(KCPW News) On Tuesday, the Utah legislature came a step closer to approving the legal use of a cannabis-based medication. The medication is used to help suppress brain-damaging seizures endured by epileptic children. The marijuana-based oil is low in THC, the hallucinogenic chemical found in some forms of cannabis. Still, this has been a very…
(KCPW News) Utah lawmakers might have less input from their legislative research office, if an amended resolution passes in this final week of the legislative session. KCPW’s Roger McDonough has the story.
(KCPW News) During our Better Utah legislative recap, KCPW’s Roger McDonough asks Alliance for a Better Utah’s Maryann Martindale about some captivating floor debate over a sexual abuse education bill.
(KCPW News) A Senate proposal to partially expand Medicaid in Utah is moving on to the House after earning the approval of the full Senate. But with the House pushing a plan of its own, the Senate’s plan may be dead on arrival. KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham has the latest.
(KCPW News) House Speaker Becky Lockhart has withdrawn her signature one-to-one initiative to inundate Utah classrooms with laptops and tablet computers. The bill died over the weekend during a budget dispute between the House and Senate. Lockhart was asking for $200 million in the first year of the program, but the Senate initially offered only $26…
(KCPW News) On today’s edition of our Better Utah legislative recap, KCPW’s Roger McDonough and Alliance for a Better Utah‘s Maryann Martindale talk about some bill’s that would change voting laws in the state.
(KCPW News) At a conference in Washington DC this week, Utah Senator Mike Lee had a message for the nation’s conservatives. What was that message? KCPW’s Roger McDonough posed that question to Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes – a daily, online roundup of Utah politics.
(KCPW News) On today’s Better Utah legislative recap, Russian president Vladimir Putin makes an appearance, and we hear about a failed tactic to rush a vote on Speaker Becky Lockhart’s alternative to Medicaid expansion.
(KCPW News) Recent data from the Utah Department of Workforce Services has the state’s unemployment rate down to 3.9%, the lowest it’s been since 2008. In a press conference on Friday, Governor Gary Herbert took the opportunity to shine light on the positive economic numbers, and also answered questions over his ongoing back-and-forth with the…
(KCPW News) A bill that would restrict wood burning in Utah passed the House on Thursday afternoon. HB 154, sponsored by Democratic Rep. Patrice Arent, aspires to educate the public about the impact wood burning has on Utah’s air quality, and it sets up a program to help residents with wood-burning stoves transition to a…
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