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 inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, the new administration’s promise of unity, Donald Trump’s refusal to attend the […]

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The inauguration of President Biden and Governor Cox’s plan for Utah

On Wednesday, the Business, Economic Development and Labor Appropriations committee heard testimony to further expand a statewide student apprenticeship program that seeks to give high school students credit for workforce experience. House Bill 68 passed during the 2020 session, but had its funding pulled back during a special session last year. Ben Hart, Executive Director […]

Legislative committee examines expanding student apprenticeship program

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: December 2, 2020) — This week on the program, we air a panel on the push to remove monuments and statues linked to the history of racism and colonialism in the United States. While the issue has deep roots in American discourse, this year’s countrywide demonstrations over racial and […]

Monumental Racism

(KCPW News) The bells of the Utah State Capitol rang out on Tuesday afternoon to honor victims of the coronavirus pandemic. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox ordered the bells in the Capitol cupola to ring 15 times to honor the more than 1,500 Utahns who have died of COVID-19 since March 2020. “We will never forget […]

Bells toll at Utah Capitol in remembrance of COVID-19 victims

The Utah Legislature kicked off its 45-day session on Tuesday. While members of the public are currently not permitted inside the state capitol due to pandemic restrictions and fears of civil unrest, lawmakers in attendance donned face masks and members of the House of Representatives were divided by plexiglass.  Opening ceremonies heralded the beginning of […]

Utah Legislature commences work amid pandemic concerns and fears of unrest

Utah’s all-GOP House delegation calls President Donald Trump’s second impeachment a mistake that will divide the nation. Huge demand for vaccines causes the Salt Lake County Health Department’s scheduling website to crash. And the CEO of a Utah pharmacy is charged with importing a controversial COVID-19 medication in falsely labeled shipments from an unapproved drug provider in China. At 9 […]

Trump impeachment, vaccine glitches and an intriguing drug case

This week on “In the Hive,” the first in a series of conversations we’ll be having about police reforms under consideration at the 2021 Utah legislative session. At the peak of this past year’s summer of protests, Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill unveiled a number of policy reform ideas relating to law enforcement’s […]

Salt Lake County DA Sim Gill on police reform proposals at the legislature

The storming of the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob calls into question the stability of America’s democracy. Two members of Utah’s congressional delegation vote to object to the will of the American people as expressed through the presidential election, even as Sen. Mitt Romney remains steadfast in his defense of democratic norms. And Utah welcomes a new […]

Capitol assault, electoral endgame and Utah’s new governor

(KCPW News) Republican Spencer Cox became the State of Utah’s 18th governor on Monday during a sweeping ceremony at the Tuacahn Center For the Arts in Ivins, Utah. During his inaugural address, Cox said that America “is facing a crisis of empathy; a scourge of contempt.” “Very little feels ‘United’ about the United States today,” Cox […]

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox on the storming of the U.S. Capitol and Utah’s pandemic response so far

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 takeover of the U.S. Capitol Building by right-wing rioters, President Trump’s role in instigating the insurrection, what this means for our government, […]

The storming of the U.S. Capitol and a Democratic-controlled Senate

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: November 25, 2020) — This week on the program, we air a panel on the factors that shape our public health policy, how politics have irreparably impacted our response to the COVID-19 pandemic and how we can improve public health now and in the future. The United States passed 12 […]

Public Policy and the Politics of Pandemics

Utah in 2020 will be forever defined by the coronavirus pandemic. But it was also a year of protest and social upheaval, of a contentious, divisive election, of an earthquake, a windstorm, an impeachment trial and even a mysterious monolith. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune senior managing editor Matt Canham, managing editor […]

Looking back at a momentous 2020

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. For the last three weeks of 2020, we will be getting to know our hosts better. This week, Dan and Natalie ask Shireen about her upbringing […]

The Political Left

The Hinckley Institute Radio Hour (Original Air Date: September 9, 2020) —This week on the program, the 6th annual HIP Talks, a two-minute speech-giving competition held last spring at the University of Utah. The Hinckley Institute sponsors this university-wide speech contest in conjunction with the Associated Students of the University of Utah (ASUU) in honor of […]

2020 HIP Talks Finale

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. For the last three weeks of 2020, we will be getting to know our hosts better. This week, Shireen and Natalie ask Dan about his upbringing, […]

The Political Right

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