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The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: November 11, 2019) —This week on the program, we air a panel of experts discussing the minimum wage, its function in the economy and the debate over if and when to raise it. The minimum wage was first passed into U.S. law during the Progressive Era in the […]

Meatpacking employees and their supporters marched Tuesday in Logan demanding that a company close its Hyrum plant for cleaning and that workers be paid while they grapple with a coronavirus outbreak, affecting 287 workers at the facility. After receiving a false negative test result for COVID-19 earlier this week, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman said […]

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 the surge in coronavirus cases across the world, how Utah is handling its economic reopening, former Defense Secretary James Mattis’ comments denouncing Trump’s divisiveness, […]

Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: October 2, 2019) — This week on the program, we air a forum on climate change’s effect on minority communities in the state, in the nation and across the world. Almost one year ago, the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released a landmark report that called for the limiting […]

The ongoing protests in Salt Lake City sparked by the death of George Floyd in Minneaopolis. Black Utahns ask for policy changes locally to address systemic racism. And Utah’s ‘sharp spike’ in COVID-19 cases – with a related jump in hospitalizations. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Paighten Harkins and Taylor Stevens, […]

Both Sides of the Aisle — Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, Salt Lake County Councilmember. They discuss protests in Salt Lake City and across the nation over the death of George Floyd by police officers, the new charges brought against […]

This week on In the Hive, a conversation with Lex Scott, founder of Black Lives Matter Utah, about the kinds of police reforms she wants to see implemented, about combatting systemic racism, and about the effectiveness of protest. Plus, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall on enacting – and then lifting – a curfew in […]

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: March 18, 2020) — This week on the program, local emergency experts discuss natural disaster threats facing Utah and how we can best prepare for them. From wildfires to floods to earthquakes the experts emphasize why preparedness is key to public safety. They also lay out the local, state […]

Utah’s Hispanic community sees more coronavirus cases than any other race or ethnicity in the state. Environmentalists say the long-awaited strategic plan for the Utah Inland Port uses a lot of green jargon, but is low on sustainability specifics. And super-spreader events: the scenarios you want to avoid to try to stay safe. At 9 […]

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 the fight over wearing face masks in public, the pros and cons of mail-in voting, President Trump threatening to move the GOP national convention […]