Tag: Cora
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Colorado justices side with news organizations for disclosure of high-level child abuse data
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Monday that the state must disclose the number of child abuse reports at individual group living facilities in response to an open records request, as the addresses are already in the public domain. The justices agreed that the Court of Appeals erred in resolving the case. But beyond that,…
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Colorado open records bill dies in Senate committee
Efforts to overhaul Colorado’s open records law stalled anew. A proposal that would have extended response times for public records requests and added accountability measures for late responses failed to advance out of its first committee and will not move forward this year. The Senate State, Veterans and Military Affairs Committee rejected Senate Bill 107,…
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Colorado justices weigh broad definition of ‘criminal justice agency’ in open records lawsuit
‘I don’t know if you ask the average person on the street, “Is the Dental Board a criminal justice agency?” most people would say yes to that,” said Chief Justice Monica Márquez
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Emails lost to public under DPS retention policy | CLASS NOTES
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save The Colorado Open Records Act request was never meant to be a “gotcha.” The Denver Gazette was looking to confirm whether Denver Public Schools (DPS) Board of Education Director Scott Baldermann’s child attends one of the middle schools in an innovation zone he will be…
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Denver Public Schools can’t say how many justice-involved students attend public school
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Denver Public Schools does not have a mechanism to track students involved with the juvenile justice system, The Denver Gazette has learned. And that’s a problem, community members and parents said. The revelation takes on new meaning in the aftermath of an East High School…
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Who’s responsible? Accountability questions remain after Denver County jailhouse death
Unanswered questions about accountability linger a year after a man died in Denver’s downtown detention center, after several days of begging for medical care as he experienced chest pains, trouble breathing, nausea and losing his ability to swallow medication. Medical staff repeatedly sent him back to his cell even as fellow inmates and sheriff’s department…
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Kevin Priola used text messages during party switch to avoid open records scrutiny
In the week prior to Colorado Sen. Kevin Priola announcing that he was flipping political parties, the soon-to-be-Democrat said in a text message to his soon-to-be party leader that he would share certain information with him but wanted to avoid the state’s email system so as not to leave a paper trail subject to public…
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Judge orders Mayor Hancock to release withheld documents on housing advisory committee
Denver District Court Judge Michael Vallejos ordered Mayor Michael Hancock to release improperly withheld documents on the city’s housing advisory committee, ruling against Hancock in the 2020 lawsuit. Vallejos filed the order Monday, demanding the release of 45 of 49 pages of documents that were withheld after Denver resident Florence Sebern submitted a request for…