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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The Trump administration continues to take aim at Colorado. -
The move scrambles Colorado’s healthcare landscape, amplifying fear for immigrants and institutions providing care. -
Are the president’s actions against the state policy disputes or political retaliation? -
In recent years, the governor has shortened sentences he saw as too severe. -
Peters’ questions about the 2020 election have since yielded the focus of the White House and a flood of questions for Colorado’s governor. -
Medicaid recipients, advocates furious over state mistake that’s costing tens of millions of dollarsThis now threatens funding for programs supporting thousands of Colorado families with children with disabilities. -
Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has a few months to get his final legislative goals done. He’s also navigating the Trump administration, which seems bent on punishing Colorado. -
He reveled in his accomplishments, criticized the Trump administration and looked for common ground with Republicans. -
Ethics complaints. Gov. Jared Polis’ final year. New leaders. A lawmaker who died in November. The legislature has a lot to navigate in 2026 beyond its policy agenda. -
President Donald Trump has not been shy about his anger at Colorado leaders.
