Downtown Salt Lake City has changed significantly over the past year. The opening of City Creek brought with it over 100 stores and restaurants, so what has it meant for the Gateway Mall this holiday season? KCPW’s Jessica Gail spoke with store owners to find out how business has been at the City’s “other mall.”
Several members of congress have been outspoken about the need for more gun control in the U.S. in light of last weeks mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. But, how do Utah’s congressional leaders feel about a ban on assault weapons? KCPW’S Jessica Gail posed that question to Thomas Burr, Washington correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily online round-up of Utah politics.
Clearfield Representative Paul Ray wants to give gun owners more freedom. The Republican lawmaker is running a bill in the upcoming legislative session that would prohibit a person who is lawfully carrying a firearm in public from being charged with non-firearm related crimes like disorderly conduct.
Segment 1: The Mayan calendar, which dates back to 3114 B.C., ends on Friday, Dec. 21, 2012 and that landmark moment has prompted fears of apocalypse and the end of the world. On Thursday, we’ll discuss what Mayan hieroglyphs and culture really say about the end of the calendar and why the doomsday myth has…
Utah residents love their guns. The state has some of the loosest gun laws in the country and is home to the third largest unregulated arms market in the country- KSL.com. So, where does this love come from? KCPW’s Jessica Gail spoke with Mary Malouf of Salt Lake Magazine who answers that question in her recent article ‘Gun Lovin’ Utah.’
Since the spring, members of Utah’s Heath System Reform Task Force have been discussing how to best implement healthcare reform in Utah. Monday was the committee’s final meeting, but there are still no answers as to what the future of a state-run insurance exchange looks like in Utah. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports on why more decisions haven’t been made.
Segment 1: Making a place a more vibrant and more appealing place to live is a top concern for cities and towns of all sizes. Urban planning professor Nan Ellin says every community can build on its strengths instead of focusing on shortcomings and in a new book, she details how. On Wednesday, Ellin joins…
Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz is speaking out about mental health in the wake of Friday’s shooting in Newton, Connecticut. Monday, the Republican Representative told KCPW he’s open to gun control for those with mental illness.
Segment 1: Nearly 50,000 Utahns work in the IT industry, a sector that grew a whopping 7 percent this past year. But even as high-tech companies are healthy and hiring, they’re finding it hard to find and recruit top tech talent. On Tuesday, we’re examining the state of Utah’s tech sector and the prospects for…
Retired U.S. Army Colonel Gary Harter was appointed the state’s new Veterans and Military Services advisor today. Governor Gary Herbert announced Harter’s position as part of a restructuring effort designed to elevate military outreach.
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