(KCPW News) Political figures and representatives from the media were on hand at the Capitol on Monday to usher in a new non-partisan commission that would encourage more public debates during the election season. For more, here’s KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham.
(KCPW News) A bill requiring Utah law enforcement officials to get a warrant before collecting cell phone data made its way out of a House Committee on Friday Morning. KCPW’s Roger McDonough has that story. Audio after transcript Ogden Republican Representative Ryan Wilcox said that House Bill 128 was about applying the language of the…
(KCPW News) Utah’s Senator Mike Lee has become a leader of the Tea Party wing of the GOP. So is Lee eyeing higher political office? KCPW’s Roger McDonough posed that and other questions to Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily online round-up of Utah politics.
(KCPW News) Maryann Martindale, Executive Director of Alliance for a Better Utah joins KCPW’s Roger McDonough for a daily recap from the hill. Today they discussed recommendations from the House Investigative Committee looking into the John Swallow case.
(KCPW News) A day after the so-called “Count My Vote” bill passed its second reading in the Utah Senate, Sen. Curt Bramble’s SB 54 soared through its final passage before heading to the House. The bill received 22 “yes” votes against four “no” votes, with three senators being absent. After Bramble’s bill passed the Senate,…
(KCPW News) Back on Tuesday, Republican Sen. Curt Bramble foresaw some contentious debate on his bill SB 54, so he went ahead and scheduled a specific time for Senate floor discussion: Thursday morning, 11 o’clock. The bill’s controversy comes from a multitude of opinion on how—and whether—to change Utah’s caucus system. The Count My Vote…
(KCPW News) Each day during the state legislative session, KCPW’s Roger McDonough speaks with Maryann Martindale, Executive Director of Alliance for a Better Utah for a daily recap from the hill. Yesterday afternoon they took another look at the Count My Vote initiative (and its competition), and at the Zion Curtain.
(KCPW News) Internet giant Google may bring its high-speed fiber-optic internet service, Google Fiber, to Salt Lake City. KCPW’s Roger McDonough has this report.
(KCPW News) Alliance for a Better Utah’s Maryann Martindale sits down with KCPW’s Roger McDonough for a daily recap from the hill. On the docket today – sexual assault education and GOP infighting over Medicaid expansion.
(KCPW News) In a press conference on Wednesday, Governor Gary Herbert expressed some difference in opinion with Utah legislators on several key issues. Taking questions from members of the media, Herbert spent much of his time addressing the topic of Medicaid expansion. In particular, Herbert was asked what he thought of a $35 million House…
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