Restoring self worth and value to victims of sex trafficking is a common theme at the 2012 Trafficking In Persons Symposium being held in Salt Lake City this week. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, law enforcement leaders, educators, advocates, survivors and other experts are talking about why it takes more than locking up perpetrators to solve the problem.
Patients worried about contracting the flu while in the hospital can now find out which facilities might put them at risk. The Utah Department of Health has released the vaccination rates of every licensed hospital in the state online in an effort to create greater transparency for patients. Rebecca Ward, Health Educator with the Bureau of Epidemiology, says it’s very common for patients to contract the flu from health care workers or for workers to contract the virus from patients.
A managing director with the most popular online search engine took part in Utah Governor Gary Herbert’s annual Economic Summit this morning (Tuesday) at the Grand America Hotel, showing Utah business leaders how their companies can leverage the latest online marketing tools to make their businesses more successful. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports on the tools Google says Utah companies should be using now.
About 20 tents are now set up on a gravel lot east of the Salt Lake City Main Library, following the city relocating Occupy Salt Lake protesters to Library Square from Gallivan Plaza, where the city moved them from in anticipation of the events happening there this summer. Demonstrator Justin Kramer says they have more space and visibility in their new location.
Stressing the devastating effects of earthquakes on masonry buildings constructed without steel reinforcement, local and state officials in Utah are committing to enact policies and provide education that will encourage residents to “Fix the Bricks,” just in time for the upcoming Great Utah ShakeOut earthquake drill. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports on the issue Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker says keeps him awake at night.
One former filmmaker at Brigham Young University says a new online video of BYU students telling their personal stories of the triumphs and tribulations of being gay and Mormon couldn’t have been made just a few years ago. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the video is a contribution to the “It Gets Better” campaign to let other Mormon LGBT youth know they’re not alone.
Democratic gubernatorial hopeful Peter Cooke is the candidate whose priorities are most in line with Utah voters, according to two surveys performed by the non-partisan research organization Utah Foundation. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the latest survey gauges the candidates’ top ten priorities and compares them with answers to the 2012 Utah Priorities Survey, which lists the top issues and concerns of Utah voters for the upcoming election.
Utah residents who are on Medicaid will want to keep a close eye on their bank accounts and credit scores in the coming days. A Utah Department of Health Internet server that houses Medicaid claims was breached over the weekend, compromising personal information on about 24,000 records.
The controversial film “Bully” opens in major cities across the country this month and hundreds of other cities are demanding screenings of the film in their towns as well through a social media campaign. The documentary follows the lives of several kids who are being bullied at school. Salt Lake City Councilman Charlie Luke has entered Salt Lake City into the “Bully Demand Competition,” and is looking for enough online signatures to get a screening here.
West Valley City Police Chief “Buzz” Nielsen still believes he made the right decision by not arresting Josh Powell after his wife Susan’s 2009 disappearance. Nielsen says there was probable cause to make the arrest, but he feared there wouldn’t be enough evidence to win the case, especially considering his wife’s body has not been recovered.
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