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Capitol Conversation

Bente Birkeland
Bente Birkeland

Governor John Hickenlooper recently unveiled a budget that proposes deep cuts to education and cuts to almost every state agency, including pay cuts for state workers.

http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kunc/local-kunc-953488.mp3As part of our capitol conversation series, KUNC’s State Capitol reporter Bente Birkeland examines how the Governor’s budget is changing the dynamic this legislative session.

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.