- Colorado’s 67th legislative session begins today. Lawmakers are expected to grapple with a projected 600 million dollar budget shortfall and cuts to key programs. Bente Birkeland sat down with the next Speaker of the House to talk about his priorities for the legislative session and his new role.
- One hundred lawmakers will arrive at the state capitol tomorrow for the first day of Colorado’s 67th General Assembly. Legislators will spend the next four months hammering out new laws and grappling with a projected budget shortfall. Rocky Mountain Community Radio’s Bente Birkeland talks about the upcoming session with fellow statehouse reporters.
- Even with no political experience, Colorado’s next U.S. Senator pledges to be an innovative thinker and a problem solver who brings people together. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
- Governor Bill Ritter is expected to appoint Michael Bennet to fill Colorado’s open U.S. senate seat. Bennet is the Superintendent of Denver Public Schools and Ritter will make the announcement on Saturday. Bente Birkeland reports from Denver.
- As part of a series talking to lawmakers to preview the upcoming legislative session, Statehouse reporter Bente Birkeland talked to a Republican House member about what he hopes to accomplish during the session.
- Emergency crews rushed to portions of southwest Colorado Springs this afternoon after a fire broke out in an area of grass and heavy scrub oak near the Broadmoor Bluffs-Cheyenne Mountain region.
