Red County, Blue State

61. CORA 101: The Transparency Tool They Can’t Ignore


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CORA class is in session! The Colorado Open Records Act is a critical law when it comes to ensuring transparent government, and it’s accessible to all of us. In this episode, my guest Jeff Roberts from the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition (CFOIC) explains the basics of CORA to us. What’s a public record? When can a government withhold a public record from us? Are government officials allowed to delete records? All of this and more in this episode.

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Visit the sunshine laws guide at https://coloradofoic.org/ to live your sunshine law dreams and/or find out more about the hotline.

From the CFOIC blog, the piece on the Douglas County open meetings law case: Court of Appeals: Disputed Douglas County commissioners’ meetings ‘clearly concerned public business or policymaking’



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Red County, Blue StateBy Emily Suyat