(KCPW News) A bill that would extend the life of a state task force on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) easily cleared a Senate committee on Tuesday. The task force was created during the 2020 legislative session at the urging of the nonprofit group Restoring Ancestral Winds. The group pointed to data…
Today on “In the Hive,” we return to the topic of homelessness in the Salt Lake Valley. We’ll ask a resident of Salt Lake City’s Fairpark neighborhood why he invited people experiencing homelessness to camp in his yard. And we’ll hear from Mayor Erin Mendenhall about the city’s affordable housing crisis. Plus: Tiny homes to…
(KCPW News) A bill that would create a new board to oversee Utah’s allotment of the Colorado River has cleared a committee just days after it was unveiled. House Bill 297 aims to create a new, $9 million dollar state agency and a six-member board to control decision-making and negotiations over the state’s share of…
Today on “In the Hive,” a primer on coronavirus variants. Three variants of SARS-Cov-2 have drawn the attention of health officials because they may spread more easily or in some cases may be more deadly than the original. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that the so-called UK Variant has now been detected…
(KCPW News) A proposal to significantly increase the registration fees on electric vehicles in Utah cleared a legislative committee on Monday. House Bill 209 by Lehi Republican Rep. Kay Christofferson would more than double the fees on electric vehicles from $120 to $300 annually, and more than quadruple the fees on plug-in hybrids, which would…
Today on “In the Hive,” we delve into a story about public lands, wilderness and what makes a road a road. Revised Statute 2477 is a now-repealed section of frontier-era U.S. law that allowed the construction of right-of-way highways over unreserved federal lands. A part of the 1866 Mining Law, the statute meant to encourage…
(KCPW News) A Democratic state lawmaker has opened a bill file to impeach Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes, citing Reyes’s efforts to challenge the outcome of the 2020 U.S. presidential election and his involvement with the Republican Attorneys General Association (RAGA), which encouraged people to march to the U.S. Capitol in advance of the storming…
On this episode of “In the Hive,” local voices reflect on the inauguration of a new president. Plus a look at a bill seeking to ban so-called “at home” sexual assault evidence kits in Utah. Guests, part 1: Erin Mendenhall, Mayor of Salt Lake City Mayra Cedano, Executive Director of Comunidades Unidas Lex Scott, founder…
(KCPW News) Utah lawmakers are set to consider dozens of bills aimed at changing how law enforcement goes about its business. The police reform efforts come in the wake of a summer of protests that erupted nationwide after the killing of George Floyd in police custody in Minneapolis. (RELATED: Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim…
(KCPW News) The bells of the Utah State Capitol rang out on Tuesday afternoon to honor victims of the coronavirus pandemic. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox ordered the bells in the Capitol cupola to ring 15 times to honor the more than 1,500 Utahns who have died of COVID-19 since March 2020. “We will never forget…
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