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New research from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute shows seven Utah counties don’t have a birthing hospital. Medicaid cuts threaten more rural locations, which could impact the health of moms and infants.
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Alex Hager/KUNC"I was a political casualty," said Ted Cooke, a longtime Arizona water manager. Some policymakers in the Upper Basin quietly expressed concern that he might favor the Lower Basin in negotiations. -
Vanessa Hudson/KUERClasses at Utah Valley University were canceled in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination. Students arrived on Sept. 17 at a solemn campus, one with more security.
Robert Redford passed away in Sundance, Utah, a place he loved because it gave him a sense of peace and a respite from Hollywood. As he put it, “Other people have analysis. I have Utah.” Today on RadioWest, we'll talk about the legacy of Robert Redford, what Utah meant to him and what he meant to Utah.
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Thatcher drew his own map to get people talking. The Utah Legislature will publish its proposed map, after a court voided the current congressional map, on Sept. 25. -
The Trump administration wants to do away with the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Established in 2001, it stopped road construction and logging on national forest lands — including four million acres in Utah. -
State Rep. Grant Miller thinks the simple idea could increase communication and prevent the low-level charges that make up nearly 40% of Salt Lake County jail bookings. -
Prosecutor’s indictment said Robinson allegedly told his parents he did it because “there is too much evil and the guy [Charlie Kirk] spreads too much hate.” -
Redford died “at his home at Sundance in the mountains of Utah — the place he loved, surrounded by those he loved,” publicist Cindi Berger said in a statement. No cause of death was provided. -
Pro-Life Utah executive director Deanna Holland was separated from her 12-year-old son when the single shot that killed Charlie Kirk was fired. But he found help — in what some might consider an unlikely place. -
The Salt Lake, Tooele and Washington county jails hold federal detainees for short periods, including those arrested by ICE. -
This means the lower court’s decision that tossed out Utah’s current congressional maps still stands. -
While slashed budgets, both federally and in-state, have cut other humanities programs in Utah, the Venture Course’s reliance on private funding means it’s still going strong.
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