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.
Several homeless advocates across the state are playing the waiting game, trying to remain optimistic about what the legislature could do to funding for their programs, and what it would mean for the thousands of homeless people on Utah’s streets.
A long-term controversy is getting rigorous law enforcement attention beginning tomorrow. Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder says there’s a lot of confusion surrounding policies at Parley’s Historic Nature Park. Now, he hopes to clear some of that up over the next 90 days through the “care and share” program.
Utah Representative Jason Chaffetz is against a proposal to make it illegal to carry a gun within 1,000 feet of a federal official, which is being debated after the shooting of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords.
A mistake in legislative boundaries could lead to a tax break for some Utah County residents. State Representative John Dougall’s district includes thousands of residents who thought they lived in former Representative Craig Frank’s district.
A local rare book seller says he has been “put on notice” that state lawmakers intend to drastically increase the regulations that govern antique vendors like him. Now, he’s rallying his supporters, hoping they don’t. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports.
After venting his frustration over a new federal wilderness policy, Governor Gary Herbert will hold a public meeting with Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey this Friday. Herbert’s Deputy Chief of Staff Ally Isom says he wants to know more about the implications.
With less than two weeks until the legislative session starts, the future of House District 57 in Utah County remains uncertain. Republican Representative Craig Frank learned just days ago he was living outside of his district boundaries, immediately disqualifying him from office.
Civil rights advocates Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X only met once during their lives, and even then, barely had a conversation. But a play being performed Wednesday night in West Valley City imagines what the two would have discussed with each other.
We are at the river’s edge. That’s what Tom Ashbrook, the host of NPR’s On Point, writes following the Arizona tragedy that left six people dead and an Arizona Congresswoman in critical condition. The shooter may have been troubled, he says, but that doesn’t excuse the heated, intolerant and even violent rhetoric that has become too common in American political discourse.
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