Segment 1: Thirty-seven years after its premiere, “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” remains a cult classic. Part sci-fi, part horror and all camp, the rock musical continues to dominate the midnight movie market and for the past 25 years, Susan Steffee has been Utah’s emcee, making her the longest-running Rocky Horror host in the nation. On…
Utah Congressional Candidate Mia Love is getting more support from Republicans from Washington. This week and next, House Speaker John Boehner and House Majority Leader Eric Cantor will be holding fundraisers for Love. Thomas Wright, Chair of the Utah Republican Party, says Washington Republicans want to see new leadership coming from Congress, and support Love…
Utah’s unemployment rate has reached a new low since the recession hit in 2008. According to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics this week (last week), it dropped to 5.4 percent in September, making it one of the lowest in the country. But as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, experts say that number may not paint an accurate picture of what unemployment actually looks like in Utah.
Governor Gary Herbert made a stop at Salt Lake favorite Hires Big H today (Friday) to enjoy what he calls his favorite burger the “Big H” and meet with constituents. Herbert says being Governor is a 12-hour a day job, but his stop marks the start of the home stretch for his campaign. “Now as…
Today on the show, Salt Lake City Council Chair Soren Simonsen talked about his bid for Congress, running against incumbent Jason Chaffetz, while Democratic Representative Janice Fisher of West Valley City discussed her time in the Utah Legislature as she runs for re-election.
Mismanagement and poor oversight was the result of a September audit of the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control. As KCPW’s Charlotte Duren reports, state lawmakers got another review of auditors’ findings Thursday at DABC headquarters, which include a number of violations ranging from inaccurate reporting of inventory to issues in oversight of warehouses and contracts.…
Just under 32,000 people were booked into the Salt Lake County Jail in 2011. Republican candidate for County Mayor Mark Crockett says that’s too many, largely because it’s costing the county too much money: on average, $90 dollars a night for each inmate. Thrusday, he held a news conference talking about what changes he would make if elected, but as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, Sheriff Jim Winder says he doesn’t understand the system.
Utah’s court system is getting a closer look. The Utah Judicial Performance Evaluation Commission is conducting a statewide series of courtroom observations, having volunteers observe judges and report on how they conduct themselves in court. Anthony Schofield, chair of the commission, says volunteers examine a judge’s neutrality and respect for those on trial.
With the election just two-and-a-half weeks away, having money to spend is going to be important for Utah’s Congressional candidates, especially in one key area: advertising. And while Democratic incumbent Jim Matheson had his most successful quarter yet, raising $471,000 since July, his GOP opponent Mia Love took in more than a million. Every Friday, we talk with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for The Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily, online round-up of Utah politics.
Segment 1: From child welfare to truancy to how the criminal justice system handles prostitution, social work intersects with the law in many ways. And it’s these intersections that intrigue Dr. Corey Shdaimah. She wonders how practitioners and the people who are the target of policies respond to programs they view as unjust or ineffective.…
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