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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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. -
Coloradans spoke strongly about school lunches in this off-year election. Next year's ballots will give them a lot more to chew on. -
A federal court has paused a Colorado law that requires social media companies warn young users about the potential harms of being on their sites. -
Coloradans pay more than most Americans for their car insurance, according to Gov. Polis. -
Colorado’s Joint Budget Committee has approved spending $10 million from the state’s reserves to shore up food banks and food assistance programs. -
The building itself, and the various objects inside it, open up bigger conversations about history and politics. -
A jury in Douglas County has found a woman guilty of voter fraud for submitting ballots under the names of her deceased ex-husband and her son during the 2022 general election. -
The candidate for governor says Colorado should shift its map for Democrats to counter changes by red states. -
Dominion Voting Systems is at the heart of countless 2020 election conspiracy theories. The company has now been sold, and its new owner has shared contrasting messaging about how much will change.
