(KCPW News) Alliance for a Better Utah Strategic Advisor Matt Lyon speaks with KCPW’s Roger McDonough about the agenda laid out by House Speaker Greg Hughes on the first day of the 2016 meeting of state lawmakers. Plus, a preview of likely showdowns on the hill. It’s the first of our 2016 Better Utah Legislative…
(KCPW News) President Barack Obama gave his last State of the Union speech this week. What was the reaction to his remarks and what did Utah’s members of Congress say about it? KCPW’s Roger McDonough posed that question to Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent with the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes – a…
(KCPW News) President Obama unveiled new executive orders to expand background checks on gun sales this week. He made the announcement in the White House East Room on Tuesday – and there was a Utahn standing behind him. Who was she and what did she have to say about the president’s actions? KCPW’s Roger McDonough…
(KCPW News) GOP presidential hopeful Donald Trump doesn’t seem to be endearing himself to Utah voters. What did his campaign do this week to tick off a sizable amount of Utahns? KCPW’s Roger McDonough posed that question to Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily online…
(KCPW News) Mia Love was back in the news this week after she said she’s reimbursing taxpayers for a flight. What happened? KCPW’s Roger McDonough posed that question to Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes – a daily, online roundup of Utah politics.
(KCPW News) A group of local activists, organizers, teachers and students on Monday delivered a petition to the Natural History Museum of Utah as part of a nationwide effort to get museums to rid their investment portfolios of any fossil fuel holdings. Activists from the groups Peaceful Uprising, the Utah Tar-Sands Resistance, and others, delivered…
(KCPW News) Utah Rep. Rob Bishop unveiled a bill this week that would significantly restrict the federal government from buying more public land. What would the bill do? KCPW’s Roger McDonough posed that question to Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes – a daily, online roundup of…
Seventy-seven years ago today, American radio audiences, believing that a Martian invasion was underway, went absolutely nuts. Panicked masses fled to the hills, or went underground, or said teary farewells to their loved-ones, believing the end was nigh. Did the radio adaptation of H.G. Wells famous tale really inspire mass hysteria? Roger McDonough takes a…
(KCPW News) Utah Rep. Chris Stewart has introduced legislation to exempt recreational outfitters from a federal mandate to pay a higher minimum wage. What’s the story behind this bill? KCPW’s Roger McDonough posed that question to Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes – a daily, online roundup…
(KCPW News) It’s no secret that Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz sleeps on a cot in his office. He’s not the only House member to do so. But there’s been renewed criticism this week over the cost to taxpayers. KCPW’s Roger McDonough spoke with Salt Lake Tribune Washington Correspondent and Political Cornflakes author Thomas Burr to…
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