(KCPW News) Republican Representative Becky Lockhart, Speaker of the Utah House, discussed Utah’s alcohol regulations on Wednesday afternoon at a policy summit held in advance of the state legislative session. Her remarks came the day after the LDS Church released a statement saying that the liquor laws currently on the Utah books are beneficial for…
(KCPW News) In preparation for the Utah legislative session convening next week, Democrats from the House of Representatives and Senate held a press conference on Tuesday to summarize their priorities. Senator Gene Davis of District 3 began the press conference by saying the Democratic Party has to move away from partisan politics and focus on…
(KCPW News) The ACLU of Utah is suing the state demanding that it continue to recognize those same-sex marriages that were performed during the short window the practice was legal in Utah. KCPW’s Roger McDonough has the story. [Audio below transcript] John Mejía, Legal Director for the ACLU of Utah says that the Herbert administration…
(KCPW News) Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, created in 1983, has become an occasion to recognize the highest virtues embodied by Dr. King: equality, justice, civil disobedience, peace, tolerance, diversity. Passing those virtues off to future generations was the focus today at East High School in Salt Lake City. High school and college students, among…
(KCPW News) Late last year, Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker was appointed to President Obama’s Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience. The task force was formed to advise the White House on ways the federal government can assist communities across the country on climate change-related issues. On Friday, representatives from the Obama Administration…
(KCPW News) On Friday, President Obama outlined some changes to the National Security Agency’s spying. Will there be any impact to the Utah Data Center? 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 round-up of Utah politics.
(KCPW News) Last summer, the trial in the shooting of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin ended with little resolution for his mother, Sybrina Fulton. The man accused of murdering Martin was acquitted of all charges, and Fulton was left to wonder if she would ever get the justice she felt her son deserved. But instead of…
(KCPW News) In November, KCPW reported on the international trade negotiations that were being held at Salt Lake’s Grand America Hotel, as well as the protests that surrounded the talks. The Salt Lake round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiations didn’t garner a lot of attention at the time, but now there is greater scrutiny of…
(KCPW News) In an annual state policy report card, Utah wasn’t given much to be proud of. The state received an overall grade of D+. StudentsFirst, an organization led by former Washington D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee, looked at issues such as teaching quality, parental choice, and wise management of schools. While a D+…
(KCPW News) Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams delivered his State of the County address on Tuesday. He made it clear from the beginning of his State of the County address that this speech would be about the future—namely, how the county prepares. From the outset, McAdams characterized the county as being on an irreversible…
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