This week Jim, Natalie and Sen. Todd Weiler (filling in on the Right) discuss the Pope’s visit, vacancies in the LDS Church’s Quorum of the Twelve, and upcoming Republican closed caucuses to discuss Medicaid expansion. Also Utah has the fastest growing economy but the lowest voter turnout – and why, Scott Walker dropping out of…
This week Natalie, Greg, and Rep. Brian King (Filling in for Jim) discuss Medicaid expansion (yes, again), the developing Presidential race, immigration reform, the prison relocation discussions (yes, again), and death penalty for sex traffickers.
This week Natalie, Greg, and Jim get into the GOP’s acceptance of the new Count My Vote law, a possible challenge by Sen. Dan Liljenquist for GOP Party Chair, a brewing skirmish among Salt Lake County Democrats, and love in the Salt Lake City Council. Also, Sen. Mike Lee wants to be a justice, State…
This week Jim, Greg and Natalie talk about Jim’s decision to run for Salt Lake City mayor, a review of President Obama’s visit to Utah, Sen. Mike Lee and candidates jostling for 2016, how things actually get done in politics, the Apple Watch, and an UDC inmate who dies after not receiving a scheduled dialysis.
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: April 8, 2015) – Theda Skocpol is the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government, Sociology and American Politics at Harvard University. She has researched and written extensively about the Tea Party movement, and she’s co-author of the book: The Tea Party and the Remaking of Republican Conservatism, that…
This week Greg, Jim, and Natalie chew over President Obama’s Utah visit. Also Sen. Harry Reid’s retirement, LDS Conference weekend, the Salt Lake City mayoral race and Jim’s pending decision to run, Gov. Herbert’s possible veto decisions, and Utah being a model to Indiana for tolerance.
This week Natalie Gochnour, Jim Dabakis, and Chris Bleak discuss whether Jim Dabakis will run for Salt Lake City mayor. Also, whether Gov. Herbert will veto anything, future Healthy Utah talks, USU’s athletic money, Ted Cruz, the prison relocation, tax increases, and the Utes in the Sweet 16.
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: March 18, 2015) -Recently Dr. Leo Killsback, Associate Professor in American Indian Studies at Arizona State University, spoke at the Hinckley Institute. A member in the Northern Cheyenne Tribe, Killsback reexamines the legacy of colonialism in the West from a social and legal framework. His work focuses on…
This week from the Minority Party’s office at the Capitol, Chris Bleak (filling in for Greg on the Right), joins Jim and Natalie to discuss “Frail Utah” v. “Healthy Utah”, partisan school boards, the motor fuel tax, Count My Vote (again!), and live streaming state executions by firing squad?
The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Air date: February 4, 2015) – A few notable and outspoken public officials serving Utah spoke last week, including Republican Congressman Jason Chaffetz (District 3) who was named “Politician of the Year” for 2014 by the Hinckley Institute of Politics. Salt Lake County Attorney General Sim Gill and Salt Lake County…
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