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Santa Cruz youth poet laureate program continues, proposed budget cuts worry higher ed advocates

Five students sit on a stage
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
The cohort of 2025-26 Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate finalists

In today's newscast, the Santa Cruz County Youth Poet Laureate program enters its second year. And, UCSC and CSUMB campuses joined a national day of action to support higher education in response to proposed budget cuts.

Amy Mayer is an award-winning journalist with more than 25 years of experience in public radio. Before KAZU, she worked as an editor for the California Newsroom and at St. Louis Public Radio. For eight years, she covered agriculture as the Harvest Public Media reporter based at Iowa Public Radio. She's also worked at stations in Massachusetts and Alaska and has written for many newspapers, magazines and online news outlets.