BREAKING: Immigration officers are asserting sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, a memo obtained by AP says.

“Numerous precedents, ignored by this court’s ruling, expressly require redaction. To hold otherwise would permit a records custodian to withhold a 1,000-page document because a single social security number appears on page 876. That is not the law.”

BREAKING: Magistrate judge halts government's access to devices/data seized from Wash Post reporter Hannah Natanson in leak probe, sets Feb. 6 hearing on newspaper's request for return. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The public hospital district in Estes Park is not required to redact privileged information from attorney billing invoices and release non-confidential portions to the Estes Valley Voice news site, a judge ruled Wednesday.

"Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser rolled out a new online platform for residents to report misconduct by federal officers on Wednesday amid growing public concern about overreach and violence by the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement agents."

This just in: One week after the FBI executed a search warrant at Washington Post reporter Hannah Natanson's home, the Post has filed two motions in the Eastern District of Virginia, asking the court "to order the immediate return of all seized materials and prevent their use." Full Post statement:

"The collapse of the newspaper industry unfolded over decades. Rebuilding local journalism will take time, money and community support." www.nytimes.com/2026/01/18/o...

'The groundbreaking piece by their Editorial Board is exemplary, and a perfect reminder of the vital role that independent journalists play in defending our democracy and the public’s right to know' sentinelcolorado.com/metro/aurora... #AuroraCo #1A #FreePress #journalism

“This case is another line in the sand when it comes to a free press." In a brief supporting @nytimes.com’s lawsuit against the Defense Department, @rcfp.org urged a federal court to reject the Pentagon’s restrictive new press access rules.

this is a pretty wild story about the parent company of the Durango Herald being scammed out of a bunch of money.

An open-government group, journalists, and their advocates put pressure on the legislature to finally drag Colorado into the civic digital age. And they succeeded: coloradomedia.substack.com/p/colorado-j...

New video analysis by @nytimes.com team breaks down the killing of Renee Good frame by frame from multiple angles and challenges official accounts of what happened. www.nytimes.com/video/us/100...

Please read this it was a lot of work Colorado’s governor gave his 8th and final State of the State speech. We analyzed everything he said. coloradosun.com/2026/01/15/2... #copolitics #coleg

"The Justice Department’s decision to send FBI agents to raid a Washington Post reporter’s home Wednesday was an aggressive attack on the press freedom of all journalists. Yet anyone who believes the raid will deter reporters from doing their jobs is sorely mistaken."

BREAKING: Trump threatens to use the Insurrection Act, allowing him to deploy troops to end protests in Minneapolis.

The Post editorializes: "The decision to send FBI agents to raid a Post reporter’s home was an aggressive attack on the press freedom of all journalists. Yet anyone who believes the raid will deter reporters from doing their jobs is sorely mistaken." www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Look! There's video — not just audio — of Colorado legislative committee meetings! sg001-harmony.sliq.net/00327/Harmon...

BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi says the search of a Washington Post reporter's home was done at the Pentagon's request as part of a leak investigation.

The Washington Post says FBI agents searched a reporter’s home as part of a classified documents probe into a government contractor.

An increasingly common struggle for media outlets, including student newspapers, is dealing with copycat websites that impersonate reputable publishers to profit off web traffic with low quality, often AI-generated articles.

Colorado Transparency News: livestreamed video of legislative committees; "private" judicial system; Aurora City Council executive session recording; proposed ban on ICE agent masks; parole risk data; 2025 year in review; more.

“The absence of transparency by law enforcement personnel erodes trust with the general public and obstructs legitimate law enforcement operations."

"And hats off to the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition, the nonpartisan watchdog that, for the past year-and-a-half, has been dogged in pursuing the change."

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told a Denver TV station that the prison sentence levied against former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters was “harsh” and suggested he was “looking at” revisiting it // Story by @sethklamann.bsky.social and @coltrain.bsky.social

"Four days into a jury trial, a Colorado judge on Friday declared a mistrial due to concerns about the competency of a retired Marine charged with harassing and strangling a reporter in the name of 'Trump’s America.'"

“The judge’s ruling, essentially denying our motion ... is an affront to the strong presumption of public access to court records as recognized by Colorado’s civil rules and a chief justice directive.”

@coloradofoic.bsky.social Jeff Roberts offers a close look at where the legal dispute between the Sentinel and City of Aurora stand on when secret meetings cannot be secret. coloradofoic.org/aurora-senti... #COpolitics #FOIA #COleg

NEW: House Republicans uphold President Trump’s veto of a clean drinking water project in Colorado. The bill passed Congress unanimously last year. Two-thirds were needed for an override. Trump has promised “harsh measures” against Colorado over false election rigging claims.

ICYMI: Three months after the Colorado Supreme Court declared the Aurora Sentinel to be a “citizen” under the open meetings law, the newspaper is back in district court in the same case trying to win the disclosure of a city council executive session recording from almost four years ago.

BREAKING: Minnesota investigators say they can't access evidence after fatal ICE shooting and the FBI won't work jointly on probe. Follow for live updates.

Three months after the Colorado Supreme Court declared the Aurora Sentinel to be a “citizen” under the open meetings law, the newspaper is back in district court in the same case trying to win the disclosure of a city council executive session recording from almost four years ago.

"Citing 'copyright protections,' CDOC said it will no longer supply risk assessments or risk assessment scores requested under Colorado open records laws."

COMMENTARY: It seems an increasing number of Americans, including elected leaders and journalists, are afraid to tell the truth about what happened on January 6. That's dangerous.

In a breathtaking reversal of reality, Trump uses a taxpayer funded website to whitewash the history of Jan. 6, blaming Capitol Police, Democrats and Pence -- everyone but himself and the mob that stormed the Capitol. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @alanfeuer.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/u...

"A former TV news reporter recalled before a jury on Tuesday being followed and assaulted by a Colorado man in December 2024, as the stranger demanded proof of his citizenship in the name of 'Trump’s America.'"

"A man who commented on the town of Kersey’s Facebook page in November, then saw his comment deleted and was blocked from the page is suing the Weld County town for violating his First Amendment right to free speech." www.9news.com/article/mone...

The CO legislature is impressive, ugly, beautiful, idealistic, sad, and nothing close to perfect. Now you can pop some corn, watch what goes on there on video, & possibly get inspired to do something. And tell any government haters you may know to tune in. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2026/01/lawm...

Good Lord @coloradofoic.bsky.social

Kind of a wild story here. A mystery person took control of CU Boulder's student news outlet & turned it into AI slop. The students made a new website & lawyered up. But, it turns out, AI is a hard beast to fight. www.denverpost.com/2026/01/05/c... via @denverpost.com

Colorado was the only state not to provide at least some video coverage of legislative committee meetings. That will change when the General Assembly reconvenes Jan. 14.

ICYMI: A decision by legislative leaders Wednesday means that Coloradans will be able to watch — not just hear — what happens in committee meetings when the 2026 session of the General Assembly convenes Jan. 14.

Denver7 reporter Tony Kovaleski on 42 years of life-changing investigations trib.al/iDWkjB2

CFOIC research showed that Colorado was the only state that did not provide at least some video coverage of legislative committee meetings.

Thank you, #coleg leadership, for approving video livestreaming of committee meetings.

BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee has released Jack Smith's 255-page deposition transcript: judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-su...

A decision by legislative leaders Wednesday means that Coloradans will be able to watch — not just hear — what happens in committee meetings when the 2026 session of the General Assembly convenes Jan. 14.

ROBERTS (via the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition): Coloradans fought for press freedom and freedom of information in 2025 in settings as small as the Eastern Plains town of Bennett and as big as the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. coloradotimesrecorder.com/2025/12/the-...

It's not too late to make a 2025 tax-deductible donation that defends your right to open and accountable government in Colorado.

CFOIC's 2025 year in review: press freedom battles, a vetoed records bill, a 'private' judicial system, auto-deleted Signal texts and a $25.4 million CORA request.

CFOIC's year in review: Coloradans fought for press freedom and freedom of information in 2025 in settings as small as the Eastern Plains town of Bennett and as big as the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.