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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No one blinked. So much of the federal government has shut down. Congressional Republicans and Democrats remained dug in their positions. -
Last year, Buc-ee’s opened its first Colorado location, an expansive 74,000 square-foot outpost in Weld County filled with beaver-branded merch, brisket sandwiches and sweets. -
Rose Pugliese is no longer a member of the state legislature, but the war of words over why she left isn’t over. -
Caraveo had hoped to win back the seat she lost to Gabe Evans last year. -
Denver businessman Kent Thiry says he’s not abandoning the ideal of independent redistricting, but he doesn’t blame blue states for trying to respond to Texas’ new map. -
In a tense and, at times, dramatic special session, lawmakers pushed through bills to tackle a billion-dollar budget hole, SNAP cuts, and more. -
Lawmakers say some special sessions feel more "special," or necessary, than others. -
Democrats claim House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese withheld information about who took a surreptitious photo of a female lawmaker. On Thursday, Pugliese said that’s not true. -
If the resolution passes, Ryan Armagost would be the first state lawmaker censured in nearly two decades. -
The legislature is trying to head off a law that takes effect early next year. They’ll have several different choices of how to do that.
