Today on the show, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski talks about efforts to combat homelessness and create affordable housing; Salt Lake City’s vision for public transit; and the creation of (and controversy surrounding) an inland port in the City’s Northwest Quadrant. Biskupski is just over halfway through her first term as mayor and plans…
Today on the show, we look at sex education in Utah. A reproductive education bill focusing on the effects of pornography as well as refusal skills passed during the recent Utah legislative session. Some advocates consider it a step in the right direction, but also think it doesn’t go far enough. Turner Bitton, executive director…
On March 1, In the Hive featured an excerpt from a longer conversation with Rep. Mike Noel, R-Kanab. Producer Emily Means spoke with Noel on Feb. 28 in his office at the Capitol, in the midst of the 2018 legislative session. They discussed the Antiquities Act, the Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument designations…
(Original air date: Nov. 30, 2017) Today on the show, we look at the way public art shapes Salt Lake City. Dana Hernandez, Public Art Program Manager for the Salt Lake City Art Design Board, talks about planning and funding art in new spaces throughout the community; Vestar Creative Director Bergendi Hatch shows us The…
Today on the show we look at the legislation sponsored by Utah lawmakers that would remove Utah from the Antiquities Act, the 1906 law that gives presidents the ability to establish a national monument. Richfield Republican Rep. Carl Albrecht is sponsoring HJR1, which asks Utah’s congressional delegation to draft legislation excluding Utah from the Antiquities…
Today on the show: A renewed attempt at abolishing the death penalty emerges at the Utah Legislature. Rep. Gage Froerer, R-Huntsville, leads the charge with HB379, which would prohibit the state from seeking the death penalty for aggravated murder committed after May 7, 2018. Two years ago, Froerer supported the death penalty. House Speaker Greg…
Today on the show, a Utah legislator proposes a bill to address what he views as an attempt to make money off the Americans with Disabilities Act. Provo Republican Rep. Norm Thurston explains the impetus for HB115; Leslie Francis, distinguished professor of philosophy and law at the University of Utah, talks about the basis for…
Today on the show, we talk about what’s happening on Utah’s Capitol Hill relating to medical marijuana. Rep. Brad Daw, R-Orem, has a limited proposal allowing terminally ill patients the “right to try” cannabinoid products; and Karen Wilcox, Professor and Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Utah, talks about the effects of…
Today on the show, we’re looking at the convergence of art and activism. Jorge Rojas, Utah Museum of Fine Arts Director of Education and Engagement, talks about making art to present a message of protest; Ella Mendoza and Jorge Arellano of the Nopalera Artist Collective discuss community resistance and resilience through art; and the Utah…
Today on the show: it’s inversion season again. The public weighs in on how Utah’s air quality has affected their health and lifestyles; and Drs. Anne Kirchhoff and Judy Ou from the Huntsman Cancer Institute discuss research they have in the works on the impact of air quality on the lungs of childhood cancer survivors.
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