The third week of the Utah State Legislative Session is now underway. For a check of what lawmakers are working on, every Tuesday and Thursday KCPW’s Roger McDonough speaks with Chase Thomas, Policy and Advocacy Counsel with Alliance for a Better Utah. Today they talk about the fallout from state support for a resolution calling…
(KCPW News) President Donald Trump’s executive order barring some immigrants and refugees from entering the United States moved Utahns to action over the weekend and has also drawn mixed responses from the state’s Republican leaders. KCPW’s Emily Means reports.
In the wake of President Donald Trump’s executive order on immigration and refugees, the University of Utah College of Social Work organized a panel discussion on the implications of the order for refugees and immigrants in Utah, across the country and around the world. KCPW was on hand to record the hour-long conversation – which…
A fourth of the way through the 2017 Utah State Legislative Session, KCPW’s Roger McDonough and Alliance for a Better Utah’s Chase Thomas discuss efforts by lawmakers to: sunset tax credits on solar panels; extend credits for electric vehicles; and to oblige lawmakers to learn about federalism.
(KCPW News) A committee in the Utah House of Representatives this week considered a bill that would expand so-called telemedicine services in Utah. But, as KCPW’s Emily Means reports, discussion in the committee focused on 4 lines of the bill’s text relating to abortion.
It’s now the second week of the 2017 state legislative session. To get caught up on what’s happened since their last conversation, KCPW’s Roger McDonough spoke again with Alliance for a Better Utah’s Chase Thomas for another Better Utah Legislative Update. Today, they talk about the unorthodox way two resolutions on national monuments made their…
(KCPW News) Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes on Thursday filed legislation that would urge President Donald Trump to rescind the newly-declared Bears Ears National Monument. KCPW’s Emily Means spoke with proponents and opponents of the resolution, and provided this report.
During the this year’s meeting of lawmakers, KCPW’s Roger McDonough will be joined regularly by Chase Thomas, Policy and Advocacy Counsel with Alliance for a Better Utah. Today, they they talk about House Bill 11, which aims to do away with party-affiliation requirements for 29 state boards and commissions. Also, during his State of the…
(KCPW News) After occasionally contentious debate, the House Government and Operations Committee on Tuesday voted to forward a measure that eliminates a party affiliation requirement for a number of state boards and commissions. HB11, sponsored by Provo Republican Rep. Norm Thurston, would remove language in state code that requires some degree of bipartisan membership on…
Monday marked the beginning of the 2017 Utah State Legislative Session. Throughout this year’s meeting of lawmakers KCPW’s Roger McDonough will be joined by Chase Thomas, Policy and Advocacy Counsel with Alliance for a Better Utah. Today, they discuss the topics expected to dominate this year’s meeting of lawmakers – and about the effect of…
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