Emily Means, Author at KCPW

Utah leaders respond to Kavanaugh hearings and Anita Hill speaks at University of Utah

September 28, 2018 Emily Means

Utah leaders respond to the Senate hearings over sexual assault allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. Also, Prof. Anita Hill, who testified in remarkably similar hearings held 27 years ago, visits the University of Utah for a lecture on sexual harassment. And the LDS Church, House Speaker Greg Hughes and proponents of legalizing medical cannabis meet to draft…

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#MeToo2.0 and Weiler predicts the fate of medical marijuana

September 27, 2018 Emily Means

Morgan Lyon Cotti fills in for Natalie Gochnour in the political center and is joined on The Left by Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City, and on The Right by Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross (filling in for Rep. Dan McCay). They discuss the new allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the social…

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The Poor People’s Campaign in Utah

September 27, 2018 Emily Means

(Original air date: July 19, 2018) Today on the show: How are poor people faring in Utah? Rev. Monica Hall of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Ogden talks about the Poor People’s Campaign, a national movement against poverty on moral grounds; Tracy Gruber, senior adviser for Utah’s Intergenerational Poverty Initiative, gives us the numbers on Utah’s families experiencing…

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Former LDS bishop excommunicated, Salt Lake City mayor says inland port lawsuits coming, one of Elizabeth Smart’s kidnappers released from prison

September 21, 2018 Emily Means

Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski says lawsuits are coming on the inland port because she believes the legislation that created it is unconstitutional. A Vernal detective walks a delicate line between enforcement and entrapment in sexual solicitation arrests. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints excommunicates a former LDS bishop who has been critical of one-on-one interviews between Mormon…

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Free speech on college campuses

September 20, 2018 Emily Means

(Original air date: October 5, 2017) Today on the show: a look at the campus-wide conversation surrounding free speech at college campuses, specifically at the University of Utah. An appearance by conservative pundit Ben Shapiro, hosted by the Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Utah, prompted protests by Black Lives Matter, MEChA and Students for a Democratic…

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Hepatitis A at a Salt Lake City restaurant, Mia Love’s campaign donations and public land auctions

September 14, 2018 Emily Means

The Federal Election Commission raises questions about more than a million dollars in campaign donations brought in by Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah. Sensitive areas near Canyonlands National Park are auctioned off as part of the largest oil and gas Bureau of Land Management lease sale since the George W. Bush presidential administration. About 650 diners at the New Yorker may…

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Consoler-in-chief and campaign finance reform

September 13, 2018 Emily Means

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City. They discuss President Donald Trump’s role in consoling the nation in times of tragedy, as Hurricane Florence is scheduled to touch down this week; Rep. Mia Love raised $1.1 million for a…

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Utah Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during contentious confirmation hearings

September 7, 2018 Emily Means

Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during contentious confirmation hearings. The race for Utah’s Fourth Congressional District takes a negative turn, with Rep. Mia Love and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams’ recently launched campaign ads. And commercials attacking a medical marijuana ballot initiative are pulled from local airwaves following complaints that they were…

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McCay is a moderate? And partisan politics at the SCOTUS confirmation hearing

September 6, 2018 Emily Means

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by June Hiatt of the Salt Lake Democratic Party (filling in for Sen. Jim Dabakis). They discuss Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate confirmation hearing; Nike’s endorsement of former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick; and former Rep. Jason Chaffetz’s tell-all…

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Land development and environmental justice

September 6, 2018 Emily Means

Today on the show: Residents on the West side of Salt Lake County have concerns about how the inland port will affect the health of their community environments. University of Utah geography professor Tim Collins talks about environmental justice; and State Rep. Angela Romero and Sen. Luz Escamilla discuss the steps they’re taking to help their…

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