Politics
6:36 pm
Wed June 19, 2013

Utah House to Investigate John Swallow

The Utah House Republican Caucus voted today to convene the entire body and create an investigative committee to look into the allegations surrounding Utah Attorney General John Swallow. They decided not to start impeachment proceedings at this time.

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Immigration
4:39 pm
Wed June 19, 2013

Utah Poll Bolsters Immigration Reform Efforts

Credit Andrea Smardon
Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) talks with business leaders at Zions Bank about immigration reform.

A recent poll shows that Utahns overwhelmingly support the immigration plan now being debated by the US Senate. But polling experts say the findings should be taken with a grain of salt, since the poll was commissioned by immigration reform advocates.

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Entertainment
3:18 pm
Wed June 19, 2013

NPR Music Radio

Credit All Songs 24/7

Bust out your mobile device and prepare to be entertained 24/7 with these music streams curated by NPR Music. Classical, global beats, jazz, Latin, Celtic, indie, new music...itching for some American roots? There's a stream for that!

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Business & Labor
9:02 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

Salt Lake City Council Okays Property Tax Increase

The Salt Lake City Council approved the city’s $200 million budget yesterday, which includes an $8 million property-tax hike.  The council approved the increase despite Mayor Ralph Becker’s objections. 

Outgoing Councilwoman Jill Remington Love says the city has had to make tough budget decisions in the past few years. Because of a weak economy, rising health care costs and retirement, it’s now dealing with a dire structural deficit. 

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Health Care
4:48 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

Study Shows Air Pollution Raises Risk of Autism

Women who live in areas with polluted air are up to twice as likely to have an autistic child than those living in communities with cleaner air.  That’s according to a new national study from Harvard University published online in Environmental Health Perspectives. KUER’s Andrea Smardon reports on what this might mean for Utah - which has the highest autism rates in the country, and occasionally the worst air quality.

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Environment & Public Lands
2:15 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

DOE Marks a Milestone at Moab Cleanup Site

Credit Alicia Geesman
The Atlas Mill tailings cleanup site in Moab, UT

  The U.S. Department of Energy says it’s moved six million tons of uranium mill tailings off the old Atlas mill site in Moab.  That’s 38-percent of the total, with about ten million tons still to go.

Workers on the site take three months off every winter, but project director Don Metzler says President Obama has proposed an increase in funding to keep them working longer.

 “It would allow us to go for twelve months a year, year-round," Metzler says, "with maybe a two-week vacation just so we could watch the dollars there a little bit.”

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All of the stories surrounding the allegations surrounding Utah Attorney General John Swallow.

-KUER News Pod
12:23 pm
Tue June 18, 2013

KUER News Pod: Tuesday June 18, 2013

A new poll shows that the majority of Utah voters want John Swallow out of office, a man shot while at church is expected to recover, and a program for treating children with Autism in Utah is accepting 35 new applicants.

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