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Attorney General Weiser opposes The Colorado Independent in court records fight...

In his first week on the job, Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser officially opposed The Colorado Independent’s petition before the U.S. Supreme Court to...

Colorado activists bank on midterm blue wave to pass 2019 law...

Note: This story has been updated to include comments from 18th Judicial District Attorney George Brauchler. Opponents of the death penalty — hoping to capitalize...

Democrats dominate down-ballot statewide races In a break with past patterns,...

This story will be updated. Democrats seized control of Colorado's attorney general and secretary of state offices Tuesday as Phil Weiser claimed victory over Republican...

Colorado Independent crosses first hurdle in U.S. Supreme Court case

Editor's Note: Since this story was published, the Attorney General's office has asked for an extension in responding to the U.S. Supreme Court. A...

News organizations across the nation back Colorado Independent’s open-records fight at...

Many of the nation's biggest news organizations, some of its top legal scholars and a squadron of Colorado newsrooms have joined The Colorado Independent...

In Colorado’s attorney general race, Phil Weiser says he’ll combat ‘lawless’...

George Brauchler, the Republican running to be Colorado’s next attorney general, says he disagreed with the federal government's policy of separating immigrant families at...

GREENE: What, in all its secrecy, is Colorado’s justice system hiding?...

Colorado’s judicial branch has spent a year stonewalling The Independent’s quest for court records, and I’m proud that we have stepped up our fight. As...

The Colorado Independent takes open records fight to SCOTUS News outlet...

The Colorado Independent on Friday took its fight for open records to the United States Supreme Court. The Denver-based nonprofit news outlet, represented pro-bono by...

Colorado Supreme Court denies Independent petition for rehearing in death-row case

The state Supreme Court today denied The Colorado Independent's petition for a rehearing of its request to unseal records related to prosecutorial misconduct in...

Independent petitions Colorado Supreme Court for re-hearing in prosecutorial misconduct case

The Colorado Independent is asking the state Supreme Court to re-hear its request to unseal records about prosecutorial misconduct in the capital case against...