Posts – KCPW

Today on In the Hive, a conversation with Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski. In five months’ time, Biskupski will wrap up her term in office. So what does she plan to do after leaving her post, and what does she make of the race to replace her? Also, with a United Nations conference coming to […]

Correction: We refer to Glen Canyon National Recreational Area as Glen Canyon National Park. Recreational areas specifically surround reservoirs and are generally designated for water-based recreation areas. Glen Canyon National Recreation Area is still managed by the National Park Service. Quagga mussels, the aquatic invasive species that have made their home in Lake Powell, first […]

Today on the show, a look at how federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI and ICE make requests for facial recognition scans of Utah drivers licenses, IDs, and driving privilege cards. In recent weeks, the use of facial recognition by law enforcement has come under scrutiny from privacy watchdogs, state governments, and members of […]

Over the last year, Utah has been conducting an experiment of sorts with its state employees. As part of a pilot program on teleworking, dozens of workers have been staying home at least three days a week. Officials wanted to see the impact on productivity in state offices, on air quality, and on employee satisfaction. […]

Today we take a walking tour of the Geraldine E. King Women’s Resource Center. The center, which will be operational at the end of the month, is one of three, new homeless resource centers set to open soon in Salt Lake County. Beyond offering beds for 200 homeless women, it will also have a number […]

Today on the program, two vastly different perspectives on the planned Utah Inland Port. The project is the subject of litigation, with Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski challenging the legislation that launched the port and shifted land use and taxing authority from the city to the state. This past week that lawsuit was amended […]

Last week, around 200 teachers in the Salt Lake City School District staged a walkout of a meeting of the board of education. That happened on the heels of two months of salary negotiations between the teachers union and the district – negotiations that have now stalled. In the background is a bigger picture about […]

Today on the show a look at refugee resettlement in Utah in 2019. The numbers of refugees being resettled here has shrunk significantly as the Trump Administration has sought to restrict immigration. That’s happened as the world experiences what may be its worst-yet refugee crisis. We’ll hear about the work being done by refugee resettlement […]

Right now, the vast majority of water use in Utah goes to agriculture, and a big chunk of that is spent on one, very thirsty crop: alfalfa hay. Can we reallocate water from some amount of farming to help with expected population growth? And what other measures might the state adopt to further promote water […]

The Salt Lake Tribune is seeking to become a nonprofit organization. Why? According to owner and publisher Paul Huntsman, it’s because the newspaper’s business model isn’t working. Years of financial losses have resulted in repeated layoffs at the paper, and two years of investments since Huntsman acquired the Tribune from the hedge fund Alden Global […]