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The Colorado Supreme Court has issued its final guidance to trial judges around the state, describing when they may livestream proceedings in criminal cases and, in the process, taking a subtle jab at lawmakers efforts to ensure public access more broadly.

Virtual court proceedings enable lawyers to more easily represent clients at a lower cost, are less disruptive to the lives of litigants and are more technically demanding on judges and their courtrooms.Those were the broad messages contained in more than 200 pages of comments submitted to the Colorado Supreme Court on a pair of proposed directives governing remote access to judicial proceedings.

Contrary to the allegations of a pair of environmental groups, state agencies satisfied the legal deadline for proposing rules aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the next three decades,

Contrary to the allegations of a pair of environmental groups, state agencies satisfied the legal deadline for proposing rules aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the next three decades,

U.S. District Court Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney took office in August, following a narrow 48-46 confirmation vote in the U.S. Senate.

Colorado Supreme Court Chief Justice Brian D. Boatright has appointed District Judge Christopher J. Baumann as chief judge of the Denver District Court.