Colorado Ethics Watch

12/23/2017

A rare and substantial fine for unregistered lobbying.

A Colorado lobbyist is facing steep fines for failing to register. The Secretary of State’s Office notified Collon Kennedy on Thursday that he owes nearly

12/21/2017

In just over two weeks, the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission will hold a formal hearing to determine whether Sen. Vicki Marble violated the state’s ethics law concerning gifts to lawmakers.

12/15/2017

Arizona conservative group backs attack on Denver's common-sense disclosure laws about money in politics.

Two conservative taxpayer advocacy groups filed suit Wednesday against new Denver campaign finance disclosure rules for issue advocacy committees that they say will violate the privacy rights of th…

12/14/2017

There's no reason to give Facebook political ads a pass from the disclosure laws that apply to television or radio ads.

Federal Election Commission will take up this week whether political ads on Facebook must include disclaimers showing who bought them.

12/04/2017

A court brief filed by the Colorado Municipal League on Wednesday bearing signatures from the Loveland city attorney's office aims to re-assert the rights of home-rule cities, towns and counties to handle their own governance issues.

11/28/2017

The sexual harassment scandal at the Colorado legislature keeps growing.

A former legislative aide has filed a sexual harassment complaint against Republican state Sen. Randy Baumgardner for inappropriately touching her. The

11/19/2017

Colorado in the conversation with more than a dozen other states and Congress

The sexual harassment allegations at the Colorado state Capitol are prompting lawmakers, lobbyists and aides to share their own experiences, publicly and privately, in an attempt to expose what som…

11/15/2017

We suspect he won't be the last.

Paul Rosenthal, a three-term Democratic state lawmaker from Denver, is the subject of a sexual harassment complaint filed this week about an incident from 2012. Rosenthal told the Post that he is “…

11/10/2017

It happens in the Colorado legislature too.

Nine legislators, staffers and lobbyists are alleging that Rep. Steve Lebsock, a Democrat running for state treasurer, harassed, intimidated or made

10/30/2017

Today, community organizations across Colorado, along with current and former Colorado legislators, submitted a friend-of-the-court brief in Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, an important case going before the U.S. Supreme Court about a Lakewood-based baker who refused…

10/24/2017

Democratic Senators Amy Klobuchar and Mark Warner and Republican John McCain introduced a bill last week that would require internet platforms that average 50 million unique visitors a month to disclose online information about political advertisers using their platforms, including copies of the ads, descriptions of the audience targeted, the average rate paid for the ads, and the name and contact information of the sponsors.

A trade association whose members include Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. will pitch self-regulation instead of a proposed federal law requiring more disclosure for political advertising on their online platforms during a congressional hearing.