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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Rural doesn’t necessarily mean conservative, and the opinions of these 10 voters run the gamut. -
Democratic State Rep. Manny Rutinel of Commerce City and former statehouse Rep. Shannon Bird of Westminster are locked in a heated primary race, vying to challenge Evans this fall. -
The candidates who win these races this month will have a starring role in deciding which party controls Congress next year. -
The private company that operate centers like the one in Aurora claims the new law oversteps the state's authority. -
Gov. Polis’ decision to commute the election-deniers’ sentence has reverberated through the political world. -
Peters was released from a women’s correctional facility in Pueblo as ordered by the governor. -
Gov. Polis has vetoed his first round of bills, including a measure that would require social media companies to work more closely with law enforcement. -
Coloradans are guaranteed to get a new governor in the fall. But first, five hopefuls have to convince voters they should represent their party in the midterms. -
The governor is barred from speaking at Democratic Party events or functions or attending as a featured guest. -
A formal complaint seeks to suspend Polis from speaking at state Democratic Party events.
