Amid public outcry and new restrictions handed down from the legislature, Salt Lake County officials are tossing out a fee that requires business owners and residents to pay for police services in unincorporated Salt Lake County. Now the county is asking for citizens’ input on how to pay for law enforcement services, but as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, the options are limited.
With Memorial Day weekend coming up, officials are warning boaters to be cognizant of quagga mussels, a tiny, invasive clam-like species that is threatening to take over Utah’s waterways.
A report from Taxpayers for Common Sense says Utahns pay $141 million a year to benefit oil and gas companies through tax breaks. The report, called “Subsidy Gusher” details the tax breaks that oil and gas companies receive. Vice President Steve Ellis says while Congress explores ways to reform the tax code and cut back spending on entitlement programs, itshould be cutting out big tax breaks to boot.
Kiler Grove, Utah’s first urban winery brings the taste of a California vineyard to an industrial neighborhood in South Salt Lake City. The winery opened in January, and as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, it may not look like the rolling hills of central coast California, but for Co-owner and wine maker Michael Knight, life and business in Utah are good.
Many consider them to be mans best friend, but just how meshed into society should dogs really be? Many stores in Utah, including PetsMart, Petco, and even the Home Depot welcome four legged companions, but as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, more and more non-service dogs are turning up at the grocery store and other food places, and that has the Health Department and some other Utahns concerned.
Dr. Hussein Elkhafaifi is a native of Libya and witnessed this year’s uprising against Muammar Gaddafi. The Director of the Arabic Program at the University of Washington will speak this Sunday afternoon at 2 at the Salt Lake City Main Library Auditorium. We talked with him about Gaddafi’s history of oppression.
If you walk through the Avenues in Salt Lake City, it’s not easy to figure out which congressional district you’re in. That’s because the neighborhood is split up among two of them. And that’s concerning for Democratic State Representative Rebecca Chavez-Houck, who represents the neighborhood.
Former Utah governor and possible presidential candidate Jon Huntsman confirmed Friday morning that he is Mormon, after previously saying his church membership is “tough to define.” In an interview on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” Huntsman said he doesn’t see his religion being a problem if he decides to run for president.
“Targeting a sustainable future” is the focus of today’s sixth annual Salt Lake Sustainable Building Conference, being held at the Salt Palace. And giving the closing keynote speech today will be Dr. Joseph Cory, an Israeli architect and founder of the firm GEOTECTURA.
After months of discontent in the Salt Lake City Library system, the Library Board took steps yesterday to begin making its meetings more transparent, hoping to begin involving the public more in what’s going on. Library Director Beth Elder says she wants to make sure proceedings going on inside the library are easily accessible to everyone who wants to view them.
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