Rep. McAdams talks Affordable Care Act, Medicare for All at health care conference.
Once he explained his concerns about potential Russian meddling in the U.S. 2020 presidential election, McAdams deftly redirected the conversation back to health care.
Salt Lake County D.A. says new hate crimes law will tell vulnerable communities, ‘You are seen.’
For his part, Gill says he’s a progressive who has long advocated for criminal-justice reform. “But I also believe in a measure of justice. And sometimes justice requires us to see and bear witness to the crime that’s occurring before us, and articulate it as such,” he says.
State and city leaders break ground on SLC’s newest supportive housing complex and honor longtime homeless advocate Pamela Atkinson.
“The governor knows how important housing is, the mayor knows, the lieutenant governor knows … the Legislature knows, and they apologized profusely at the end of the session that they took out $24 million,” Atkinson said.
Local officials react to LDS church’s amendment of policy regarding children of LGBTQ parents.
Signaling “a new era,” Dabakis asked listeners to look on the bright side. “This is a change. This must have been hard, this must have been difficult, and I’m appreciative of it,” he mused.
“The thing with hate crimes is that there are two victims: the person that was harmed, and the community they represent,” Derek Kitchen, the only openly gay member of the Legislature, said.
Get ready to rumble—the primary is fast approaching.
Assuming we survive the lunacy, we’ll be there to cover the race between the top two vote-getters, culminating in the November municipal election. But first, the primary.
Biskupski unveils a plan she hopes will foster collaboration and conversation among district officials and city police.
The legislation’s sponsor, Rep. Sandra Hollins, D-Salt Lake City, delivered a short address on how this agreement could dismantle the school-to-prison pipeline.
