During this session of the Utah legislature, there’s certainly a lot at stake for K-12 students. But there’s also a lot at stake for school teachers. We talked with Mike Kelley, spokesman for the Utah Education Association.
Today on Politics Up Close, we sat down with Utah Governor Gary Herbert at the State Capitol. The legislative session ends in less than two weeks, and there are still a host of contentious issues to solve, not the least of which is balancing the budget and funding public education. Herbert weighed in on that, immigration, and much more.
A political action committee associated with former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman has launched its new website. But you won’t find Huntsman’s name listed on the site for Horizon PAC. Every Friday, we talk with Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune, and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily, online-roundup of Utah politics.
Today, we broadcast a panel discussion KCPW moderated at Sprague Library in Sugar House, called Immigration Policy, the Arizona Experience, hosted by the City Library and the Enriching Utah Coalition. It explored Arizona’s experience with SB 1070, a controversial anti illegal-immigration law in that state, and HB 70, a similar Utah bill that just passed out of the Utah House of Representatives.
With the GOP in control of the House of Representatives, Utah Congressman Rob Bishop now finds himself in a better spot after four years with a Democratic majority. We talked with him about his vote against re-authorizing the PATRIOT Act, President Obama’s budget set to be released on Monday, and his new role as chairman of a subcommittee overseeing public lands.
Week three of the Utah legislature’s 2011 session is wrapping up. We checked in with freshman Democratic Representative Joel Briscoe on the budget situation and controversial education and immigration proposals that are being floated.
Bruce Bechtol is author of Defiant Failed State: The North Korean Threat to International Security. He was in Salt Lake City to speak to the Salt Lake Committee on Foreign Relations. We spoke with him in detail about the various threats North Korea poses to the U.S. and the world.
Republican Senator Howard Stephenson claimed that the University of Utah and other public colleges and universities are handing out “degrees to nowhere,” unless they’re in science, math and engineering. We talked about that and budget cuts with Dave Buhler, Associate Commissioner for Public Affairs with the Utah System of Higher Education.
A GOP state lawmaker has enraged LGBT advocates by proposing a “family policy” for the state, and other bills they fear will lead to discrimination. We got the reaction of University of Utah Law Professor and Equality Utah board member Cliff Rosky.
After a judicial victory in Florida for conservatives who oppose the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff now says it can’t be enforced in Utah. But the governor isn’t sure yet where to go on this issue. We talked with Chief Deputy Attorney General John Swallow about what this ruling means.
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