The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that The Sentinel is a ‘citizen.’ Here’s why that matters.

The Colorado Supreme Court ruled that The Sentinel is a ‘citizen.’ Here’s why that matters.

The Colorado Supreme Court held this month that The Sentinel Colorado is a “citizen” under the state’s Open Meetings Law, meaning the news outlet may recover attorney fees if it prevails in a long-running case in which the newspaper seeks to obtain a recording of an unlawfully held secret meeting of the Aurora City Council. The holding by the state’s highest court reverses an earlier Colorado Court of Appeals decision that would have made it muc…