The Hinckley Report

Education highlights Utah's upcoming session. President-elect Trump holds his first press conference. What was the Utah Fallout? Utah's congressional delegation tackles issues ranging from the Antiquities Act to term limits nationally, medical marijuana locally.

President Obama designates Bears Ears a National Monument in spite of requests not to do so from Utah’s political leaders.  Obamacare is on the brink, and new Salt Lake City homeless center sites that are proposed around the valley are stirring up controversy.

2016 will go down as a memorable year in Utah politics: Utah’s roll in Trump’s surprising win, Misty Snow’s historic run, and a hacking scandal from Russia.  And what will come in 2017?

The CIA announced that Russia likely tried to aid Trump’s election through hacks.  Governor Herbert and two Utah Congressmen hold a press conference on National Monument Designation, specifically Bears Ears.  And the Utah Legislative session is weeks away.

Romney and Huntsman are considered for Secretary of state.  Trump’s other cabinet members, Ben Carson for HUD, Scott Pruitt for the EPA, signals how Trump will lead.  Governor Herbert’s a budget has an emphasis on Education spending.

President Trump’s cabinet takes shape, with faces both familiar and unexpected.  The Green party is pursuing a recount in Wisconsin, and Hillary Clinton signs on.  Utah’s final election results are released, with several close races but little change on Capitol Hill.

In a special edition of The Hinckley Report, guest host Morgan Lyon Cotti leads the panel on issues of gender in politics.  How did Hillary Clinton’s run help blaze a trail for women?  How did her loss hold it back?  Why did she fail to win a majority of some groups of women?  And what about at the state level…what can be done to get more women involved?

The Trump Transition shows fractures in both Republican and Democratic parties…the GOP’s by cabinet choices and the Dems due to winning the popular vote but losing the electoral college.  President Obama asks for a smooth transition while undercutting President-Elect Trump about following rule of law.  And in statewide races, some are still to be sorted out while some had only one candidate.  What does this election say about Utah?

A surprising finish to the 2016 election with Donald Trump's victory. Evan McMullin is not as much of a spoiler as he hoped to be. What does all this mean for Utahns?  Utah re-elects its Republican incumbents to the most prominent positions.  What can Democrats do to be challengers statewide?

Clinton, Trump, and the FBI: the email scandal comes back, putting director James Comey in a spotlight he doesn’t normally see.  Did he do the right thing?  What will come from his actions?  Also, Trump lashes out at McMullin, and the panel predicts the Presidential and Utah’s big political races.