Tag: Open Meetings
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Colorado justices deliver favorable ruling for organizations raising open meetings violations
The Colorado Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that organizations are entitled to the same recovery of their costs as individuals when they successfully pursue a public entity’s violation of the state’s open meetings law. The Colorado Open Meetings Law permits “any person” to challenge a violation of the law. At the same time, it grants…
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From a hunch to a headline: How the DPS open meetings story came together
Breaking news can look effortless. What readers don’t see is the chase — the hunches, the false starts and the dots that don’t quite connect until they do. I spoke on the Boardhawk podcast recently about what it took to break one of those stories. Here’s how it unfolded. In May, when the Denver Public…
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Denver Public Schools superintendent requested secret meeting to discuss policy change
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In the hours after an East High School shooting wounded two administrators, Denver Public Schools Superintendent Alex Marrero requested a secret meeting with the board of education to discuss changing the district’s policy on campus police, The Denver Gazette has learned. The stated purposed of the proposed executive session — which is closed to the…