Governor John Hickenlooper will be sworn into office for a second term Tuesday. His inauguration caps off a heated gubernatorial campaign that ultimately gave Hickenlooper a comfortable margin of victory. Bente Birkeland has more.
Capitol Conversation: Colo. Legislature Opening Week
As part of our weekly capitol conversation series, statehouse reporter Bente Birkeland discusses the beginning of the legislative session with political reporters, and some of the bills that were introduced during opening week.
Booktalk: A Tribute to Kent Haruf
A tribute to Kent Haruf who wrote his award-winning novels on an old typewriter in a writing shed in his family’s back yard. Kent Haruf died a few days ago. This 2013 interview is about his last book, Benediction, the […]
Colorado Independent: Voting record of GOP Gov. candidate Bob Beauprez
Much of the media is describing Republican Gubernatorial candidate Bob Beauprez as a moderate and mainstream Republican (a term he has not used to describe himself) but Susan Greene with the Colorado Independent writes that Beauprez’s voting record in Congress […]
Wildfire Committee Meets at Capitol
State lawmakers on a wildfire review committee say they don’t want to get complacent now that Colorado has faced a mild wildfire season. Bente Birkeland has more from the state capitol.