Today on The Rundown, Zach Frankel, Executive Director of the Utah Rivers Council, explains why his organization is pushing for an audit of the state Division of Water Resources. Also, the Utah discovery of a new species of dinosaur and your daily local news summary.
Today on The Rundown we ask Salt Lake County D.A. Sim Gill about so-called therapeutic justice programs, and about various ongoing cases his office is investigating. Also, a summary of today’s top headlines and a preview of Wednesday’s special session of the Utah State Legislature with Nancy Melling of the Utah League of Women Voters.
Today on the program we’ll look at a community atlas project with Paisley Rekdal, an award-winning essayist, poet, professor at the University of Utah’s English Department, and, now mapmaker. Her poems and essays have appeared in The New York Times Magazine, American Poetry Review, New Republic, Virginia Quarterly Review, and on National Public Radio among…
In 2005, the State of Utah approved a ten year plan to end chronic homelessness, and to significantly reduce overall homelessness. Eight years later, we are approximately three quarters of the way there. Concluding our three-part series on the subject, we spoke with Gordon Walker, Director of Utah’s Housing and Community Development Division.
In the second part of our three-part series on homelessness, we speak with Melanie Zamora, Director of Housing Programs at The Road Home – a non-profit organization that assists individuals and families experiencing homelessness in Salt Lake County and along the Wasatch Front. Plus, the science behind predicting earthquakes in Utah and more.
Today on the program a conversation with Sgt. Jeff Webb of the Salt Lake Police and Karla Bartholomew with the Salt Lake Valley Health Department on the recent operation to clear transient camps out of City Creek Canyon. Plus, the audit of a nonprofit group that’s been using state money to keep wolves out of…
Today on the program Mark Alvarez, immigration expert for Telemundo Utah, on the immigration reform debate that’s moving from the Senate to the House of Representatives. Plus, reporter Kim Shuske looks into the Utah Bar’s new Modest Means program to help people get cheaper access to legal services.
On today’s program, Dr. Geoffrey Tabin of the University of Utah’s Moran Eye Center on the new book Second Suns that chronicles his efforts to combat blindness in the developing world.
Today on the program, the Great Basin Water Network’s Steve Erickson on the ongoing dispute over plans for a water pipeline on the Utah-Nevada border. That story and today’s local news summary on the The Rundown.
Today on the program we hear from Marina Lowe, Legislative and Policy Council with the ACLU of Utah on the use of Administrative Subpoenas by law enforcement officials in the state to obtain information from internet service providers. Plus, a rise in student loan interest rates and record-breaking heat.
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