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COVID-19 Updates
KCPW is providing regular updates of the rapidly changing news on the novel coronavirus and its local impact. Check back here for info on cases, health restrictions, and more. Vaccines are currently available to healthcare workers, long-term care facility staff and residents, first responders, and K-12 teachers and school staff, and Utahns age 65 or […]
Extreme winter weather, a second presidential acquittal and more bills on Capitol Hill
Both Sides of the Aisle – Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Sen. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Shireen Ghorbani, former Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the extreme winter weather in the U.S., the second Senate acquittal of former President Donald Trump, Trump’s feud with Senator Majority Leader Mitch […]
Resolution commemorating 2020 election passes Utah House – after significant changes
(KCPW News) A resolution recognizing Utah’s clerks and election workers for their efforts during the 2020 election cleared the Utah House of Representatives on Tuesday, but not before language endorsing vote-by-mail and commemorating the security of the recent election was stripped out. House Concurrent Resolution 11, by Salt Lake Democratic Representative Joel Briscoe, sought […]
Committee endorses extension for Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls task force
(KCPW News) A bill that would extend the life of a state task force on Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) easily cleared a Senate committee on Tuesday. The task force was created during the 2020 legislative session at the urging of the nonprofit group Restoring Ancestral Winds. The group pointed to data […]
Bill that would prohibit transgender girls from competing in girls’ sports passes House committee
On Thursday, the House Education Committee voted to pass a bill that would ban transgender girls from competing in K-12 girls’ sports. Rep. Kera Birkeland, R-Morgan, is sponsoring House Bill 302, which would also bar transgender girls in private schools from competing against public schools. Birkeland says that even though there are currently no transgender […]