Restaurants, hotels and resorts would have been able to sample the liquor they serve to their customers before purchasing it from packaging agencies or the DABC, under a bill that failed to pass out of a Senate committee yesterday. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, its supporters say they were caught off guard because of the positive feedback the bill had received earlier.
A bill that makes one small change to current law would require a school district, charter school, or school board to issue a truancy citation to a student who is habitually absent.
Salt Lake City leaders are used to having to defend themselves before the Utah Legislature every year. And this year is no exception, with lawmakers proposing to kill the city’s plans to clamp down on electronic billboards, and do away with its anti-idling ordinance as well. So how is the city pushing back? KCPW’s Jeff Robinson spoke with Salt Lake City Council Vice-Chair Charlie Luke.
Big changes could be on the way for the polygamist community of Hildale. Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff tells KCPW behavior in the small town has grown increasingly erratic since the arrest of FLDS leader Warren Jeffs, and now the state is looking to step in and clean up the local police force.
The Utah House of Representatives honored some special World War II Veterans on Monday. Nearly a dozen members of the 100th Infantry Battalion, the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, and the Nisei Military Intelligence Service were recognized, along with a man credited for saving many of their lives. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports about his connection to the Utah legislature.
A bill that requires the state to pay for health insurance mandates that lawmakers pass onto other public agencies cleared the Senate floor this morning. Republican Senator Todd Weiler’s plan would require those mandates to be applied to local school districts, charters schools and Utah’s colleges and universities, but the statewould pick up the tab. He says 14 such mandates have been proposed during this legislative session alone.
Utah Congressman Jason Chaffetz didn’t sound at all optimistic when discussing the state of affairs in Washington before the Utah Senate this morning.
Segment 1: Why do we love chocolate? What makes high-quality chocolate? And what do those percentages mean on the labels of gourmet chocolates? On Tuesday, we get the answers from local/national experts at Amano Chocolate and Hatch Family Chocolates. Guests: Art Pollard, Amano Artisan Chocolate Steve Hatch, Hatch Family Chocolates Steven Rosenberg, Liberty Heights…
Is it a violating a constitutional right or maintaining safety to allow jailers to force feed an inmate? That was the debate at Utah’s Capitol Friday as Representative Derek Brown proposed legislation that would establish a process for jails and prisons to follow when an inmate refuses to eat. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports on why he claims it gives prisoners more freedoms than before.
DUI checkpoints could become a thing of the past in Utah. HB 140, sponsored by Republican Representative David Butterfield, repeals authorization for law enforcement to do police checkpoints for anything other than Amber Alerts, looking for fugitives and wildlife invasive species. Butterfield says officers should instead put their time and resources into saturation patrols, which he says are more effective at removing drunk drivers from highways. He adds that checkpoints subject citizens to suspicion-less searches.
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