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Hunting groups sue Colorado Parks and Wildlife for adopting new furbearer limits without public comment

Safari Club International and the Sportsmen’s Alliance Foundation allege the commission’s last-minute decision to slash furbearer harvest limits failed to provide sufficient public notice or ...
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Deepfake ad of Colorado state senator prompts first-of-its-kind court case

CBS News Colorado: A deepfake political ad is at the center of a precedent-setting court case in Colorado. Deepfakes use artificial intelligence to generate fake images of a person that look and sound ...
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Judge: Lakewood City Council’s announcement of executive session violated open meetings law

The Lakewood City Council violated the Colorado Open Meetings Law by failing to publicly announce the topic of a 2024 ...
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Boulder Valley school closure plan in limbo as judge weighs open meetings lawsuit

Boulder Reporting Lab: A Boulder County judge has put plans to close four Boulder Valley elementary schools on hold while she considers a lawsuit alleging that district officials violated Colorado’s ...
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Colorado court affirms dismissal of consumer protection suit against Denver Post owner

Courthouse News Service: The Colorado Court of Appeals on Thursday affirmed the dismissal of a former nonprofit founder’s lawsuit against the owners of the Denver Post, rejecting his attempt to use ...
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Judge to rule in 1 to 2 weeks on Boulder Valley school closures injunction

Boulder Daily Camera: Following Thursday’s first court hearing in a lawsuit claiming the development of the Boulder Valley School District’s school closures plan violated Colorado’s Open Meetings Law, ...
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Boulder Valley parents file lawsuit over school closure decision

Three parents from Douglass, Flatirons and Mesa elementary schools filed a lawsuit claiming the Boulder Valley School District’s school closures plan was developed without the public notice, ...
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A judge said this Colorado school board picked a member in secret. Now there will be a do-over.

Nearly eight months after appointing a new board member to a vacant seat, a southern Colorado school board must redo the pick to comply with two court decisions in a case over open meetings law ...
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People who misuse Colorado court livestreams make up less than 1% of all viewers

The social media creators who posted unauthorized videos of court proceedings and prompted Colorado Supreme Court Justice Monica Márquez to essentially end livestreaming for three months make up a ...
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Lawbreaking YouTubers prompt judge to shut down livestreaming in Barry Morphew case

The Denver Post: A Colorado judge this week stopped public livestreaming of court proceedings in the high-profile murder case against Barry Morphew after at least two YouTube accounts violated state ...
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Even with new POST database and reforms, Colorado is in the minority of states keeping comprehensive police officer data secret

After the 2020 murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police, Colorado lawmakers passed a bill requiring the state’s Peace Officer Standards & Training (POST) board to publish a public database ...