Segment 1: A group of business leaders says education funding should be the state’s top priority. What is the Prosperity 2020 movement and how would more money for schools help with curriculum and test scores? Guests: Mark Bouchard, managing director, CB Richard Ellis for Utah and volunteer chair of Prosperity 2020 Dr. Rich Kendall, former…
Segment 1: Kurt Bestor is an Emmy-winning composer and performer who may be best known in Utah for his annual Christmas concerts, which he’s been performing to sold-out crowds for 24 years. Now he’s got a Grammy nomination for his work with violinist Jenny Oaks Baker. Bestor joins us to talk about his particular love…
Segment 1: Throw two seasoned, very different reporters into a partnership and what do you get? Years of muckraking, rabble rousing and great storytelling. Paul Rolly is celebrating 20 years as a columnist at The Salt Lake Tribune and he and his long-time writing associate, JoAnn Jacobsen-Wells, join us to share memories and insight into…
Segment 1: West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder confessed last month to writing pro-West Valley news stories using a pen name. How will this affect West Valley City’s image and its young mayor’s political future? Guest: Frank Pignanelli, lawyer, lobbyist and political columnist for the Deseret News Segment 2: How are publications thinking about…
Segment 1: Will green fees go up at Salt Lake City’s nine public courses? How would golfers react to higher fees on the fairways? And should the city be in the golf business anyway? We’ll take up the questions Monday; the City Council is also asking for citizen feedback at a hearing Tuesday, Dec. 6.…
Segment 1: Collective bargaining is a core value of organized labor, so this year’s attempt to quash those rights in Wisconsin, Ohio and elsewhere put Utah unions on high alert. What does all of this mean for a “right to work” state like Utah and what’s in store for Utah’s unions as they negotiate for…
Segment 1: A University of Utah professor is arrested on charges of possessing child pornography. A former school counselor accused of sexually abusing teens also allegedly kept sexual images of children on his computer. Officials arrest 39 suspects in a wide-reaching child porn bust. On Wednesday, we’re discussing the prevalence of child porn in Utah…
Segment 1: The concept of building a tram linking a ski resort in Park City with one in Big Cottonwood Canyon is becoming more defined. Principals of the Canyons and Solitude Mountain Resort recently released details of the venture: an 8-passenger gondola which proponents say would improve access while alleviating traffic. But are critics…
Segment 1: When a child gets sick, parents want answers. In Vicki Whiting’s case, she wanted to know why her son Kevin suffered from severe stomach aches and kept losing weight. The answer kept coming back anorexia, but she knew that wasn’t the truth. Vicki and Kevin Whiting wrote about their journey through the health…
Segment 1: The idea of building a Broadway-style theater downtown has been bandied about since the 1960s, but Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker has made the $110 million project a cornerstone of his administration. Critics say that money could better be used to bolster existing arts groups. Tonight the Salt Lake City Council will decide.…
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