(KCPW News) During an appropriations subcommittee meeting earlier this week, Utah Democrats took an unusual stand to drive home a point about federal funding. KCPW’s Roger McDonough tells us what the Democratic lawmakers did, and why it caused such a stir.
(KCPW News) A bill that would push back the start date of Utah’s guest worker program for undocumented immigrants was debated in committee at the Capitol on Wednesday morning. KCPW’s Roger McDonough explains why lawmakers are backpedaling from legislation they passed two years ago.
(KCPW News) The state Senate approved legislation on Tuesday that would give Utah’s state forester the power to restrict target shooting when there is a high risk of fire.
(KCPW News) Utah Democrats held a press conference this afternoon urging Governor Gary Herbert to sign on to the federal Medicaid expansion. Meanwhile, Governor Herbert says that a decision may not come until this summer. KCPW’s Roger McDonough reports.
(KCPW News) Legislation that would increase the number of tablets, smartphones and computers in Utah classrooms was held in the Senate Education Committee Monday morning after concerns about the effectiveness of similar past measures.
(KCPW News) A funding request at the legislature would make UTA busses and trains free in January and July. KCPW’s Roger McDonough explains that the measure is meant to address northern Utah’s air pollution problems.
(KCPW News) A crisis in federal funds is coming, according to a resolution wending its way through the Utah State Legislature this session. And Utah needs to prepare for the hardships that are sure to follow. KCPW’s Roger McDonough explains why state lawmakers are so worried.
Former Utah Governor and Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman is now also a supporter of same sex marriage. Huntsman made that announcement Thursday in an op-ed in ‘The American Conservative,’ and urged his conservative counterparts to do the same. So what does the announcement mean for Huntsman? KCPW’s Jessica Gail asked that question to Thomas Burr, Washington correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily online round-up of Utah politics.
(KCPW News) Legislation that would create the Utah Office of Outdoor Recreation made its way out of the Senate Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee on Thursday, with a favorable recommendation. Senate Bill 73 builds on Governor Gary Herbert’s call to create the office during his State of the State address last month.
(KCPW News) One of the six gun-related bills heard yesterday at the Utah Legislature would let gun owners turn their weapons over to law enforcement officials, no-questions-asked, for safe keeping and later retrieval. KCPW’s Roger McDonough tells us what the “Safe Harbor” bill requires.
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