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Capitol Conversations: Civil Unions and Immigrant Tuition

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This year’s legislative session has gotten off to a slow start, but that’s about to change. Two of the biggest items for Democrats are scheduled for hearings this week.

»Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·â€™s state capitol reporter Bente Birkeland speaks to fellow statehouse reporters about civil unions and college tuition for immigrant students.

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 »Ê¹ÚÍøÖ·. 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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