This week Former Lt. Governor Greg Bell, Peter Corroon, Democratic Party Chair, and former Republican Part Chair Thomas Wright discuss: the Presidential race; the Salt Lake Mayoral race; moving the state prison to Salt Lake; the House leadership stirrup; Russian President Putin and the Middle East; Teachers packing guns in Utah schools; and Peter performing…
This week Natalie, Jim, and Chris review highlights from last night’s 2nd Republican debate. Also Draper City’s tax giveaway to Larry H. Miller car dealerships, whether convicted San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman’s judges are being intimidated, and Rep. Mia Love wanting to avoid shutting down the government over Planned Parenthood.
This week former Lt. Gov. Greg Bell fills in for Natalie to join Jim Dabakis and Chris Bleak (filling in for Greg Hughes). The gang discusses rifts between Mormons and non-Mormons, Utah’s 51st ranking in public education funding, political campaign contributions, Medicaid expansion, and caring for Utah children in poverty.
This week Natalie, Greg, and Rep. Brian King (Filling in for Jim) discuss Medicaid expansion (yes, again), the developing Presidential race, immigration reform, the prison relocation discussions (yes, again), and death penalty for sex traffickers.
This week Natalie, Greg, and Jim get into the GOP’s acceptance of the new Count My Vote law, a possible challenge by Sen. Dan Liljenquist for GOP Party Chair, a brewing skirmish among Salt Lake County Democrats, and love in the Salt Lake City Council. Also, Sen. Mike Lee wants to be a justice, State…
This week Greg, Jim and Natalie converse about the Economist’s recent article – is Utah really “Young, tolerant and surprising”? Also, Quality preschool, the Texas gunman who attended the U’s Med school, the State’s recent water audit, and UVU President Matt Holland’s signing of an anti-same sex marriage brief.
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: April 15, 2015) – Walter Hixson, a distinguished professor of history at the University of Akron, spoke recently at the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah. Hixson specializes in the history of U.S. foreign policy, and he recently published a book, American Settler Colonialism: A…
This week Jim, Greg and Natalie talk about Jim’s decision to run for Salt Lake City mayor, a review of President Obama’s visit to Utah, Sen. Mike Lee and candidates jostling for 2016, how things actually get done in politics, the Apple Watch, and an UDC inmate who dies after not receiving a scheduled dialysis.
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: March 18, 2015) -Recently Dr. Leo Killsback, Associate Professor in American Indian Studies at Arizona State University, spoke at the Hinckley Institute. A member in the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Killsback reexamines the legacy of colonialism in the West from a social and legal framework. His work focuses on…
In the last week of the session, Jim, Natalie, and Chris Bleak (filling in for Greg) discuss Scott Anderson and Jon Huntsman Jr. backing Sen. Mike Lee, Utah’s GOP reps intervening in nuclear negotiations with Iranian officials, Hilary Clinton, rallying for LGBT rights, Tesla running out of gas, and give grades to the session.
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