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.
We spoke with Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz about his expectations for the new GOP-controlled House.
While Republicans in the House of Representatives announce their plans to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Obama Administration is warning of the consequences that would bring to each state. Marguerite Salazar, Regional Director for the Department of Health and Human Services for the Rocky Mountain area, met with state leaders this week in Salt Lake City.
How far will a million dollars go to help hungry families? The Utah Food Bank and other charitable organizations in Salt Lake City will soon know the answer to that, after the city took first place in Wal-Mart’s Fighting Hunger Together campaign over Facebook. KCPW’s Jeff Robinson spoke with Jim Pugh, CEO of the Utah Food Bank.
A Salt Lake City hypnotherapist celebrated World Hypnotism Day by sitting through a two-hour operation on his leg Tuesday morning with just a local anesthetic and the power of his mind. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports.
After six years leading the Utah Department of Health, Executive Director David Sundwall announced his resignation yesterday. The state’s health commissioner has had no shortage of problems to deal with in recent years, from the H1N1 flu epidemic to enrollment surges in Medicaid and a state lawmaker’s proposal that his whole department be eliminated.
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