Less than six months after Wet Mountain Tribune Publisher Jordan Hedberg filed a federal First
A person involved in litigation with a public entity has the right to use the Colorado Open Records Act to obtain
The Colorado Supreme Court this week declined to review issues in a Court of Appeals opinion that could impact the
Earlier this year, the local government in the Southern Colorado city of Florence collapsed. “Entire City Council
News organizations in Colorado are urging state Attorney General Phil Weiser to exempt journalism activities
Six years ago, the last time journalists at The Denver Post received an across-the-board pay increase,
Another mass shooting in America, this time at Club Q in Colorado Springs, a longtime LGBTQ+ bar where a suspect on
In Colorado Court of Appeals briefs filed Monday, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and the editor of the
The National Association of Hispanic Publications chose Denver for its annual conference and the group’s 40th
Lawyers clashed in the Colorado Court of Appeals on Tuesday over whether the state’s Children’s Code prohibits the
Colorado voters would be forgiven if they woke up Wednesday startled by election results after consulting recent
Colorado’s Sunshine Law does not require members of an elected public board to discuss the censure of a fellow board
Voters in Colorado’s left-leaning ski towns who last week turned to the search engines of their local newspapers to
A year ago, this newsletter reported how Coloradans were, for the first time, learning what our state’s newsrooms
In a recent opinion, the Colorado Court of Appeals established a high standard of proof for a plaintiff to withstand a
For the past several months, I’ve been working on a project with students at Colorado College and others in a series
Over roughly the last decade, the ranks of professional journalists in Colorado have shrunk by nearly half and one in
Este año el día de las elecciones es el 8 de noviembre, pero como todo elector elegible registrado en Colorado
The Colorado Court of Appeals last week reversed a judge’s findings that emails protected from disclosure by the
Steven Woodrow, a 42-year-old Democrat and lawyer who represents Denver in the Colorado House of Representatives, faced
This is a special expanded edition of the “Inside the News in Colorado” newsletter. Occasionally, I’ll try to
After nearly 75 years, KLMR, a local radio station serving the area around Lamar on Colorado’s Eastern Plains, has
One day in October 1985, the late Neil Westergaard, then The Denver Post’s state Capitol bureau chief, introduced me
Over the past two decades, the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition and its member organizations and board members
Rejecting the argument of a trauma surgeon’s lawyers, a judge ruled last week that a 2018 state law limits the scope
For 102 years, the League Of Women Voters has helped Americans understand how they can cast their vote in elections.
Even though Colorado’s voting system is often regarded as one of the most efficient in the country, not all
Colorado is known for its mail-in-ballot system that some election experts have called the “gold standard” in the
Three’s a trend, folks. A nonprofit newspaper revolution has hit Colorado. This week, the alternative weekly in
Colorado’s new Behavioral Health Administration shut down part of the Western Slope’s only psychiatric hospital on
The public release Friday of the amended autopsy report on the 2019 death of Elijah McClain ended a legal fight that
Vince Bzdek, editor of The Colorado Springs and Denver Gazette, authored an eyebrow-raising column this week that
In an effort to better understand longstanding racial and ethnic disparities in student punishment, the Boulder Valley
Para entender mejor las disparidades históricas entre las tasas de castigo de diferentes grupos raciales y étnicos,
A judge Friday declined to hold members of the Woodland Park school board in contempt for allegedly violating his April
Columbia Journalism Review this week hosted a major panel discussion called “The Objectivity Wars” that included
Reginaldo Haro-Flores knew finishing college would be an uphill battle. As the first in his family to go to a four-year
Reginaldo Haro-Flores sabía que terminar la universidad iba a ser una batalla cuesta arriba. Ya que fue el primero en
A trauma surgeon’s lawsuit is testing the scope of a 2018 statute that concerns the public disclosure of Denver
Next week’s journalism-conference world welcomes a doubleheader from two powerhouse organizations in the state. The
A judge Tuesday ordered Larimer County to publicly disclose the narrative portions of performance evaluations for two
Local TV stations can tend to hype things. They need to grab — and hold — the attention of viewers whose eyeballs
Jordan Hedburg, who publishes the weekly Wet Mountain Tribune newspaper in Custer County, made good on a threat to sue
Following three years of failed bills, state lawmakers in 2021 finally agreed on statutory language to
A judge has ordered the release of Denver police body-worn camera footage related to the case of a man accused of
A Colorado statute that criminalizes the public disclosure of all child abuse and neglect records violates the First
Editor’s Note: This report has been updated as of 8-26-2022 to add corrections and clarifications. For more
The newspaper in Colorado’s second-largest city challenged local TV coverage about fentanyl exposure and reflected a
Local governments in Colorado are fighting two CORA-related court rulings they fear “will have far-reaching
Politicians who run the local government in Pitkin County, Colorado, this week sent a message to the new out-of-state
Some wildlife advocates are unhappy with a new policy that bars them from audio and video recording, as well as
In 2019, The Salt Lake Tribune made big news when it became the first large metro newspaper to convert to a
Black and Latino parents of Boulder Valley School District students have been raising alarms for years that their
Padres de estudiantes negros y latinos en el Distrito Escolar del Valle de Boulder (BVSD, por sus siglas en inglés)
A good old-fashioned slime-slinging 19th-century-style newspaper war is brewing in a small rural Colorado
A public entity with a contractual right to access documents from a private third party, such as a developer, must
The largest mental health and addiction treatment provider in western Colorado, Mind Springs Health, has hired
In the 1994 journalism film “The Paper” there’s a scene where Michael Keaton’s ink-stained-wretch character
Although Melvin Page had a long career in public service, retiring proved to be much more difficult than he
Aunque Melvin Page tuvo una larga carrera profesional dedicado al servicio público, retirarse resultó ser mucho más
Earlier this month, the weekly Sentinel Colorado newspaper in Aurora announced it would change ownership in a
The philanthropic Colorado Media Project is starting a fund to help Colorado journalists pay for public records that
Hispanic residents have long been among the least likely to have health insurance — in Colorado and across the
Armando Peniche Rosales tiene un dedo del pie torcido, que durante años ha pronosticado el clima y se vuelve
Six months after Ogden Newspapers of West Virginia bought The Aspen Times, the 140-year-old paper has become the
If you think the cost of obtaining public records in Colorado is too high now, you’re not going to like what will
AURORA | In an effort to move The Sentinel toward a unique model of local ownership, a consortium
Another Colorado newspaper is changing hands, and how it happened once again underscores the ways people involved in
Colorado is among about 15 states that have met federal goals to reduce infant mortality, an important indicator of
AURORA, Colorado. — Mientras Britney Taylor recorría Mama Bird Maternity Wellness Spa durante su inauguración esta
It’s no overstatement to say that without a free and responsible press, there would be no democracy. Democracy is the
A new analysis of open records laws in all 50 states highlights several ways Colorado legislators could make criminal
Moving toward a unique model of community
After 50 years, homeownership gap between white and Latino Coloradans narrows. But for Black Coloradans, it’s
Estados Unidos tiene una escasez de 3.8 millones de unidades de vivienda en relación con la demanda. Esto resulta en
Ten journalists from a cross-section of Colorado news outlets sat for an interview this week with Yellow Scene’s
Examining socio-economic and health equity among Black and Latino Coloradans over the last
When Rosa Beltran was going through high school in the late ’90s in a small town in southern Colorado, she never
Cuando Rosa Beltran estaba en high school a finales de los años 1990 en un pequeño poblado en el sur de
Algunas brechas socioeconómicas clave entre coloradenses negros, latinos y blancos se redujeron en la última década,
Some key socioeconomic gaps between Black, Latino and white Coloradans narrowed in the last decade, but equity remains
A tale of two headlines Last month, Denver’s 5280 magazine asked in a headline: “Can Outside Inc. Save Outdoor
People who ask Gunnison County librarians to remove or reclassify books they find objectionable or controversial can
More whistleblowers have come forward to call out Mind Springs Mental Health for falsifying patient forms. Past and
Two agencies of Colorado’s judicial branch object to a proposed new rule that would make records of many completed
Gene Estes implored his son, Shayn, to go to the emergency room that day, fearful he was having another reaction to his
State regulators have overlooked what former Mind Springs workers describe as a long pattern of
Last week’s newsletter offered the first installment of a series here at Inside the News in Colorado called
State officials blasted one of Colorado’s 17 community mental health centers for prescription practices they called
For those concerned about access to government records in Colorado, the 2022 legislative session was notable for what
What’s happening in Colorado’s information ecosystem right now? These are some of the players trying to
The Douglas County School District must let 9NEWS anchor Kyle Clark see a Colorado Open Records Act request that sought
Remote testimony on bills, a positive outgrowth of the COVID-19 pandemic, likely will remain an option for the public
This is a special, expanded edition of the “Inside the News in Colorado” newsletter. Occasionally, I’ll try to
Colorado has among the highest rates of mental illness in the country, yet it has one of the lowest rates when it comes
‘Went about it the way I did’ Update, 5:15 p.m. Friday: The attorney general’s office says it will not appeal a
Two bills with bipartisan support would help therapists in private practice who are fed up with the convoluted Medicaid
‘Strong news’ The snowpack is melting, rivers are rising, green shoots poke through mulch, and “Springtime in the
