Hosts: Rusty Cannon & Greg Skordas

SCOTUS preserves funding for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau

KSL at Night hosts Greg Skordas and Rusty Cannon start the show discussing a rare ideological rupture between right-leaning members of the Supreme Court. In a decision to preserve the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Justices Alito and Gorsuch dissented from the Supreme Court’s 7-2 decision, upholding the agency’s funding mechanism as constitutional. The hosts dig into what that means for you.

Special legislative session coming to discuss Millard County power plant

Following up on legislation that was passed during this year’s legislative session, Governor Spencer Cox addressed the closing of a large coal-fueled power plant near Delta. The state of Utah wants to take over the plant and keep things running as usual. But is it inevitable that we’ll phase out coal-fueled power plants? The KSL at Night hosts discuss.

Part 1: The support of a new educational funding amendment

This November, Utahns will vote on an amendment that could change how public and higher education is funded through taxes. Supporters say changing this funding structure will help move our state’s education funding policies closer to the rest of the nation’s, while still ensuring education is sufficiently funded. Republican Member of the Utah State House, Karen Peterson, is one of the sponsors of the bill and joins Greg and Rusty to discuss this legislation.

Part 2: The opposition to a new educational funding amendment

Next, we take a look at the opposition to this funding plan. Former educator and current Democratic Member of the Utah State House, Carol Spackman Moss, is opposed to the proposed amendment. She helps Rusty and Greg understand a teacher’s perspective on this proposed legislation and what she’s hoping to see instead for the future of Utah education. 

Sobering statistics on fentanyl use in Utah from the Department of Public Safety

While Utah isn’t a border state, we still deal with the issues that come with the illicit drug trade, mostly over our southern border. According to preliminary data collected by the Department of Public Safety, there is a new king of narcotics: fentanyl. How did we get here and what are our institutions doing to protect the public from this addictive and destructive chemical? Listen to learn more about this issue.

Russian imports of uranium now banned; how will it affect Utah?

Roughly 1 in 5 American homes get their power from nuclear power plants. In a rare bi-partisan move, Congress has passed and President Biden has signed a bill banning imports of uranium from Russia. Curtis Moore, SVP of Marketing & Corporate Development at Energy Fuels, joins Greg and Rusty to discuss this decision about what it means for Utah’s mining operations.

Taking a behind-the-scenes look into your property taxes

It’s budget season for municipalities across the state, and that means officials are looking at your property taxes. In fact, just this week, Draper city officials announced that they were looking to raise $1.6 million for public safety by raising property taxes in their city. Rusty Cannon, co-host of KSL at Night, is the President of the Utah Taxpayers Association and our go-to tax expert. He fills us in on the whole budget and tax process.

Fastest-growing Utah cities

Our state has changed a lot over the years. The KSL at Night hosts wrap up the show with some recent data about population changes in Utah cities and share stories of growing up here. What happens when there is nowhere else left to expand? According to Salt Lake City’s development team, you’ve got to build up. Listen to learn more about what the hosts see happening in our growing state.