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Lawmakers Introduce Civil Unions Measure

KUNC | By Bente Birkeland
Published February 14, 2011 at 4:24 PM MST
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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KUNC’s State Capitol Reporter Bente Birkeland has more.
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Bente Birkeland
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 KUNC. 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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