Lakewood, CO: A local school board candidate with multiple disabilities that preclude her from wearing a face covering has filed suit against the Cherry Creek School District for its repeated refusals to provide accommodations that would allow her to participate fully in candidate forums.
Read MoreLakewood, CO: In a win for free speech rights, the Aurora City Council has amended its unconstitutional ordinance that restricted the political rights of local officials and candidates – a measure that drew a lawsuit from Mayor Mike Coffman.
Read MoreLakewood, CO: PTI represents Denver Deserves Better to hold Denver bureaucrats accountable for illegal zoning process surrounding homeless encampments.
Read MoreLakewood, CO: Suit filed on behalf of Grand Junction small business shows how state mandate stifles job creation.
Read MoreLakewood, CO: An Arapahoe County District Court judge has granted a preliminary injunction in Aurora Mayor Mike Coffman’s lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of new city rules governing political campaigns.
Read MoreLakewood, CO: Unconstitutional provisions in at least five teacher union contracts place Colorado school districts – and their taxpayers – at significant risk for expensive litigation, according to alerts from the non-partisan Public Trust Institute (PTI).
Read MoreLakewood, CO: Aurora’s mayor has sued the city, alleging a recent revamp of its rules governing political campaigns violates his rights to free speech and association. Mayor Mike Coffman is being represented by the Public Trust Institute, a nonprofit public- interest law firm that litigates to advance liberty and individual rights in Colorado.
Read MoreLakewood, CO: Suit Challenges City’s Never-Ending “Moratorium” on Oil and Gas Development, Demands City Pay Mineral Rights Owners
Read MoreLakewood, CO: PTI represents the mothers of five special-needs children enrolled at Orton Academy, a school on the east side of Colorado Springs, who have filed a motion to intervene in a lawsuit against Colorado Springs School District 11.
Read MoreLakewood, CO: The Public Trust Institute filed a lawsuit today against the Town of Estes Park alleging that the town knowingly violated the Colorado Constitution’s Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights (TABOR) when its Board of Trustees agreed to pay the U.S. Department of the Interior $4.2 million to help fund a road construction project.
Read MoreLakewood, CO - The Public Trust Institute filed a lawsuit today against Secretary of State Jena Griswold for denying Coloradans their right to free speech. This is the first suit filed by the Institute’s recently established public-interest law firm. The firm was founded to advance liberty and individual rights and promote accountable, ethical governance in Colorado.
Read MoreDenver, CO – On February 7, 2020, John Hickenlooper agreed to voluntarily testify before Colorado's Independent Ethics Commission on whether he illegally accepted gifts while Governor of Colorado. On May 22nd, Hickenlooper’s lawyers filed a motion with the Commission telling them that Hickenlooper will not testify at the scheduled June 4 Ethics Commission hearing. As a result, Public Trust Institute must subpoena John Hickenlooper to testify before the Independent Ethics Commission.
Read MoreDenver, CO –Public Trust Institute today filed formal Complaints with the Colorado Independent Ethics Commission and the Colorado Secretary of State demonstrating former Representative Joe Salazar committed numerous Amendment 41 violations while he was working on behalf of Colorado Rising.
Read MoreDenver, CO - The Colorado Independent Ethics Commission today issued a Report of Investigation that confirms Governor John Hickenlooper repeatedly accepted corporate gifts and in direct violation of Amendment 41.
Read MoreDenver, CO - Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper submitted his written response to the formal ethics complaint filed in October by the non-partisan Public Trust Institute. After review of Hickenlooper’s written response, PTI found multiple inconsistencies in the Governor’s claimed defenses and other tortured statements that reinforce PTI’s initial complaint to the Ethics Commission that Governor Hickenlooper demonstrated a pattern of illegal activity where he accepted gifts and travel in violation of Colorado’s ethics laws.
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