Republican Senator Wayne Niederhauser has been elected the next president of the Utah Senate. Friday, the Sandy Senator beat Senate Majority Leader Scott Jenkins in a vote to replace Michael Waddoups, who is retiring at the end of his term.
Salt Lake County Mayor-elect Ben McAdams’ state senate seat isn’t even cold yet and already several prominent Democrats are lining up to take the chair.
Segment 1: According to Latinovotemap-dot-org, Utah saw a 65 percent increase in the growth of eligible Latino voters in the state since 2000. Yet just 24 percent of Utah’s Latinos voted for the GOP in 2012 in this pre-dominantly Republican state. On Monday, we’ll talk about the battle for Utah’s Hispanic vote. Guests: Marco…
We now know Barack Obama will be back serving as Commander in Chief of the United States for the next four years, but what lies ahead for GOP candidate Mitt Romney? Every Friday we speak with Thomas Burr, Washington correspondent for The Salt Lake Tribune, and author of Political Cornflakes a daily online round-up of Utah politics. KCPW’s Jessica Gail asked him what the future could hold for the two time presidential hopeful.
Plans for a Broadway-style theater in Downtown Salt Lake City are well underway. Yesterday, the public was invited to get an update on the plans and design of the building, and as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, those plans show changes are also coming to the downtown area surrounding the theater.
For the first time in 12 years, Salt Lake County residents could see a big hike in property taxes. County Mayor Peter Corroon presented his proposed $788 million budget for 2013 to the Salt Lake County Council today, and as KCPW’s Charlotte Duren reports, increased property taxes could mean fewer cuts to critical county services.
Thanks to a ruptured Chevron oil pipeline, more than 33,000 gallons of crude oil spilled into Salt Lake City’s Red Butte Creek in June 2010. The spill not only killed wildlife, including waterfowl, fish, and the invertebrates they eat, but also caused park closures and many residents along the creek to become ill. Now more than two years later and with a comment period on the spill’s closure document set to open, the Utah Division of Water Quality says the creek is clean. Environmentalists disagree.
Salt Lake County’s open space will soon be getting a facelift. Tuesday night, Salt Lake County residents passed proposition 1, a $47 million dollar general obligation bond that will fund the construction of three regional parks, the completion of two major trails as well as the purchase of land for a future park. As KCPW’s…
Millcreek Township will not become Salt Lake County’s 17th city, at least for now. Voters rejected a proposal to incorporate during Tuesday’s election, but as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, those in favor of the plan say they will try again.
October 2012’s featured artist is Hope & Tim The soulful vocal stylings of Hope Glenn meet the upbeat folk guitar work of her husband, Tim Glenn. The result is something new, yet familiar, singable, and fun. Like butter on your pancakes, the music melts in front of you before you fall in love. Click Here…
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