The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour — This week on the program, we are airing a candidate conversation with the major party nominees running to represent Utah’s 4th U.S. Congressional District—Democratic incumbent Rep. Ben McAdams and Republican challenger Burgess Owens. This week’s conversation is part of Informed Decisions 2020, a collaboration between the Hinckley Institute of […]

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Informed Decisions 2020: Candidate Conversations — Utah’s 4th Congressional District

On “In the Hive,” we’re continuing our conversations with candidates for statewide office. Today it’s incumbent Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes. He responds to some questions raised last week by his Democratic opponent, attorney Greg Skordas, and makes his pitch for reelection. Later in the show, Utah Elections Director Justin Lee talks about the ins […]

The Candidates: Utah’s Republican Attorney General seeks reelection

Declaring Utah’s continuing surge of coronavirus cases “unacceptable,” Gov. Gary Herbert announced the state will abandon its previous color codes for a new strategy that ties restrictions to local case numbers and testing rates. Starting Tuesday, each county will receive a weekly rating of high, moderate or low “level of transmission,” depending on its rate […]

Utah’s new pandemic strategy, constitutional amendments explained, and Sen. Romney‘s lament on the state of political discourse

Both Sides of the Aisle — Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Emily Hase, Chair of the Salt Lake County Democratic Party. They discuss ballots arriving in mailboxes, Sen. Romney’s statement on Washington D.C.’s disfunction, Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s SCOTUS confirmation hearings in the Senate, President […]

Mail-in ballots arriving, Supreme Court confirmation hearings and Utah’s new COVID-19 restrictions

This past week, Utah hosted the only vice presidential debate of the 2020 election; a new poll found President Trump has a ten point lead over Joe Biden in the Beehive State; Sen. Mike Lee took aim at “rank democracy” on Twitter; and coronavirus columnist Andy Larsen fact-checked a viral social media post. Recap these […]

The VP debate, a presidential poll, a senator’s comments on ‘rank democracy,’ and fact-checking coronavirus misinformation 

This week, and next, on “In the Hive,” we feature conversations with candidates for statewide office. Today it’s the Democratic candidates for Governor and Attorney General of Utah. Attorney and law professor Chris Peterson finds fault in the pandemic response led by his opponent in the gubernatorial contest, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox. Among other things, […]

Candidates for statewide office: the Democrats

Both Sides of the Aisle — Natalie Gochnour is joined on The Right by Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, and on The Left by Emily Hase of the Salt Lake County Democratic Party. They discuss the absence of Shireen Ghorbani, the Vice Presidential Debate, Sen. Kamala Harris’ visit to This is the Place monument, what to look for […]

The vice presidential debate and President Trump’s COVID-19 diagnosis

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour — This week on the program, we are airing a candidate conversation with the major party nominees running to represent Utah’s 2nd U.S. Congressional District—Democratic challenger Kael Weston and Republican incumbent Rep. Chris Stewart. This week’s conversation is part of Informed Decisions 2020, a collaboration between the Hinckley Institute of Politics […]

Informed Decisions 2020: Candidate Conversations — Utah’s Second Congressional District

This week in Utah news: This week’s other debate between the two candidates vying to become Utah’s next governor focused mostly on education funding and the coronavirus response. Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and Democratic challenger Chris Peterson both supported increasing public school investments in Utah, but they did not agree on current policies on schooling […]

Utah’s coronavirus response audited and the state’s new jobs program

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, Salt Lake County Council member. They discuss the first presidential debate between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, Trump’s direction to “stand back and stand by” to Proud […]

First presidential debate, Trump’s tax returns and Utah’s gubernatorial debate

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour — This week on the program, we are airing a candidate conversation with the major party nominees running to be Utah’s next governor—Democratic nominee and University of Utah law professor Chris Peterson and Republican nominee Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox. Today’s conversation is part of Informed Decisions 2020, a collaboration between […]

Informed Decisions 2020: Candidate Conversation’s — Utah Governor’s Race

A new record high number of new coronavirus cases were reported on Thursday, as Utah’s rate of new diagnoses continued to skyrocket, along with hospitalizations. For the past seven days, Utah has averaged 916 new positive test results per day — up from Wednesday’s average of 876 and far exceeding July’s top week-long average of […]

Utah’s record high coronavirus case count, Mitt Romney’s SCOTUS decision, the police shooting of a 13-year-old boy, and a controversial Book Cliffs highway plan

On this episode of “In the Hive,” we have a conversation with former GOP state lawmaker Steve Urquhart, who served 16 years in the Utah legislature. Urquhart had a falling out with his party, and with his church, over the stance both took when it came to equal protections for LGBTQ people. After finally getting a […]

Former GOP lawmaker’s new project? Starting a mushroom-based religion

Hinckley Institute Radio Hour — This week on the program, we air a discussion on healthcare disparities in the United States and in Utah. In our nation and state, affordability, accessibility and quality of care individuals receive vary dramatically based on socioeconomic status, race, geography, gender identity, and more. Our panelists address how these inequalities came about, […]

Healthcare Disparities

Utah sees a big spike in coronavirus cases, with a whopping 911 new cases on Thursday. How children transmit the virus and what we know about Utah’s school outbreaks. What polling says about the 4th District congressional race. And Sen. Mike Lee tries to downplay the role of climate change in this year’s devastating wildfires […]

Utah’s coronavirus spike, a Twitter tussle in the 4th District race, and Sen. Mike Lee downplays climate change’s link to wildfires

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