Author - The Journal
Bente Birkeland
Position: Colorado Public Radio

Amid budget cuts, Colorado lawmakers and elected officials are set to get a pay hike

A set of pay increases resulting from a law passed in 2024 will automatically go into effect Jan. 1 unless changed by the legislature this year

Colorado lawmakers will try again to lower homeowners insurance rates

After a failed effort last session, Colorado lawmakers are making another attempt at bringing down the cost of homeowners insurance. In the last five years the average premium in the state h...

Tina Peters’ attorney says team is weighing options in light of appeals court ruling

Attorney Peter Ticktin says appeals ruling was wrong by upholding her conviction

Colorado laws taking effect in 2026 will impact everything from bison to renters

Colorado has about 20 new laws taking effect on Jan. 1

First lodgepoles, now ponderosas: Colorado fights pine beetles on multiple fronts

Infestation is in early stages but will spread along U.S. 285 and Interstate 70

Griswold argues feds have no right to Colorado voter data

Colorado’s top election official said the state will not comply with a new request from the Trump administration to turn over voters’ driver’s license numbers and the last four digits of the...

Top State House Republican and Democrat dispute key events in photo investigation

House Minority Leader Rose Pugliese now disputes Democratic assertions that she covered up for former Republican Rep. Ryan Armagost after he took a picture of a Democratic colleague last ses...

Federal magistrate hears arguments over whether to grant Tina Peters bail

Court seemed skeptical of whether it could order her release

State Sen. Cleave Simpson picked to lead Colorado’s Senate Republicans

Republican state senators have selected Sen. Cleave Simpson of Alamosa to replace former Sen. Paul Lundeen as their new Minority Leader. Lundeen resigned his office earlier this week to take...

Polis to shut off grants to cities, counties that don’t comply with state housing policies

Governor using more than $100 million in funds as leverage to gain compliance

Uber and Lyft urge Gov. Polis to veto rideshare bill

Legislation is intended to increase safety for passengers and drivers

Colorado Senate overrides Jared Polis’ veto of bill regulating social media

The vote now heads to the House