Today on the show we take a look at a state program to require drug testing for some welfare applicants. We’ll hear from the sponsor of the legislation that created the program, Republican Representative Brad Wilson of Kaysville. Also, the local news and Political Cornflakes with Salt Lake Tribune Washington Correspondent Thomas Burr. Click below…
Today on the show we look at wildlife crossings on Utah highways with Ashley Green, Habitat Section Chief at the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources and Brandon Weston, Environmental Services Director at the Utah Division of Transportation. Also, a summary of today’s top local headlines. Click below for part one, the local news: Click below…
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, sometimes called Obamacare, is still a puzzle to many. With the law going into effect beginning October 1st, today on the show we’ll try to answer some of the larger questions with Randall Serr from the Utah Health Policy Project. Plus, your daily local news summary. Click below…
On the program today we hear from Mark Alvarez, immigration expert for Telemundo Utah and Spanish language radio host in Salt Lake City. We look at the prospects for immigration reform legislation currently before the US House of Representatives. Also, the local headlines. Click below for part one, the local news: Click below for part…
Today we feature a conversation with John Prendergast, co-founder of the Enough Project, an organization striving to eliminate genocide and crimes against humanity. He and actor George Clooney also started the Satellite Sentinel Project, which uses satellite imagery to try to predict and deter mass atrocities. Prendergast will be speaking in Salt Lake later this…
Today on the program, we speak to Kyle LaMalfa, chair of the Salt Lake City Council, and Ashley Sanders, spokesperson for the group Move to Amend, about efforts to amend the US Constitution to undo the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling protecting essentially-unlimited spending on political campaigns by corporations and unions. Plus, the local headlines…
Today we speak with Pete Ashdown, founder and president of local internet service provider XMission. We ask Ashdown about his opposition to widespread monitoring of internet traffic, and his refusal to comply with warrantless subpoenas from the state and federal governments. Also, your summary of today’s top local headlines. Click below for part one, the…
On today’s show we hear from Gerald Brown, Director of the Utah Office of Refugee Services. According to the UN, the number of Syrian refugees reached two million yesterday – up a million in the last six months. Meanwhile, another four million Syrians are displaced within their country, and many more expected to be so…
We hear from Michael McLane, Literary Program Officer with the Utah Humanities Council and Director of the Utah Humanities Book Festival, which kicks off later this month. We get a preview of that event, which is in its sixteenth year. Plus, your summary of today’s top local headlines. Click below for part one, the local…
Patrick Wiggins retired from the Hansen Planetarium after 26 years. Now he works part time with the University of Utah’s Physics Department doing science outreach in the public schools, and as a volunteer NASA Ambassador in the state of Utah. He joined us by phone from the Stansbury Park Observatory for a discussion about ……
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