Take 2

By KUTV 2NewsGovernment

Take 2 episodes

January 25, 2025 Take 2: State of the State, Legislative Session, POTUS 1st week
Heidi Hatch – KUTV 2 News
Scott Howell -Former Utah Senate minority leader and a Harris surrogate
Jeff Stenquist – Former Republican Legislator

STATE OF THE STATE PROPOSALS: “We must build”

Housing attainability
Energy abundance
Infrastructure and permitting reform
Community safety and support
homeless initiatives

Utah Legislative Session Underway

Nuclear powered future
Organized crime bill -polygamy connection
Utah Election Changes
End collective bargaining for public employees

TRUMP FIRST WEEK

J6 releases
Illegal Immigrant ICE arrest underway
Signed order to release JFK, RFK and MLK assassination files

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50 min
January 17, 2025Take 2: Legislative Priorities, Public Lands, and Homeless plan
Heidi Hatch

Maura Carabello Exoro Group
Mike Schultz House Speaker
Inauguration Day moved inside
Tik Tok Ban
Supreme court:
Denies Utah case to control public lands
Denies Lyman V Cox
Utah Legislative session gets underway next week:
Birkeland seat filled in last minute election House District 4 Tiara Auxier
Priorities Energy, K-12 Education, Higher Ed, Public Safety
Election reforms on the table?
Salt Lake Homeless Plan
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48 min
January 16, 2025Take 2: Senator Mike Lee Connect to Congress Interview
January 15, 2025, Russel Rotunda US Senate, Washington DC
Senate Confirmation Hearings
Pam Bondi questioned on weaponization of DOJ
Joni Ernst a possible holdout says she’ll vote to confirm Pete Hegseth
Cabinet picks, Kristi Noem, Doug Bergum, and Tulsi Gabbard confirmation hearings postponed
Hamas Israel Cease fire deal
President Biden working overtime in final weeks
SCOTUS denied Utah case to grant rights to the state over federal lands

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12 min
January 11, 2025Take 2: New Year, New problems, CA fire politics, Utah Inauguration, Legislative goals, and Tax cuts
Heidi Hatch
Maura Carabello
Jeff Stenquist

New Year, New Podcast
Fire politics in LA after 10,000 + homes and businesses burned at least 6 dead in historic wildfires are their lessons to be learned
Cox and newly elected Utah leaders sworn in with fireworks and cannon salute at inaugural party
Cox has said his second term will focus on increasing the number of starter homes by 35,000 units and doubling the state’s energy production
Cox met with Trump Thursday night at Mara Lago with GOP Governors
New Utah AG Derek Brown
Phil Lyman SCOTUS case
Social Security Taxes in Utah could be axed this session
Legislative Session- talk behind the scenes of getting rid of Caucus and Conventions
NY congresswoman floats withholding funds from states like Utah giving noncitizens driver's licenses or identification cards

Next week on Take 2 – Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz joins us ahead of the Start of the Utah Legislative Session
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58 min
December 21, 2024 Take 2: Year-end tradition continues with Federal Government brinksmanship
Take 2 Podcast
Heidi Hatch
Maura Carabello Exoro Group
Rep. Jeff Stenquist

Continuing resolution vote in congress or government shut down?
Plan B failed in the House Thursday night with Curtis and Moore voting No.
Lee said he would vote no if debt ceiling is removed without spending reforms

Trump and Vance call for getting rid of the debt ceiling

Lee Introduces America First Act to Remove Federal Benefits from Illegal Immigrants

Utah’s governor doubles down on support for Trump mass deportations

Utah’s Delegation gets 3 bills through Congress before the end of the year

Great Salt Lake Stewardship Act
Expands the Central Utah Project Completion Act’s water conservation program to include the entire Great Salt Lake drainage basin.
The legislation unlocks tens of millions of dollars in unexpended budget authority to be used for conservation efforts critical to restoring the lake’s declining water levels.

Mountain View Corridor Completion Act
Transfers over 200 acres of federally owned land to the State of Utah to enable the completion of the Mountain View Corridor, a vital highway project near Camp Williams.

Utah State Parks Adjustment Act
Transfers parcels of federally owned land adjacent to Antelope Island, Fremont Indian, and Wasatch Mountain State Parks to the State of Utah.
These adjustments will consolidate ownership, streamline land management, and enhance public access to these popular destinations.

President Biden calls for gun control after school shooting, but no such call after United CEO shot and killed with ghost gun
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39 min
December 20, 2024 Interview with Utah Sen. Mike Lee
Government shutdown looming with new 1,547-page budget bill
Plan B CR backed by Trump
Trump backs raising debt Ceiling, Lee will not unless reforms are made
Lee Introduces America First Act to Remove Federal Benefits from Illegal Immigrants
President Trump’s Cabinet Picks
Utah Centric Bills headed to the President’s Desk
Great Salt Lake Stewardship Act
Mountain View Corridor Completion Act
Utah State Parks Adjustment Act
Two Utah Bills that have passed the Senate and are headed to the House
S.2151 - Utah Wildfire Research Institute Act
S. 5000 – Addressing Glen Canyon Dam Hydropower and Environmental Impacts
National Guard Funding for states
Wall Street Journal reaction, “How the White House Functioned With a Diminished Biden in Charge”
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19 min
December 13, 2024Take 2: Mike and Maura settle a Presidential bet, Legislative election audit, vote by mail, GOP women’s club drama
Heidi Hatch
Maura Carabello Exoro Group
Rep. Mike Schultz Utah House Speaker

Mike and Maura make good on their Presidential Election bet with a MAGA hat, and bedazzled Jewels.
Trump won, so Carabello had to wear a MAGA hat for the day, with Schultz refusing to offer clemency during her meetings at the Utah State Capitol
Alliance for a Better Utah files a campaign finance complaint against Stuart Adams.
Utah legislative Election Audit
Speaker Schultz questions future of vote by mail following legislative audit reports
House Speaker Mike Schultz gave $120,000 to Preserving Utah Values PAC
Women’s SLC Republican drama with leadership election: https://x.com/highergroundUT/status/1867289487858102612
Salt Lake City and Millers reach MLB deal before losing control
Trump is TIME’s Person of the year
Biden Commutes record 1500 sentences
Trump saying he will pardon Jan 6th defendants
Trump wants to end Birthright citizenship – Mike Lee agrees
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1 hr 6 min
December 07, 2024Take 2 : Cox Budget, pledge to help POTUS on deportations, Romney out, Cabinet Picks and DOGE
Take 2 Podcast
Heidi Hatch
Maura Carabello Exoro Group
Rob Axson Utah Gop Chair

Governor Cox lays out his budget proposal “Where we’ve been and where we’re going”

$1,000 in tax relief to 150,000 Utahns receiving Social Security benefits
Open to reducing income tax
Higher Education changes
Nuclear power $20 million

Governor Cox Will help Trump with deportations

Biden Pardon’s son Hunter Biden

Blake Moore DOGE Caucus Co-chair

Mitt Romney gave his farewell address to the Senate: What will his legacy be

Blake Moore DOGE Caucus Co-chair

Senator Mike lee on Pete Hegseth nomination

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1 hr 9 min
November 23, 2024Take 2: Trump Cabinet, Utah Election postmortem, Senator Lee’s new influence, UT Police scanners go dark
Heidi Hatch
Maura Carabello, Exoro Group
Rep. Ryan Wilcox Utah Legislator
Trump Cabinet Picks the good, the bad and the MAHA
Utah Elections wrap up: Flipped Legislative seats
Utah’s vote counting, is it too slow?
The winning Utah candidate for Wasatch School Board disqualified 9 days after election
Phil Lyman keeps court filings going – after filing 501C4
USU Joins lawsuit filed by women’s volleyball captain against the Mountain West Conf.
Big news for Utah: Mike Lee to head Senate energy, natural resources committee
Utah Legislative Session 60 days away
Bills focusing on child abuse: Ritualistic sex abuse bill and False Child abuse claims charges
Legislative work on school security
Utah police move to encrypt their radio from public scanners: Is this good for transparency?

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1 hr 14 min
November 08, 2024Take 2: Post-election analysis
Heidi Hatch
Speaker Mike Schultz -home from celebrating at Mara Lago
Maura Carabello Exoro Group

WINNERS AND LOSERS 2024

Red Wave sweeps the Country

Exit polls show Mormons vote 64% for Trump

Trump support among Hispanic voters and young men up

Utahns who might serve in Trump cabinet

Abortion measures passed in 7 states expanding access

Long lines across Utah on election Night -turnout at 73%

Utah Congressional Races- clean sweep for Republicans

Utah Governor’s Race

Salt Lake County Council races undecided

Utah’s Constitutional Amendments Pass by large margins

Salt Lake county Jail Bond is currently failing

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1 hr 1 min