Politics and Government

VIDEO: Capitol Reporters Discuss Start Of 2014 Oklahoma Legislative Session

KGOU | By Brian Hardzinski

Published February 17, 2014 at 11:35 AM CST

The 2014 Oklahoma legislative session kicked off two weeks ago Monday, with an income tax cut, reduced agency budgets, repairing the state Capitol, and employee compensation all facing lawmakers as they return to NE 23^rd Street and Lincoln Blvd. in Oklahoma City.

On this rebroadcast of OETA’s Oklahoma Forum, host Dick Pryor moderates a discussion about Governor Mary Fallin’s recent State of the State Address with KGOU News Director Kurt Gwartney, eCapitol News Director Shawn Ashley, Oklahoma Public Media Exchange partner KOSU Radio’s Michael Cross, and Sean Murphy from the Associated Press.

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Brian Hardzinski is from Flower Mound, Texas and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. He began his career at KGOU as a student intern, joining KGOU full time in 2009 as Operations and Public Service Announcement Director. He began regularly hosting Morning Edition in 2014, and became the station's first Digital News Editor in 2015-16. Brian’s work at KGOU has been honored by Public Radio News Directors Incorporated (PRNDI), the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters, the Oklahoma Associated Press Broadcasters, and local and regional chapters of the Society of Professional Journalists. Brian enjoys competing in triathlons, distance running, playing tennis, and entertaining his rambunctious Boston Terrier, Bucky.

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