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Today on “In the Hive,” with the arrival of cold weather and snow, we look at the plan homeless services providers hope to have in place to ensure there is winter overflow shelter for people who don’t have a roof over their heads. There’s a need for additional shelter as the region’s three new homeless […]

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour — This week on the program, we air a panel on the effort to remove slavery from the Utah Constitution through Amendment C. This amendment was put before Utah voters by HJR8, which passed the Utah legislature earlier this year with bipartisan support. In 2020, Utahns voted on seven different amendments […]

Election Day may have come and gone, but the results of some races, like the 4th Congressional District contest, remain too close to call. Two Utah Republicans push back against President Trump’s false, post-election claims – while urging everyone to take a deep breath and calm down. And with Utah coronavirus numbers again shattering records, […]

Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss Ghorbani’s reelection results, Utah’s record-breaking voter turnout, the presidential election results, the faulty polling predictions, President Trump claiming premature victory, Joe Biden urging […]

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour — This week on the program, we air an Informed Decisions 2020 panel on housing in Utah—the shortage of available units, the rising prices and how COVID-19 has affected the state’s market. Prior to this year, Utah had an estimated 50,000 unit deficit in available housing. During the first months of […]

With Utah reporting 1,837 new coronavirus cases and hospitalizations reaching a new record high Thursday, Gov. Gary Herbert declared that “the time for talk is over — it’s time foraction.” But that action isn’t coming from the Utah Capitol. Herbert said local governments will have to decide whether to enforce the mask orders and gathering […]

“Stop the presses” is a phrase from the heyday of newspaper journalism that referred to a temporary pause on printing for a big, breaking story. The phrase is taking on a more permanent meaning this week after Utah’s two oldest and largest daily newspapers announced they’ll move to a weekly format in 2021. And the printing […]

Both Sides of the Aisle — Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Emily Hase, Chair of the Salt Lake County Democratic Party. They discuss Sen. McCay’s experience with COVID-19,  the rising number of coronavirus cases in every state in the nation, the Trump administration […]

The Hinckley Insitute Radio Hour — This week on the program, we air an Informed Decisions 2020 panel on COVID-19, its economic impact and how Utah can recover from what many are calling the pandemic recession. According to data from the U.S. Labor Department, from August to September Utah’s unemployment rate rose from 4.1 to 5 […]

Gov. Gary Herbert warned that as the state experiences record-high coronavirus hospitalizations and case counts continue to climb, the health care system is at or near capacity. “It should cause us all alarm,” Herbert said, warning that “our hospitals are starting to fill up.” The Utah Department of Health reported 1,543 new coronavirus cases on […]