Two political rivals in the race for Utah’s 4th Congressional district addressed the Utah Taxpayers Association at the Little America Hotel Tuesday. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports on what Republican Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love and Blue Dog Democratic Congressman Jim Matheson had to say about taxes, spending and political ideology.
State lawmakers once again rolled up their sleeves this morning at the state capitol to discuss how Utah will approach the implementation of the federal health care overhaul, assuming it’s upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, officials say there are still a lot of questions and very few answers.
The Utah Attorney General’s office is filing the last of a series of lawsuits this week against the federal government in hopes of winning title to thousands of contested roads in the state that cross federal lands. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, despite challenges from wilderness advocates, officials behind the complaints brought key witnesses to the State Capitol Tuesday to help reinforce their case.
U.S. Army officials recognized the work of employees at the Deseret Chemical Depot weapons storage facility in Tooele Thursday for their part in destroying the largest stockpile of chemical weapons in the United States. KCPW’s Whittney Evans spoke to employees and officials about looking back and life after the project.
While Utah Senator Orrin Hatch more than survived last weekend’s Republican state convention, it still ended with Hatch having to face his first primary election since originally winning his first Senate race in 1976. So what lies ahead between now and June, when he’ll go up against former State Senator Dan Liljenquist on the GOP ballot?
Utah Congressman Jim Matheson is pressing the Department of Energy on a five-year contract it awarded last year for the removal of 3.1 million tons of radioactive mill tailings from the Moab Tailings Project Site along the Colorado River. Noting that five million tons have been removed in the past three years, the congressman says under this slower pace, the project won’t be done by 2019 as required by law.
This year’s election for U.S. Senate could be a rematch. After challenging him in 2000, former Utah Senate Minority Leader Scott Howell is once again mounting a campaign against incumbent Orrin Hatch, who’s seeking a seventh term in office. Howell served 10 years in the Utah legislature, and was an executive for 34 years with IBM, where he says he’s helped produce economic growth.
The Supreme Court ruling Citizens United has swiftly become one of the most criticized judicial decisions in history. The 2010 ruling led to the creation of so-called Super PACs, collecting unlimited contributions in support of candidates from both parties. Now, a nationwide movement called Move to Amend seeks to overturn that decision, and it’s picking up steam here in Salt Lake City.
Campaign financing was a hot topic during a debate last night between two Utah Democrats vying for U.S. Senate, former State Senate Minority Leader Scott Howell and XMission founder and President Pete Ashdown. When Ashdown asked Howell about past money he’d taken from political action committees, or PACs, Howell acknowledged he had done so, but said it wasn’t used to buy his support.
Note: Due to an unfortunate computer failure, a podcast of this episode of CityViews is unavailable. Segment 1: As critic at Rolling Stone, Paul Nelson made many a musical career, championing Bruce Springsteen, Neil Young, the Sex Pistols and Rod Stewart. But in 1982, he left it all behind. Author and Salt Lake native Kevin…
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