(KCPW News) Last Wednesday, clean air advocates lined up to give Utah’s Division of Air Quality their two cents. At the DAQ’s monthly board meeting, the board met to vote on a new state implementation plan, or SIP, designed to help the state meet the standards set by the Clean Air Act. Under the plan,…
(KCPW News) The state of Utah’s legal arguments in the same-sex marriage debate have changed repeatedly through the course of its filings. This, according to an article published Monday by Adam Liptak, Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times. KCPW’s Roger McDonough spoke with Liptak earlier today and asked him to outline the changing…
(KCPW News) Back in March of last year, same-sex marriage seemed a remote possibility for the state of Utah. That’s when several same-sex Utah couples, including Derek Kitchen and Moudi Sbeity, filed a lawsuit against the state, challenging Utah’s constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage. A lot has changed since last March. After federal judge Robert…
US Attorney General Eric Holder announced today that the federal government would recognize same-sex marriages performed while gay marriage was legal in Utah. KCPW’s Roger McDonough reports.
It’s been several months since Utah paid the federal government to reopen the national parks during the government shutdown – but the state still hasn’t been repaid. Any chance the state will get a check sometime soon? KCPW’s Roger McDonough posed that and other questions to Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune…
(KCPW/ Explore Utah Science) Batteries that power our electronic devices contain heavy metals and other materials that are toxic to the environment. A new battery technology inspired by biology, bio-batteries, overcomes many of these problems. The technology may one day lead to biodegradable batteries that store energy more efficiently than today’s heavy duty lithium-ion batteries.…
The State of Utah has said that it will not recognize the marriages of same-sex couples who were married after a federal judge struck down Utah’s ban on gay marriage last month. As a result same-sex couples married in Utah between that December 20th decision and the order on Monday by the US Supreme Court…
(KCPW News) Every few months, the Rocky Mountain Gun Show comes to Sandy’s South Towne Expo Center. In fact, you may have noticed advertisements for the show this January. If you’re unfamiliar with what happens at a gun show, it’s mostly self-explanatory: it’s an exhibition of guns, ammunition, and other related paraphernalia. Gun shows have…
(KCPW News) The U.S. Supreme Court has put a halt to gay marriages in Utah while a federal court in Denver considers an appeal to the ruling that made them legal. The Court voted to accept the state’s application for a stay of a recent ruling by a U.S. District Court judge. The stay will…
In the wake of an historic ruling striking down Utah’s ban on same-sex marriage, a number of gay Utahns have received marriage licenses and tied the knot. But with an appeal pending from the state and a hearing scheduled for Monday morning, it remains to be seen how much longer new licenses will be issued…
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