Inside Utah Politics with Lindsay Aerts

Gov. Cox Teases State Medicaid Plans, Utah County Approves Ice Deal


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Will the state step up to help fill the gaps for funding things like Medicaid, SNAP, and education that the federal government has now changed? Hosts Sarah Reale and Rusty Cannon weigh in on comments from Governor Spencer Cox, who says they will look at every program and whether Utah can step in. After a contentious public meeting, Reale and Cannon discuss Utah County's decision to expand the Sheriff's office's powers to coordinate with ICE in what's known as a 287(g) agreement. Environmental groups argue that Utah gave up the right to claw back some of its federal public lands at statehood, our panelists weigh in on whether a state court can block Utah from pursuing its federal case to try and prove that the feds can't hold on to that land forever.

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Inside Utah Politics with Lindsay AertsBy Lindsay Aerts