mandated certifications since 2020 after being
A rural Colorado newspaper publisher says he has faced threats and harassment as his town has lurched into the paranoid
It could have been worse. While open-government losses far outnumbered wins in the 2024 session of the Colorado General
The Colorado Lotus Project is a groundbreaking effort to uplift the unique voices and experiences of Asian American and
KOAA News5 in Colorado Springs says authorities pressured it not to air video it legally obtained — but the TV
A proposal to ban the charging of fees for unedited body-worn camera footage, released to the public under the 2020 Law
One month ago, CPR joined newsrooms across the state to launch an ambitious project: invite the people of Colorado to
State senators Wednesday killed a bill that would have given state and local government entities more time to respond
Update: Gov. Jared Polis signed SB 24-216 into law on Friday, May 31. People who want library books removed from
In a rare development, two local news organizations in Colorado Springs — the daily newspaper and a commercial TV
Update: Gov. Jared Polis signed SB 24-210 into law on Thursday, June 6. A House amendment adopted May 5 limits the
Update: An amended version of HB 24-1460 died in the House on a 31-33 vote on Friday, May 3. See this blog article. A
A bill to require the livestreaming of meetings of state and local boards, councils and commissions “will not go
A bill in the Colorado legislature aimed at curbing the “abuse of CORA” no longer contains a provision for labeling
In Colorado, the mountain snowpack is melting, green shoots are poking through mulch, and some college journalism
The title is set for a proposed Colorado initiative to repeal newly enacted legislation that narrows the definition of
A lawsuit challenges the Boulder Police Department’s insistence that a news organization pay the city nearly $3,000
Thousands of dollars have poured into the Colorado Sun this week and dozens of people have signed up as new members of
Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would prevent hospitals from publicly concealing their involvement in
Update: The House concurred with Senate amendments to HB 24-1244 and repassed the bill on Friday, Apr. 19, sending it
State lawmakers Tuesday killed a bill that would have codified 41-year-old case law by making the legislature’s
In an alarming act against press freedom and your right to know, Sandra Fish, a seasoned Colorado Sun reporter, was
The Colorado News Collaborative (COLab), Colorado Press Association, Colorado Broadcasters Association, Colorado Media
Election coverage that puts voters
More than two dozen Colorado newsrooms have launched an unprecedented collaboration to better cover the 2024 elections.
Update: The Colorado House passed SB 24-132 on a 50-11 vote on Monday, Apr. 8, sending the bill to Gov. Jared Polis. A
Picture a room with 100 people in it — just regular adults, people with jobs and monthly bills and credit scores. In
DENVER — In February, Norma Brambila’s teenage daughter wrote her a letter she now carries in her purse. It is a
Over the years, Colorado Republicans in this one-party state that is controlled overwhelmingly by Democrats have
The board president of the Colorado Press Association, Brian Porter, resigned his position this week after the news
The draft of an annual financial report prepared by Durango city officials for later submission to the state auditor is
News on the newspaper printing front in Colorado in the past year — or few years — has been bleak. In
Lindsey Vance carried medical debt for nearly half her life. The 41-year-old Denver resident said her debt began
This year has already been brutal for the local media business with layoffs lashing newsrooms coast to coast at outlets
💊 This week’s newsletter was produced in recovery mode, sidelined by an unfun medical issue — so it’s
AURORA — El anillo brillaba: oro blanco de 18 quilates, de doble banda, con un diamante de 1.5 quilates en el
The Colorado Supreme Court will review whether appellate judges wrongly decided the Peace Officer Standards and
State lawmakers could voluntarily post drafts of proposed legislation — before legislative sessions begin — on a
This week, a cluster of Colorado foundations announced they have joined a national fundraising campaign to galvanize
The town board of Del Norte violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law by censuring a fellow board member during a closed
Denying a Pagosa Springs lawyer legal standing to sue a school district because he doesn’t live within its boundaries
AURORA — The ring sparkled: 18-karat white gold, double-banded, with a 1.5-carat diamond at its center. It was
For years, Colorado’s largest and most prominent medical provider did something that seemed to go against its family
Two high-profile businessmen and major developers in Colorado’s second-largest city have become the new owners of the
Examining the scale, impact and consequences of medical debt in
Records custodians would have the power to deem someone a “vexatious requester” and bar that person from obtaining
A legislative committee Wednesday narrowly endorsed a proposed $150,000 study by the Colorado Attorney General on ways
Nearly six years after then-Gov. John Hickenlooper vetoed a bill to seal autopsy reports on minors, Colorado’s county
This week, John Hickenlooper, who represents Colorado in the U.S. Senate, spoke at a CU Boulder conference where he
More than two months after BusinessDen asked a judge to set aside her contempt threat against reporter Justin
Colorado Media Project, which underwrites this newsletter, announced this week how more than $360,000 will flow to
The state’s second-highest court Thursday affirmed a judge’s order to disclose video surveillance footage showing
A judge will decide whether disciplinary records about the former police chief of Elizabeth are “personnel files”
Earlier this month, a mysterious billowy object similar in size and shape to a paper IKEA floor lamp floated over a
Update: Gov. Jared Polis signed HB 24-1090 into law on Tuesday, Feb. 20. State lawmakers want to adjust a 2023 juvenile
UPDATE: Saturday, Jan. 20, 3:20 p.m.: Reached by phone, Paul Choate, a local restaurant owner in Ridgway, said he
This week’s newsletter was produced transcontinentally, so it’s just a roundup. Hopefully it compliments
Certain records about a June 2023 cyberattack at the Colorado Department of Higher Education are subject to CORA’s
A Pagosa Springs lawyer who routinely sues school boards around the state for violations of the open meetings law is
Colorado lawmakers’ use of an anonymous private survey to prioritize bills impacting the state budget “thwarts the
The state’s highest court should reaffirm that people who sue state and local government entities are still entitled
The Colorado Department of Human Services wants the state’s highest court to review a recent appellate court opinion
Hello, and welcome to 2024 at Inside the News in Colorado. Each January, I write a year-in-review column for the
Several key rulings in 2023 showed why courts matter so much for enforcing and interpreting Colorado’s open
Colorado’s second-largest city, which is about the 40th largest in the nation, seems poised to lose its alternative
Because of a 2023 law that protects the privacy of juveniles, the Colorado Judicial Department plans to limit
For the past six months, a journalist for the Daily Yonder, a national nonprofit news outlet focused on rural
Three years ago, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition published a “wish list” of recommendations for
Late last month, a Colorado judge made the remarkable decision to order Justin Wingerter of BusinessDen to return
In a victory for the Aurora Sentinel, the Colorado Court of Appeals reversed a district court ruling Thursday and
Update: The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed an amicus letter with the court in support of
On a Sunday in March of 2009, a crane company pulled up to 101 W. Colfax Ave. in downtown Denver. There, workers began
CORRECTION: A previous version of this story contained a photo that misidentified an officer as Parker Police
A reader emailed recently to ask if I knew of a good roundup of Colorado-based podcasts. “We’re updating our list
On October 30, 2023, a Colorado state court judge determined that two Denver city officials had improperly withheld
Grant Houston started the weekly Silver World newspaper in Lake City right out of college when he was 23. For 46 years
Are people who want books banned or reclassified library “users” whose identities are protected by Colorado law?
A judge’s decision to restrict access to records in the case of a cardiologist accused of sexually assaulting and
For the past few years, a movement has been spreading in Colorado. In multiple cities and towns, journalists have left
In a new court brief, leaders of the Colorado General Assembly defend their use during recent legislative sessions of
A coalition of news organizations has banded together to serve Spanish-language audiences in the Roaring Fork Valley.
The Colorado Children’s Code doesn’t necessarily prohibit the state Department of Human Services from publicly
A judge Monday ordered Denver to disclose city officials’ text messages about last June’s severe hailstorm at Red
The email came — notably — on Friday the 13th. In October. The spooky season. When ghouls and ghosts and goblins
