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Boulder Denies Access To Pot Criminal Checks
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - The city of Boulder is refusing to release copies of criminal background checks that it ran on people applying for medical marijuana business licenses — including five businesses...
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Justices Hear On Ritter’s Phone Records
DENVER (AP) – An attorney for The Denver Post says that if former Gov. Bill Ritter doesn’t have to release a list of business calls he made on his personal cellphone while in office, it will provide a...
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Boulder Rejects A Third Of Aspiring Pot Shops
BOULDER, Colo. (AP) – Less than a year after requiring marijuana shops and growing operations to get local licenses, Boulder has rejected more than a third of the applicants. The Daily Camera reports...
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Contractor Settles With Denver For Leaky Museum Roof
DENVER (CBS4) – The new Denver Art Museum building was plagued with a leaky roof that had to be replaced. Now CBS4 has learned the general contractor has settled with the city of Denver for $15...
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Denver SWAT Members Failing Fitness Tests
DENVER (CBS4) – A CBS4 investigation has found that about one third of the members of the Denver Police Department’s elite Metro SWAT Unit have been routinely flunking their semi-annual physical...
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Holmes’ Lawyers Denied Access To Him After Suicide Attempt
CENTENNIAL, Colo. (CBS4) – The stage has been set for a revealing look at the suspect in the Aurora movie theater shootings after a judge lifted a gag order in the James Holmes case. There were two new...
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Aspen Newspaper Sues For Police Documents
ASPEN, Colo. (AP) – The Aspen Times is suing for access to documents about a former Basalt police chief. The newspaper says it filed suit Saturday to force the town to release an investigation report...
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Former Chief Deputy Coroner Claims Abusive Work Environment, Threatens Lawsuit
CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (CBS4) – The former chief deputy for the Douglas County Coroner’s Office has notified the coroner and the county he may file a lawsuit after he claims he was unfairly fired. Charles...
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Colorado Court Upholds Record Reimbursement
DENVER (AP) – The Colorado Supreme Court has sided with open-government advocates in a case over records and court costs. The court ruled 5-2 Monday that people who win open-records lawsuits can be...
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Youth Corrections Transparency Bill Advances At Colorado Capitol
DENVER (AP) – A bill to give the public more information about rapes, assaults and other crimes at the state’s youth detention facilities has won unanimous initial approval in the Colorado House. The...
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Youth Corrections Transparency Bill Advances
DENVER (AP) – A bill to give the public more information about rapes, assaults and other crimes at the state’s youth detention facilities has won unanimous initial approval in the Colorado Senate. The...
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Commerce City Officer Fired After Filing Info Request
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. (CBS4) – A Commerce City police officer fired after he filed a Colorado Open Records Act Request has now filed a federal lawsuit suggesting his termination violated his First...
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State Settles With Families Of Children Assaulted At Colorado School For The...
By Rick Sallinger and Robert Bosciewicz DENVER (CBS4) – The State of Colorado has agreed to pay $1.4 million compensation for two students who reported they were sexually assaulted by another student...
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Denver District Attorney To Review Possible Open Records Violation
By Brian Maass DENVER (CBS4)– The Denver District Attorney’s Office announced Friday it would take an “initial look” at allegations that Denver’s City Attorney may have improperly withheld or...
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City Asks To Dismiss Shapiro Whistleblower Claim
By Brian Maass DENVER (CBS4)– Denver’s City Attorney is asking that a whistleblower appeal filed by Senior Assistant City Attorney Stuart Shapiro be dismissed. It’s the latest salvo in the...
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Mayor Hancock Declines Interview On City Attorney Resignation
By Brian Maass DENVER (CBS4) – Denver Mayor Michael Hancock has declined a request to be interviewed about the resignation of his city attorney, Scott Martinez. “The mayor is not available for an...
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Mystery Surrounds Suspension Of Denver’s Top Parking Enforcer
By Brian Maass DENVER (CBS4) – The Denver Public Works Department has placed its manager of enforcement and meter operations, Dominic Vaiana, on paid investigatory leave with little explanation to...
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No Charges In City Attorney Open Records Case
By Brian Maass DENVER (CBS4) – Denver District Attorney Mitch Morrissey said Friday his office will not be filing criminal charges against former Denver City Attorney Scott Martinez or any other...
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New Efforts Launched To Change Colorado’s Open Records Act
DENVER (AP) — A Democratic senator is trying again to modernize Colorado’s Open Records Act with a bill that would require government agencies to release public records in searchable data formats, like...
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Colorado Electronic Open Records Bill Gets Another Hearing
DENVER (AP) — A bill to bring Colorado’s Open Records Act into the 21st century gets a Senate committee hearing Wednesday after months of efforts, led by the secretary of state’s office, to show how...
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