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Utah Pride Center Executive Director Rob Moolman addresses Queers Divest

Today on the show: Utah’s Pride Festival is over, but the Pride Center leadership has some business to attend to. Executive Director Rob Moolman, who started as the new director in April 2018, responds to requests made by a group of concerned members of the LGBTQ community calling themselves Queers Divest. Prior to this year’s…

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Spencer Cox’s late-night Tweeting and the Inland Port Board’s non-meeting

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City. They discuss Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox’s response to the Trump administration’s zero-tolerance policy on immigrants crossing the border without documentation; Gov. Gary Herbert’s opposition to the nomination of Utahn Ron Mortensen to…

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SLC Council limits mayor’s options for inland port lawsuit, Provo festival adds nonbias policy but bars LGBT groups, former detective sues police for retaliation

The Salt Lake City Council forbids Mayor Jackie Biskupski from suing over the inland port deal — unless she gets its permission first. The America’s Freedom Festival in Provo enacts a nondiscrimination policy, and then, once again, rejects LGBT parade entries, causing an uproar that led to a sit-down at which the groups reached a compromise. And a former police detective…

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Trump’s condominium doctrine and Salt Lake County residents fight against high-density housing

Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Sen. Jim Dabakis, D-Salt Lake City. They discuss President Donald Trump’s historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un; Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes’ fight against the Affordable Care Act; the Olympia Hills high-density housing project planned…

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Utah mothers experiencing homelessness

(Original air date: January 4, 2018) Today on the show: Keely, a mother who has experienced homelessness in Utah, talks about raising kids in an unstable living situation. Keely is part of a group called Powerful Moms Who Care, which is made up of formerly homeless moms advocating for the needs of other women in…

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Free speech on college campuses

(Original air date: October 5, 2017) Today on the show: a look at the campus-wide conversation surrounding free speech at college campuses, specifically at the University of Utah. An appearance by conservative pundit Ben Shapiro, hosted by the Young Americans for Freedom at the University of Utah, prompted protests by Black Lives Matter, MEChA and Students for a…

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Utahn released from Venezuelan prison, 3 initiatives make the ballot and Eagle Mountain to get a Facebook data center

After spending nearly two years in a Venezuelan prison, Josh Holt and his wife arrive home in the Beehive State. A final certification shows that three of four citizen initiatives are on their way to the November ballot. And Facebook plans to put a data center in Eagle Mountain, enticed by a $150 million tax break. At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt…

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Count My Vote fails (for now) and Trump picks a Utahn to head refugee program

Both Sides of the Aisle — Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Rep. Angela Romero, D-Salt Lake City. They discuss the homecoming of Utahn Josh Holt, after he and his wife spent two years as prisoners in Venezuela; Pres. Donald Trump’s pick to lead…

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Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski on the inland port

In the Hive — Today on the show: a conversation with Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski about the creation of an inland port in the City’s northwest quadrant. It’s been a point of contention between the city government and the state legislature, and after negotiations between Biskupski and Gov. Gary Herbert failed to produce a…

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Utah authors call FanX founders out, Utah GOP removes minority members before vice chair election, LDS and NAACP leaders announce joint efforts

Utah authors band together to criticize the founders of the FanX convention for their response to sexual harassment allegations. At its State Central Committee meeting, the Utah Republican Party removes some of its female and minority members and elects a new vice chairperson. And, in a historic meeting, LDS Church leaders get together with NAACP officials to collaborate on humanitarian and education…

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