Wendell Potter used to be a top executive at a major health insurance corporation, CIGNA. Now, he’s trying to get the word out about the industry’s abuses, and how it’s heavily shaping the health care debate in Washington. We talked with him about his new book, Deadly Spin: An Insurance Company Insider Speaks Out on How Corporate PR Is Killing Health Care and Deceiving Americans.
Governor Gary Herbert is making a new push to bring a nuclear power plant to the state. Is that a good idea? We talked with Christopher Thomas, Executive Director of HEAL Utah.
Utah is in the national spotlight for a proposal to make the Browning M1911 handgun the official state firearm. But that’s not the only gun proposal coming out of the Utah legislature. Which direction should Utah go on guns?
Several experts came together at the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute on Wednesday for a forum on ““Reaffirming Equal Opportunity — Should Utah’s Constitution be Amended?” KCPW’s Jeff Robinson moderated a panel discussion between Dr. Laurence Parker, Professor of Education Policy at the U of U, Jeanetta Williams, President of the NAACP Salt Lake Branch, and retired Utah Judge Jon Memmott.
Downtown Salt Lake City Councilman Luke Garrott is not afraid to be the lone voice of opposition on the council. When others are willing to say yes to a controversial plan or initiative, he often says no. We asked Garrott what defines his politics and his plans for the future.
The State Board of Education has apparently earned the wrath of some Republican state lawmakers by adopting the Common Core Standards. It’s an initiative developed by several states to ensure students are learning language arts and math at the level they should be.
The Department of Justice has opened an investigation into Utah’s Division of Services for People with Disabilities. It stems from a complaint from the Salt Lake City based Disabled Rights Action Committee. The group says Utahns with disabilities are being forced to stay in a nursing home for several months if they want to receive care, and that violates federal law.
A new federal wilderness policy has stirred passionate debate in Utah. We heard opposing arguments from Peter Metcalf from Black Diamond Equipment, and Randy Parker with the Utah Farm Bureau Federation.
We spoke with Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz about his expectations for the new GOP-controlled House.
State Representative David Clark is calling for a constitutional convention, which hasn’t happened since the very first one in 1787. We asked him why.
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