Take 2

Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Greg Hughes and Maura Carabello

• Kamala Harris in Utah to fundraise
• Presidential debate discussion
• 25th amendment
• Utah primary election
• Supreme Court rulings

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Greg Hughes and Maura Carabello

• Joel Searby arrest
• Supreme Court rulings on domestic abusers and guns
• Utah's special legislative session
• Lyman vs. Cox ads and complaints

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Greg Hughes and Maura Carabello

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Martha Hughes Cannon is finally headed to D.C, Utah is breaking heat records, and the Primary election is officially underway. Biden takes executive action on the border: While Republicans claim it doesn’t do enough to fix the issue and secure the U.S. Southern border, some Democrats believe the order goes too far.

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Greg Hughes & Maura Carabello

• Trump Trial: Guilty on all counts
• Less than One month to June Primaries
• Utah teachers’ union sues over state’s $82 million school voucher program.

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Greg Hughes, Former State House Speaker & Scott Howell, Former State Senate Minority Leader

The bathroom bill wreaked havoc in the State Auditor’s office with 12,000 + bogus complaints.

40 days until the June Primaries – which campaigns have the strongest ground games?

US Senate Endorsements rolling in

Trent Staggs: Trump, Former Utah JAZZ star John Stockton

Brad Wilson: Governor Cox backing former House Speaker

Latest Poll: Curtis - 41.%

Trent Staggs – 14.5 %

Brad Wilson - 9%

Jason Walton - 1.5%

Undecided - 33%

It’s a Miracle! Biden and Trump will debate.

Bad News: Utah’s October Presidential debate likely won’t happen: Is the presidential debate commission a thing of the past?

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Utah college campuses are no longer immune to Pro-Palestinian protests, the Utah GOP convention accused of being R rated, pushes incumbents to primaries, and goes into overtime.

KUTV’s Heidi Hatch is joined by Maura Carabello of the Exoro Group and former Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes.

The air crackles with tension on college campuses across the country and Utah is no longer the outlier with the war between Israel and Hamas taking center stage amid graduation ceremonies.

At the University of Utah, the fervor spills onto the streets as students rally for the institution to sever ties with Israel. With nineteen arrests, including a university employee and four students, the protests made headlines. Chris Nelson, a university spokesperson, acknowledges the complexity of the situation, hinting at the tangled web of political and financial considerations.

Nationally, Mayor Adams of NYC rebukes the display of foreign flags stirs controversy amid protests on New York College campuses including Columbia, where Pro-Palestinian protestors turned violent taking over a building on campus.

Why the photo of frat bros in North Carolina went viral and has raised half a million dollars along the way?

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At the Utah GOP Convention, anti-incumbency sentiments brew, shaking up the political landscape. From congressional primaries to gubernatorial nominations, the convention delivers surprises and challenges the status quo.

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Maura Carabello from the Exoro Group, and Greg Hughes, former Utah Speaker of the House

Utah State GOP Convention:

• Rep. Celeste Maloy could lose her CD 2 seat at convention with an 11th hour endorsement from Senator Mike Lee who is backing challenger Colby Jenkins. " “TOO MANY REPUBLICANS HAVE VOTED TO EXPAND THE SIZE, SOPE AND COST OF THE FEDERAL GOVENRMENT."
• Governor Spencer Cox will likely leave the Utah State GOP convention with a primary challenger.
• The Utah Senate race has 3 guaranteed candidates through signatures- will there be a 4th candidate on the ballot to fill the seat vacated by Senator Mitt Romney?
• With Congressman John Curtis running for Senate- his CD 3 seat is wide open and with a crowded race- 4 candidates have the signatures to make it to the primary- will delegates pick a 5th to head to the primary?

June 25th is the Primary Election.

Brian King, touting he outraised Governor Cox in the first quarter.

Congress passed the $95 billion dollar aid bill Ukraine/Israel/Indo

The bill signed by the President also bans TikTok if it is not sold to a US buyer in the next year.

While Congress funds Israel: Universities are closed as Palestinian Protests take over campuses: Utah college campuses are the exception.

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Maura Carabello- Exoro Group and Dan McCay- Utah Senator (Sponsored NHL Bill)

Ryan and Ashley Smith bought an NHL team:

Utah NHL What we know:

• UTAH will be on the front of the jerseys next season.
• The team will take its time to determine its name, logos and colors.
• The Delta Center will be renovated into a dual sport arena- is this where the Legislative bill and funds will be spent, or will it be spent on the surrounding area and eventual new arena?
• (Should taxpayers fund stadiums?)
• First priority now is to set up the team players/execs in Utah.

Salt Lake County Convention:

Embattled state school board member Natalie Cline’s reelection bid is over.

The Utah Legislature Censured Cline but did not go as far as impeaching and taking away ability to run- was this the right call?

State Convention Saturday:

Senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney voted to hear impeachment case against Homeland Secretary Mayorkas.

Governor Spencer Cox Gave a Ted Talk- encouraging Americans to follow 4 steps

1. Spend less time with polarizing headlines that pit one side of the country against the other.
2. Spend more time with people who think differently than you because it is “harder to hate up close.”
3. Expend more effort serving and giving back to society.
4. Attempt to develop “the classical political virtues of humility, patience and moderation.”

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guest: Maura Carabello & Greg Hughes

• State Conventions approaching April 27: Endorsements, who has gathered signatures.
• Former SLC Mayor Ted Wilson Dies, 84 years old (Congestive Heart Failure/Parkinson’s)
• Most likely to make you a Trump or Biden Voter?
• Arizona Coyotes could move to Utah

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