This week Natalie, Jim, and Dan talk about Salt Lake City’s four new homeless shelters – did the state give the city enough money? Should other cities also shoulder the homeless burden?; the confused reporting on Utah’s sales tax deal with Amazon; Russia’s meddling with the U.S. election and Trump’s nomination of ExxonMobil CEO Rex…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: December 14 ~ 17, 2016) – The Hinckley Institute of Politics recently hosted a panel discussion on how Utah is helping refugees resettle, and what services local governments and nonprofit agencies are doing to help refugees integrate into Utah’s communities. The panelists include: Missy Larsen, Chief of Staff…
This week Natalie, Jim, and Dan talk about what it would mean if Sen. Orrin Hatch runs again for an 8th term in 2018; Jon Huntsman Jr. is out for the Sec. of State job, but is Mitt Romney still in?; Utah’s electors feeling pressured to not cast their votes for Donald Trump; Gov. Herbert…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: December 7 ~ 10, 2016) – Last week Tom Schultz, the former data director for Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign, spoke about the unique strategies the Cruz campaign used – such as a “psychographic” analysis of voters – to try to win them over with narrowly targeted micro-messages through…
The Bottom Line (Air Date: December 6, 2016) – Utah has worked hard in recent years to diversify its economy and attract successful companies and good-paying jobs to the state. But the process drew attention and controversy recently with a proposed deal to lure a Facebook data center to West Jordan, Utah. What benefits and…
This week Natalie, Jim, and Dan critique Trump’s cabinet picks; is Trump using ‘The Art of the Deal’ on Mitt Romney?; Could Utah State Rep. Mike Noel get picked to head the Bureau of Land Management?; Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. says he’s open to running for Senate in 2018; Voter participation in Utah…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: November 30 ~ December 3, 2016) – Last week the Hinckley Institute of Politics hosted McKay Coppins, a senior writer for BuzzFeed, the online News website. Coppins is a graduate from Brigham Young University and a Mormon. He covered Donald Trump’s campaign for the White House over the…
The Bottom Line (Air Date: November 30, 2016) – In the early 2000s, Flying J was one of the nation’s largest and most successful chains of travel plazas and fuel stops. But the company faced dire circumstances and Chapter 11 bankruptcy after the 2008 financial crisis when fuel costs plummeted. Crystal Call Maggelet, CEO of…
For Thanksgiving this year Jim, Dan, and Natalie discuss political turkies and other current happenings around Utah, including: whether Mitt Romney or House Speaker Greg Hughes may actually join the Trump team in D.C.; the “Zion Ceiling” at the new Eccles Theater; how the idea for a ‘Muslim Registry’ clashes with Conservative notions of religious…
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: November 23 ~ 26, 2016) – David Saperstein, the Ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom for the U.S. State Department, spoke recently at the University of Utah. His office monitors religious persecution and discrimination worldwide, and recommends and implements programs to promote religious freedom on behalf of the U.S.…
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