Republicans in Utah’s Congressional delegation are sponsoring legislation to prevent the president from designating any new national monuments in the state. This week, Congressman Rob Bishop introduced the Utah Lands Sovereignty Act, co-sponsored by Congressman Jason Chaffetz, with a companion Senate bill from Senators Mike Lee and Orrin Hatch.
Construction on a $24 million facility that will one day serve as a center for integrating the arts into elementary and secondary education has begun. Tuesday, the University of Utah broke ground on the Beverly Taylor Sorenson Arts and Education Complex. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports on what this means for the University and children across the state.
Before Democratic State Representative Jackie Biskupski resigned from the Utah Legislature earlier this week, she was the last remaining gay state lawmaker. Does this mean the Democratic Party should strive to replace her with someone who is also LGBT? For one Democratic delegate in her Salt Lake City district, the answer is yes.
After 12 years on the job, Democratic State Representative Jackie Biskupski, the first openly gay legislator on Utah’s Capitol Hill, announced her resignation from the Legislature yesterday, saying it was time to put her family first. KCPW’s Jessica Gail spoke with her and her colleagues about her decision, and what comes next.
The Utah Department of Health is seeking public input on a federal waiver request the state drafted earlier this month, which is needed to implement a Medicaid reform package approved by the legislature this year. The reforms are expected to control the state’s skyrocketing Medicaid costs and improve care for Medicaid recipients. KCPW’s Whittney Evans has been following the story. She spoke to Jeff Robinson about the Waiver.
KCPW, the Utah Nonprofits Association, and Utah Public Radio are partnering to spotlight the positive impacts of local nonprofit organizations. “Utah Cares” features a series of stories from diversified nonprofits in an effort to increase the visibility of nonprofits across the state, and to inspire people to give to organizations and community groups that are…
An annual tradition continued on Saturday in Pioneer Park as thousands packed into downtown Salt Lake City to kick off the largest Farmers Market in its 19 year history. Local bakeries, vendors and artisans were out in full force, but KCPW’s Jessica Gail talked with a few farmers who aren’t able to do as much business as they’d like, thanks to the weather.
A new statement from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints advocates a way for illegal immigrants to be quote “square with the law,” and decries mass expulsion or mistreatment of them. Some state lawmakers say it’s enough to change the minds of Republicans who want to repeal a guest worker permit bill signed into law by Governor Gary Herbert, but as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, one GOP legislator says for him, the church’s statement is as clear as mud.
With temperatures steadily climbing over the next five days, National Weather Service Hydrologist Brian McInerney says the threat for flooding, especially in the Salt Lake Valley, is ever increasing.
Hunger doesn’t take a vacation, says a new report, and many low-income kids in the state know that too well as school lunch programs end and summer begins. According to an annual report from the Food Research and Action Center, only 16 percent of Utah children who participate in a school lunch program participated in the summer program last year. Gina Cornia, Executive Director of Utahns Against Hunger, says that number is actually up slightly from the previous year, but too few low-income kids are benefiting from summer meals.
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