Legislative Coverage

ABU Legislative Update: Monument Resolutions, Scaled Back Expectations on Medical Marijuana

It’s now the second week of the 2017 state legislative session. To get caught up on what’s happened since their last conversation, KCPW’s Roger McDonough spoke again with Alliance for a Better Utah’s Chase Thomas for another Better Utah Legislative Update. Today, they talk about the unorthodox way two resolutions on national monuments made their…

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The Daily Buzz from Sundance: Day 10 (1/29/17)

We are finally at day 10 of the Daily Buzz’s coverage of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival at Park City, Utah. For this episode, we wrap up our coverage by taking a look back at our favorite interviews over the past few days. We begin this “Best Of” episode with our interview with Justin Chon,…

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The Daily Buzz from Sundance: Day 9 (1/28/17)

Welcome to day 9 of the Daily Buzz’s coverage of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival at Park City, Utah. For this episode, we bring you a recording of the live Sundance Panel – ELEVATE, INCUBATE & DEMONSTRATE: ADVANCING ASIAN AMERICAN ARTISTS, which took place on Sunday January 22nd at the festival, sponsored by CAAM, RYSE…

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The Daily Buzz from Sundance: Day 8 (1/27/17)

It’s day 8 of the Daily Buzz’s coverage of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival at Park City, Utah with our host John Wildman and co-host and producer Irene Cho. We begin today’s episode with a chat with representatives from KICKSTARTER, Elise McCave and Liz Cook, and how the company has become an integral part of…

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Legislative Coverage

House Speaker Unveils Resolution Urging Undoing of Bears Ears

(KCPW News) Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes on Thursday filed legislation that would urge President Donald Trump to rescind the newly-declared Bears Ears National Monument. KCPW’s Emily Means spoke with proponents and opponents of the resolution, and provided this report.

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Behind the Headlines

John Swallow, Abdi Mohamed and the 2017 legislative session (1/27/17)

Salt Lake District Attorney Sim Gill releases the bodycam footage of the officer-involved shooting of Abdi Mohamed nearly a year after the incident. Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes gets pulled into the case against former Utah Attorney General John Swallow. And thousands of protesters convene at the Capitol for the opening day of…

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The Daily Buzz from Sundance: Day 7 (1/26/17)

Welcome to day 7 of Daily Buzz’s coverage of the 2017 Sundance Film Festival at Park City, Utah with our host John Wildman and co-hosts Kim Voynar, Minji Chang, and Irene Cho. Today we start with a chat with Peter Baxter and Paul Rachman, two of the organizers of SLAMDANCE, about the festival and the…

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Legislative Coverage

ABU Legislative Update: Commissions and Boards, Alcohol, State of the State

During the this year’s meeting of lawmakers, KCPW’s Roger McDonough will be joined regularly by Chase Thomas, Policy and Advocacy Counsel with Alliance for a Better Utah. Today, they they talk about House Bill 11, which aims to do away with party-affiliation requirements for 29 state boards and commissions. Also, during his State of the…

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Week One of the Session, Speaker Hughes Focuses on Homelessness, and Lawmakers Hear Utah Women Roar – Episode 169 (1/26/17)

It’s the first week of the 2017 legislative session, and Dan, Jim, and Natalie are recording on Capitol Hill. This week they discuss Speaker of the House Greg Hughes’ passionate opening speech highlighting homelessness as a key issue for the state, and how he later angrily rejected allegations that he was somehow involved with the…

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