Today, an audio postcard from teachers testifying at a legislative committee meeting on education. Plus, your local news summary and a conversation with SLCPD Chief Chris Burbank on the new Public Safety Building, DNA databases, community outreach and more.
Today on the program Brad Westwood, Director of the Division of State History and Utah State Historical Society, on the regional celebration that is Pioneer Day. Also a look at Republican Senator Mike Lee’s efforts to defund Obamacare, and your summary of today’s top local headlines.
Today, activist Tim DeChristopher on the role of civil disobedience in American society, and how his time in prison informed his positions on reforming the justice system. DeChristopher was released earlier this year after 21 months in federal detention for fraudulently bidding on parcels of public land in an effort to save them from oil…
A summary of today’s top headlines, and a conversation with Democratic Rep. Brian King and Republican Rep. Kraig Powell about their work to try to reform Utah’s rules on political campaign donations. Plus, Political Cornflakes with the Salt Lake Tribune’s Matt Canham.
On today’s show, we hear from Clarine Nardi Riddle of the group No Labels – a political organization in Washington whose aim is to break partisan gridlock in the federal government. This morning, the group unveiled a bi-partisan package of legislation that has the backing of more than 80 lawmakers. That interview and your local…
Today on The Rundown, Zach Frankel, Executive Director of the Utah Rivers Council, explains why his organization is pushing for an audit of the state Division of Water Resources. Also, the Utah discovery of a new species of dinosaur and your daily local news summary.
Today on The Rundown we ask Salt Lake County D.A. Sim Gill about so-called therapeutic justice programs, and about various ongoing cases his office is investigating. Also, a summary of today’s top headlines and a preview of Wednesday’s special session of the Utah State Legislature with Nancy Melling of the Utah League of Women Voters.
Today on the program we’ll look at a community atlas project with Paisley Rekdal, an award-winning essayist, poet, professor at the University of Utah’s English Department, and, now mapmaker. Her poems and essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, American Poetry Review, New Republic, Virginia Quarterly Review, and on National Public Radio among…
In 2005, the State of Utah approved a ten year plan to end chronic homelessness, and to significantly reduce overall homelessness. Eight years later, we are approximately three quarters of the way there. Concluding our three-part series on the subject, we spoke with Gordon Walker, Director of Utah’s Housing and Community Development Division.
(KCPW News) The US House of Representatives passed legislation allotting more money to relocate Moab’s radioactive uranium tailings. But will that money actually be distributed? KCPW’s Roger McDonough asked that question to Thomas Burr, Washington correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and an author of Political Cornflakes, a daily online roundup of Utah politics.
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