New research from the University of Utah shows there is no link between autism and household income. But as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, other studies released in the past year claim otherwise.
Utah has seen some marginal job growth over the past year, according to the latest employment summary. The Governor’s Office of Economic Development says a recovery is happening in key job sectors. But as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, a state economist says job growth is going to have to move much faster to put a dent in the unemployment rate, which continues to hover around seven-and-a-half percent.
The Natural History Museum of Utah has announced it will welcome patrons into its new home in early winter. The Rio Tinto Center will open to the public on Friday, November 18th, housing 1.2 million objects from around the state and region. Executive Director Sarah George says right now, they’re laying down the finishing touches.
A new Harmons grocery store on Salt Lake City’s East bench is now open for business. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the local grocer with a dozen stores in the Salt Lake Valley has drastically pared down its usual footprint by giving the old Emigration Market on 1700 East and 1300 South a facelift.
A group of Democratic state lawmakers are working on a new plan to produce more funding for public education that they say would invest in teachers and a quality curriculum. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the lawmakers say they’ve had enough of attacks on public education and schoolteachers.
A Louisiana man convicted of an aggravated robbery that took place eight years ago in Salt Lake City has been found factually innocent of the crime. 3rd District Judge Royal Hansen overturned Harry Miller’s conviction Monday, officially exonerating him after a jury found the 57-year old guilty of stealing a woman’s purse at knifepoint. Miller’s defense attorney, Jensie Anderson, says evidence showed Miller was in Louisiana recovering from a stroke on the day of the crime, but that didn’t stop him from being convicted.
Salt Lake City Council Candidates for District 2 are revving up for today’s primary election. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, Kyle LaMalfa is taking the streets to catch up with west side voters he missed during his first round of canvassing. And incumbent Van Turner is in and out of his two local businesses assembling the firetrucks and making last minute calls to his constituents.
The annual Greek Festival in downtown Salt Lake City has gone from a bake sale in the basement of the Holy Trinity Cathedral 36 years ago to the largest ethnic festival in Utah, and one of the largest Greek festivals in the west. KCPW’s Whittney Evans stopped by Old Greek Town to learn more about how the festival has grown so popular.
Utahns didn’t feel the earthquake that rattled the east coast last month, but the state’s Department of Public Safety is giving them the opportunity to see what it’s like in an earthquake simulator at the state fair. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, it’s all part of a campaign to get families prepared for the strong possibility of a quaking Wasatch Front.
A legislative redistricting committee considered two maps this morning for the Utah Senate boundaries, but neither got the stamp of approval. One of the maps came from the citizen group Fair Boundaries Coalition, while the other came from the redistricting committee’s co-chairman. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the second map raised lots of concern over Tooele.
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