Two local leaders are butting heads over the right to privacy. Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank and Salt Lake City Library Director Beth Elder have differing views on what police officers can and can’t do inside city libraries. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports.
Former Utah Governor and now-Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman earned some ribbing from President Obama this week, when the president joked that Huntsman’s cooperation with him would surely help him win the Republican primary if Huntsman runs for president in 2012. Today, we begin a weekly conversation with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune, and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily online round-up of Utah politics.
Two local leaders are butting heads over the right to privacy. Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank and Salt Lake City Library Director Beth Elder have differing views on what police officers can and can’t do inside city libraries. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports.
A state lawmaker is sponsoring legislation that would make it legal for anyone to kill a feral animal. Currently, shooting them without a license is a misdemeanor. Republican Representative Curt Oda says his bill specifically targets rural areas, where people tend to abandon pets.
A new report puts a dollar value on the factors that affect quality of life in Utah, and how they’ve changed over time. It’s called the Genuine Progress Indicator. University of Utah economics professor Gunseli Berik, co-author of the report, says 22 factors were taken into consideration to reach the findings.
A Salt Lake City Police Department shuffle means more bike squads on the streets looking for trouble. Some worry they might be looking too hard, but it has the support of many local business owners. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports.
Today marks the 30th anniversary of the end of the Iran hostage crisis that ensnared 53 Americans. But although three decades have passed, the dangerous legacy of that event lives on. The long-term impact of the Iran hostage crisis will be the subject of a lecture tonight by Dr. Roxane Farmanfarmaian, visiting scholar at the University of Utah’s Middle East Center.
A year after former Utah Senate Majority Leader Sheldon Killpack was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, he pleaded guilty Wednesday to a class B misdemeanor. Paul Parker with the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office says he was awarded no special treatment.
Utah lawmakers are spending several hours today in budget meetings as they prepare for the legislative session, which begins Monday. Republicans foresee at least a 7 percent cut across the board, sharply differing from Governor Gary Herbert’s more optimistic budget proposal.
A new study released by the Williams Institute at UCLA quantifies the impact of discrimination on LGBT Utah residents. Using data from an Equality Utah survey, it reports that more than 40 percent of gay Utahns say they’ve been denied a job, not promoted, or fired for their sexual orientation, while two-thirds of transgender Utahns say the same because of their gender identity.
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