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Utah Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during contentious confirmation hearings

September 7, 2018 Emily Means

Senators Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee question Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh during contentious confirmation hearings. The race for Utah’s Fourth Congressional District takes a negative turn, with Rep. Mia Love and Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams’ recently launched campaign ads. And commercials attacking a medical marijuana ballot initiative are pulled from local airwaves following complaints that they were…

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Utah’s unaffordable housing and the Dems’ millennial problem

May 4, 2018 Emily Means

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City. They discuss the results of the Utah Democratic Convention; a new poll that shows millennials losing interest in the Democratic party; the affordable housing crisis in Utah; and Utahns’ bad audience behavior.

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An officer fights his demons and the demons of other cops, the EPA gives Utah a pollution deadline and Orrin Hatch gets a tribute in SLC

May 4, 2018 Emily Means

The EPA gives Utah three years to bring its ozone pollution down to acceptable levels. The newly announced Hatch Center aims to honor the legacy of retiring Sen. Orrin Hatch. And a Utah police officer, who sought help after years of on-the-job trauma, is working to get other officers to do the same. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt…

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Mormon church leader Monson dies, and will Mitt Romney replace Hatch?

January 5, 2018 Emily Means

After 41 years in office, Orrin Hatch says he will retire from the Senate early next year. The news has led to widespread speculation that Mitt Romney will run to replace Hatch. And The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints mourns the death of President Thomas S. Monson, who led the church for a…

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Orrin Hatch announces his retirement and Trump’s nuclear button is bigger and better than Kim Jong Un’s

January 4, 2018 Emily Means

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Salt Lake County Council Member Jenny Wilson. They discuss Sen. Orrin Hatch’s decision to retire this year, after 41 years in the Senate; the passing of LDS Church Pres. Thomas S. Monson; and who has the bigger nuclear…

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The Salt Lake Tribune columnists’ opinions on Operation Rio Grande, Bears Ears and that Orrin Hatch editorial

December 29, 2017 Emily Means

The Salt Lake Tribune’s editorial voices reflect and opine on the #MeToo movement, Operation Rio Grande, national monuments and the power wielded by Sen. Orrin Hatch in 2017. Plus, in a special pre-recorded interview, Pat Bagley explains the role of editorial cartooning in the Trump era. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune columnists Holly…

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Curtis casts his vote for tax reform and Orrin Hatch is Utahn of the Year

December 28, 2017 Emily Means

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, and on The Left by Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams. They discuss the passage of the GOP tax bill (and signing into law by Pres. Donald Trump); the future of the Children’s Health Insurance Program; and The Salt Lake Tribune’s naming of…

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Hatch-praised tax bill passes, humans could help Great Salt Lake, and check out (or skip) these movies

December 22, 2017 Emily Means

A tax bill championed by Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch passes through Congress. The Great Salt Lake is drying up, but scientists say there’s still hope. And which movies should you see or skip in theaters this holiday season? At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporter Emma Penrod, Washington Bureau Chief Thomas Burr, movie critic…

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Bannon attacks Romney, Trump stumps for Hatch and Bears Ears gets shrunk

December 7, 2017 Emily Means

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City. They discuss Steve Bannon’s attack on Mitt Romney and Mormon missionaries at a rally for Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore; Pres. Donald Trump supports Sen. Orrin Hatch for an 8th term; and…

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Sexual harassment, Hatch gets feisty and political turkeys

November 22, 2017 Emily Means

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City. They discuss a fiery interaction between Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, over who benefits from the GOP tax plan; the growing list of men in high places accused…

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