(KCPW News) The Foundation for Integrated Resource Management (FIRM) is again requesting $500,000 from the state of Utah to fund its legal and policy work. [AUDIO AFTER BREAK] During a legislative appropriations meeting on Tuesday, Box Elder County Commissioner and FIRM Board Chair Stan Summers said the organization could take some credit for a number…
Every Monday Chase Thomas from Alliance for a Better Utah joins KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the 2018 Utah Legislative Session. This week: what lawmakers are doing relative to the various citizen ballot initiatives currently in the works – from Medical Marijuana to Medicaid Expansion to Our Schools Now and beyond.
(KCPW News) [AUDIO AFTER BREAK] Salt Lake Democratic State Senator Jani Iwamoto wants to make the penalty for killing a police dog more severe. Her Senate Bill 57 would make killing a police service animal a second degree felony, instead of the third degree felony that it is now. During a meeting of the Senate Judiciary,…
Chase Thomas from Alliance for a Better Utah joins KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about initiatives gaining traction at the 2018 Utah Legislative Session. In today’s update: measures to restructure the Utah Transit Authority and increase funding for transit spending, a push for a Medicaid waiver to pay for birth control for low-income women, and…
(KCPW News) Utah lawmakers on Friday advanced a measure that would let prospective candidates for political office get on the ballot, even if they can’t file in person. Rep. Craig Hall’s House Bill113 would give individuals temporarily outside of Utah the option to file electronically as long as they appeared before an elections official via…
A bill introduced in the House Judiciary committee Thursday seeks to prohibit abortions, if the reason for the procedure is a positive diagnosis of Down syndrome. House Bill 205, sponsored by Clearfield Republican Rep. Karianne Lisonbee, would charge doctors who carry out abortions under such circumstances with a class A misdemeanor. Lisonbee says she isn’t…
(KCPW News) Salt Lake Democratic Representative Brian King wants people to stop looking the other way. His House Bill 125 makes bystanders to crimes or emergency situations responsible for stepping in to prevent harm. But that doesn’t mean a witness getting in harm’s way. Instead, King says assisting in an emergency can be as simple…
(KCPW News) Grand County Republican Rep. Carl Abrecht says that the Bears Ears and Grande Staircase Escalante National Monuments are too big, and cover lands that don’t need conserving. “If you’ve ever walked the ground in either one of those monuments, there’s a whole lot of sage brush, and a whole lot of piñon and…
(KCPW News) The 2018 Utah Legislative Session opened Monday with a bit of bragging. During opening remarks, Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes congratulated his fellow lawmakers for working collaboratively in recent years to address homelessness and enact criminal justice reforms, and to pass resolutions encouraging changes to Utah National Monuments. Hughes said those resolutions bore…
Imagine if you were suddenly forced to leave your home because of violent conflict? What few items would you take? Where would you go? These are questions that the interactive exhibit Forced From Home by Doctors Without Borders challenges visitors to answer. KCPW Producer Ross Chambless toured the exhibit yesterday, and this report.
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