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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For a lot of farmers in Colorado, and across the country, insecticides known as neonicotinoids, or neonics, have been a game changer. But what’s been a breakthrough for some has been a nightmare for others. -
The SEED Act would have restricted the use of neonicotinoid-coated seeds. -
Upgrades to an affordable housing development for seniors in Fort Collins, a new transit and housing hub in downtown Longmont and a new pedestrian bridge in Denver over Interstate 25 are all receiving money among the first round of state grants to encourage communities to build denser developments. -
Homeland Security tells the country’s election officials that it won’t send ICE agents to polling places. -
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.
