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Former State Senator Howard Stephenson and Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton talk with Speaker Brad Wilson about tax reform.

Stephenson and Newton then talk with Doug Foxley about the upcoming celebration of the 150thanniversary of the golden spike connecting the transcontinental railroad.

Former State Senator Howard Stephenson and Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton talk with Medicaid expansion with State Representative Jim Dunnigan.

Former State Senator Howard Stephenson and Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton talk with Lani Rounds of Bridge Charter School.

Stephenson and Newton then talk with new State Representative Phil Lyman.

Former State Senator Howard Stephenson and Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton talk with Jenny Wilson, newly appointed Salt Lake County Mayor.

State Treasurer David Damschen and SL Tribune Editorial Writer Michelle Quist talk with State Representative Tim Quinn, who is helping lead an ambitious effort this coming legislative session to reform Utah's tax structure.

State Treasurer David Damschen and SL Tribune Editorial Writer Michelle Quist discuss ways in which government works to promote self-reliance and some of the societal symptoms of poor financial literacy.

Damschen and Quist speak with Junior Achievement of Utah President & CEO Christy Tribe, and discuss how J.A. promotes entrepreneurship, career readiness, and financial literacy among Utah's youth.

State Treasurer David Damschen and SL Tribune Editorial Writer Michelle Quist highlight Utah's 4th Annual March for Life, happening later in the day. They then talk with State Representative Cheryl Acton, who is running a pro-life piece of legislation this session that is drawing significant attention. 

A recent article in The Salt Lake Tribune bemoaned the predominance of members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in Utah's Legislature and that church's influence on policy in Utah. Michelle Quist recently penned a commentary in rebuttal. Damschen and Quist discuss the issue. 

State Treasurer David Damschen and SL Tribune Editorial Writer Michelle Quist speak with Juliette Tennert,  Director of Economic & Public Policy at the Kem C. Gardner Institute, U of U School of Business about economic impacts from the recent federal government shutdown.

Damschen and Quist then discuss Alexander Hamilton and fiscal conservatism.

State Auditor John Dougall, former State Representative Ryan Wilcox, and State Representative Cory Maloy talk with Dan Liljenquist, former State Senator and executive at Intermountain Healthcare. Liljenquist discusses why the generic drug market isn’t working and how hospitals are stepping up to fight the outrageous cost increase by some who corner the drug market.

Dougall, Wilcox, and Maloy then discuss the federal government shutdown and the dysfunction in DC.

State Auditor John Dougall, former State Representative Ryan Wilcox, and State Representative Cory Maloy talk with charter school advocate Matt Throckmorton. Throckmorton discusses how charter schools are meeting the education students, the benefits of competition in public education and why charter schools advertise.

Dougall and Wilcox talk with Maloy about his concern with red-flag gun laws, Utah’s existing laws, and his proposed resolution regarding the issue. Maloy also discussed ways for constituents to reach out to their legislators.

Dougall, Wilcox, and Maloy learn from Division of Wildlife Resources spokesman Mark Hadley about the disease that has infected the bighorn sheep herd on Antelope Island.