Bente Birkeland
Bente Birkeland is an award-winning journalist who joined Colorado Public Radio in August 2018 after a decade of reporting on the Colorado state capitol for the Rocky Mountain Community Radio collaborative and KUNC. In 2017, Bente was named Colorado Journalist of the Year by the Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), and she was awarded with a National Investigative Reporting Award by SPJ a year later.
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Tina Peters’ fight against her 2024 conviction must first play out in state courts before a federal court can even consider that she be released on bail. -
Democratic State Sen. Julie Gonzales has launched a Democratic primary campaign for the U.S Senate. -
Colorado’s top election official said the state will not comply with a new request from the Trump administration. -
Democrat Faith Winter was catapulted into the spotlight in 2017 when the then-State Representative publicly accused a colleague of sexual harassment. -
The Arapahoe County Sheriff’s office has released new information about the multi-vehicle crash on I-25 near Centennial that resulted in the death of Sen. Faith Winter. -
A request from the Trump administration to transfer former Republican Mesa County clerk Tina Peters from state to federal custody is opposed by state officials. -
In statehouses across the country, the political playing field is being redrawn, as states wade into the murky waters of midcycle redistricting. -
The state is awarding close to $1 million in grants to seven communities to bolster the development of ADUs. -
Colorado has not said whether it would consider transferring Peters to a federal facility. -
With an $850 million shortfall looming, Gov. Polis and lawmakers spar over how to balance the budgetGov. Polis is asking lawmakers to slow spending on Medicaid and to privatize Pinnacol Assurance.
