Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Maura Carabello & Greg Hughes

LEGISLATIVE SESSION FINAL DAY

• Legislative Session Final Day
• Leadership promotes win Column
• Rep. Dan Johnson Returns to Legislature After Medical Incident on Monday
• Bill Keeping Calendars Private Passes, Immediately Signed by Governor
• Utah House Kills Bill Banning LGBTQ+ Pride Flags and Political Views from Classrooms
• Utah Legislature Approves Allowing More Children at Unlicensed Day Care Facilities
• Utah Senate Passes NBA NHL Arena Bill, House Passes MLB Stadium Bill
• Improving the Juvenile Justice System
• Water and Power Bills
• Nikki Haley in Utah: Pushing Through Super Tuesday After Losing in Her Home State of South Carolina
• Biden and Trump Both on the Southern Border

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Greg Hughes & Maura Carabello

• Utah Legislature heads into final week
• Elected officials’ calendars.
• Should Utahn’s foot the bill for new stadiums with new taxes while legislators are trying to create tax cuts?
• MLB - HB562, Utah Fairpark Area Investment and Restoration District, Ryan Wilcox (R-Weber)
• NHL - SB272, Capital City Reinvestment Zone Amendments, Dan McCay (R-Salt Lake)
• Income Tax reduction bill – how much would you get of the $170 million
• Alcohol Bill looking to create more liquor licenses pushing threshold from one per 10.2 k to 7.2k.
• Nikki Haley in Utah Wednesday for event at UVU ahead of March 5th GOP Presidential Caucus
• Democratic primary
• Check in on Primary races and 2024 signatures.
• Natalie Cline still making headlines- US Senate Candidate Carolyn Phippen joins the conversation

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Host: Heidi Hatch KUTV 2 News

Guests: Maura Carabello Exoro Group & Dave Alvord Salt Lake County Council

• Governor Cox sends Utah National Guard and State Resources to border.
• US Senate Kills Bipartisan Border/Ukraine/Israel Bill: Is this Trump’s fault? Needs to be split from aid deals.
• Natalie Cline Re-posts photo of girl on High School Basketball team insinuating she is transgender.
• No criminal charges recommended over Biden's handling of classified documents.
• The Supreme Court seems poised to reject attempts to kick former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot.
• Clancy Taxation Bill Utah Legislature
• Utah Legislature looking at bill that would make AI Child porn illegal.
• Equine owners say Salt Lake County aims to kill their ‘Western’ way of life.

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Maura Carabello & Greg Hughes

Utah Legislature:

Gov. Spencer Cox signs 2 controversial Bills (quick mentions)

● HB 257 Sex-based Designations for Privacy, Anti-bullying, and Women’s Opportunities

● HB 261 Equal Opportunity Initiatives

• Teen Driver changes: HB351
• Harsher Penalties for DUI:
• Favorite Bills of the week, bad books, childcare costs, state lottery
• CPAC UTAH SPEAKERS:
• Tim Ballard : Ballard is facing multiple civil suits alleging sexual assault
• Former US Attorney Brett Tolman: Has put is name out as possible AG if Trump elected
• Utah Presidential and US Senate Polls

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Maura Carabello & Greg Hughes

• US BORDER Mexico Border
• Texas Governor backed by 25 Republican Governors
• Congressional border deal
• Utah Legislature Bill on Fentanyl
• DEI Bill Passes
• Utah County will no longer pay return postage on ballots.
• Transgender bathroom bill passes.

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Greg Hughes & Maura Carabello

• State of the State
• Legislative Session Underway
• SLCPD could lose patrol of the airport to DPS
• Trans Bathroom Bill
• Bill Requiring classrooms to post the 10 Commandments.
• Proposed resolution calls on federal govt. to fix illegal immigration or let Utah do it.
• Bills we are watching.
• Iowa Caucus Results
• New Hampshire Primary
• Congress Passed another stop-gap measure

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Maura Carabello & Greg Hughes

• Utah Election Filings close end of business Monday — we go through the filings office by office looking at the primary races and the new competition.
• Supreme Court taking on Colorado ruling that forces Trump off the Ballot.
• University of Utah to eliminate 'diversity questions or statements' from hiring process.
• Utah Legislative Session gets underway January 16 — what we are watching.

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Host: Heidi Hatch

Guests: Maura Carabello, Exoro Group & Utah Rep. Tyler Clancy

• Lt. Ridge Alkonis released from Japanese to Us Custody under international prisoner transfer agreement
• Biden Impeachment Inquiry: All four Utah Reps voted in favor of moving forward
• Utah AG Sean Reyes Calendar: Should it be released?
• Utah democrats are calling on Reyes to resign
• Derek Brown officially running to replace Reyes
• FISA vote
• Legislative season is just around the corner

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Guests: Greg Hughes & Maura Carabello

• Jon Huntsman Jr. calls for U Penn President to step down after congressional hearings.
• Gov. Cox on college campus speech
• Reyes will not run for re-election
• Presidential Debate with slimmed down candidate pool – winners and losers? Iowa 6 weeks away.
• Governor Cox new budget
• Christmas songs and politics
• RFK Jr. wins lawsuit to extend filing deadline- pushes date for unaffiliated candidates to March 5th.
• Hunter Biden tax Charges CA
• Mike Lee Defund UN Bill

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Host: Heidi Hatch

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

• SLC 2034 Olympics “Preferred host”
• RFK JR. Holds 2024 Presidential rally in SLC
• Presidential Polls show RFK could be a disrupter.
• The Great Blue and Red State Debate Newsom V DeSantis
• Celeste Maloy wins- sworn in a week after election.
• Mayor Mendenhall gets a 2nd term.
• Rep George Santos expelled.

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