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Lawmakers Introduce Civil Unions Measure

Bente Birkeland
Bente Birkeland

A measure to create civil unions in Colorado has been introduced into at the State House. The Democratic sponsor says he has a broad coalition of support including a few Republican lawmakers.

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ÂÜÀòÉÙŮ’s State Capitol Reporter Bente Birkeland has more.

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 ÂÜÀòÉÙÅ®. 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.