Seth Klamann is a statehouse reporter at the Denver Post, covering policy, state government and the legislature. He previously worked for the Gazette, the Casper Star-Tribune and the Omaha World-Herald. He's a graduate of the University of Missouri and a proud Kansas City native.
Members of the Colorado House of Representatives and their families file into the House Chamber as the Colorado General Assembly starts its 2024 session at the Colorado Capitol in Denver on Jan. 10, 2024. , would allow lawmakers to meet and communicate in groups small enough that they don’t constitute a voting majority of a committee or chamber. It would also tweak state law to make clear that digital communications between legislators don’t constitute a meeting.
The measure, backed by Senate President Steve Fenberg and House Speaker Julie McCluskie, has been pitched as a way to update the open-meetings law and ensure its workability inside the Capitol, where legislators often talk informally about bills and amendments.. Groups including the Colorado Freedom of Information Coalition worry it would go too far in tweaking the state’s transparency laws and in allowing lawmakers to meet in informal groups and communicate electronically.
The changes allow some more material to be public and open the door for legislative leaders to discuss more regularly how the law applies to the legislature.Nikola Jokic on pregame trash talk to LeBron James about delaying his 40,000 career points: “We didn’t, you know? He’s too good” Once considered a top QB prospect, South Carolina’s Spencer Rattler could be a potential late-round option for Broncos
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