‘Kill Committees’ Are The Graveyards And Safeguards Of Colorado Politics
If safe lawmakers shoot down politically perilous bills, then vulnerable lawmakers can dodge a tough vote.| Colorado Public Radio
If safe lawmakers shoot down politically perilous bills, then vulnerable lawmakers can dodge a tough vote.| Colorado Public Radio
Citing the separation of powers as “a core tenet of our democracy,” Gov. Jared Polis signed into law a bill that narrows the definition of “public business" in the Colorado Open Meetings Law as it applies to the legislature and lets members of the General Assembly communicate by email and text message without it being a “meeting” under the law.| Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
Section 1 of the bill repeals provisions in the Colorado open meetings law that specifically apply to the general assembly that were enacted in 2024 by Senate Bill 24-157. Section 2 requires that the database created and maintained by the peace officer standards and training board that includes specified information related to peace officer conduct and discipline be sortable in addition to being searchable and that it be available upon request to any member of the public with only personal in...| leg.colorado.gov
The public was kept out of two Democratic caucus meetings earlier this month in one of the first tests of Colorado’s new open meetings law.| The Colorado Sun
It didn’t take long for several government entities in Colorado to adopt the new, much-higher, maximum CORA fee rate that went into effect on Monday, July 1.| Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
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A state senator is trying again to curb what she has referred to as the “abuse” of the Colorado Open Records Act by certain records requesters.| Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition
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