The Hinckley Report

The stakes keep ratcheting up.  Judge Kavanaugh and Dr. Ford testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Mia Love and Ben McAdams go negative in their campaigning.  And opinions the proposition on medical marijuana are shifting.   The Salt Lake Tribune’s  Matt Canham, Fox 13 News’ Ben Winslow, and KUTV 2 News’ Heidi Hatch join Jason Perry for this week’s discussion.

On this week’s edition of The Hinckley Report, we discuss the sexual assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh and how it will affect his Supreme Court nomination. We also talk about the 2018 election…races and the discussions around the ballot measures are heating up as we get close to November. KNRS’ Rod Arquette, ABC4 Utah’s Emily Clark, and Fox 13 News’ Max Roth join Jason Perry for this week’s show.

In an hour-long special, The Hinckley Report looks at ballot initiatives in front of Utah Voters this November — Medical Marijuana, Better Boundaries, and Medicaid Expansion.

Politics in Utah didn’t take a summer vacation. Which issues dominated the headlines, what were the major takeaways from the primaries, and how are Utahns reacting to the Kavanaugh confirmation hearings? The Salt Lake Tribune’s Jennifer Napier Pearce, ABC4 Utah’s Glen Mills, and The Deseret News’ Lisa Riley Roche join Jason Perry on this week’s show.

In this special edition of the Hinckley Report, The panel holds discussion on the primary election.  Were there any surprises in the results, what were the contextual issues that drove the races, and what do we have to look forward to for the general election? The Deseret News' Lisa Riley Roche, ABC4's Glen Beeby, and State Rep. Brian King join Jason Perry on this panel.

The Utah GOP statewide convention was long and sometimes bitter.  Rules and bylaws were discussed, then shelved.  Two primary emerged.  What does the convention say about the state of the Utah Republican Party? In the last show of the season, KSL’s Nadine Wimmer, The Exoro Group’s Maura Carabello, and The Salt Lake Tribune’s Matt Canham join Jason Perry to talk about the midterm elections.

The 2018 ballot is coming into focus as political conventions are held and ballot initiative groups submit their signatures. The Legislature will vote on overriding Gov. Herbert’s vetoes in a special session..  The Salt Lake Tribune’s Jennifer Napier-Pearce, The Deseret News’ Boyd Matheson, and Rich McKeown of the Leavitt Partners discuss these and other topics on this week’s Hinckley Report.

Utah campaigns have raised a lot of money in 2018. Where do candidates and initiatives stand?  What is the status of a Utah legislative veto override?  And what to make of the hearings on Facebook. KUER's Julia Ritchey, Fox 13 News' Max Roth, and Stokes Strategies' Spencer Stokes are guests on this week's Hinckley Report.

President Trump demands a wall and a military presence on the US-Mexico border, and blames Democrats for failing to get a deal done on DACA. Ballot initiatives are making their final signature drives. And candidates are trying to woo delegates. ABC4’s Glen Beeby, the Deseret News’ Lisa Riley Roche, and KNRS’s Rod Arquette talk about these topics and more on this week’s Hinckley Report.

Utah students join in the national “March For Our Lives” protests against gun violence. Mitt Romney says DACA recipients shouldn’t be allowed stay in the US legally.  And pundits say that the current political divide is going to destroy our country. The Salt Lake Tribune’s Thomas Burr, the Deseret News’ Jay Evensen, and KUER’s Nicole Nixon are the featured guests on this week’s Hinckley Report.