Low-income adults in Utah without children will soon find their food stamp benefits being cut short as the state moves back to pre-recession policies. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports on why the state is reinstating time limits on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, and why advocates say the move is too soon.
More than 7,200 verified signatures were collected in Salt Lake City for a campaign to end corporate personhood, according to a count released this week. That’s enough for the issue to be placed on the ballot in November.
New data shows poverty, sexually transmitted diseases and lack of insurance are on the rise among Utah children. The state’s newest KIDS COUNT figures were released Monday, outlining the health and well-being of Utah’s children. KCPW’s Jessica Gail takes a closer look at what the report has to say.
Some of the biggest challenges refugees face when coming to the United States are understanding the legal system, learning their rights and realizing their opportunities. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports on how Salt Lake City is working to make that process easier.
Today is Equal Pay Day across America, a day recognizing an ongoing wage gap among men and women in the U.S. And as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, Utah has the 3rd largest pay disparity in the country.
Nearly a hundred people filled a room at the Weber County Main Library in Ogden last night to support Mathew David Stewart, the Ogden man who faces the death penalty after he shot and killed a police officer and wounded five others during a January drug raid at his home. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, supporters say the tragedy is a result of violent drug policies and aggressive law enforcement tactics that need to change.
Restoring self worth and value to victims of sex trafficking is a common theme at the 2012 Trafficking In Persons Symposium being held in Salt Lake City this week. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, law enforcement leaders, educators, advocates, survivors and other experts are talking about why it takes more than locking up perpetrators to solve the problem.
About 20 tents are now set up on a gravel lot east of the Salt Lake City Main Library, following the city relocating Occupy Salt Lake protesters to Library Square from Gallivan Plaza, where the city moved them from in anticipation of the events happening there this summer. Demonstrator Justin Kramer says they have more space and visibility in their new location.
One former filmmaker at Brigham Young University says a new online video of BYU students telling their personal stories of the triumphs and tribulations of being gay and Mormon couldn’t have been made just a few years ago. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the video is a contribution to the “It Gets Better” campaign to let other Mormon LGBT youth know they’re not alone.
An exhibition coming to downtown Salt Lake City’s Utah Museum of Contemporary Art will have visitors thinking about hunger in a different way – through cupcakes. Elizabeth Tobias is the artist behind “Let Them Eat Cupcakes,” or “The Cupcake Project.” She’ll appear at UMOCA Friday night from 8 to 10 p.m.
