Hugo Rikard-Bell
Politics ReporterHugo is one of KUER’s politics reporters and comes to us from the ABC Northern Territory in Australia where he covered rural affairs and politics. He earned a bachelor’s degree in agricultural science from the University of Adelaide and spent half a decade working as a ranch hand across Australia. He became a journalist to see the world a bit which landed him in Salt Lake City, Utah! When he’s not in the news room you can find him in his garage tinkering on one of his bikes.
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Salt Lake County wants to raise property taxes by almost 15 percent in 2026, much to the frustration of residents. A group has filed a petition for a referendum that would block the tax increase. -
Based on a simple Bolognese recipe, we wanted to know if you could do organic on a budget. In the end, that might be a quest that becomes a gateway to gardening. -
The Utah Attorney General's Office is prosecuting online child abuse crimes at double the rate in 2025 compared to previous years. Defense lawyers are concerned that child sex abuse material is too available on the mainstream internet. -
Brick Williams dice que su seguro médico mensual se duplicará o incluso más si no se extienden los créditos fiscales de la Ley de Cuidado de Salud a Bajo Precio. No tener seguro no es una opción porque necesita un medicamento costoso dos veces al mes. -
Brick Williams says his monthly health insurance will more than double if Affordable Care Act tax credits aren’t extended. Going without insurance isn’t an option because he requires an expensive medication twice a month.
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Gov. Spencer Cox said this year's budget was tight, but he carved out $25 million in one-time money plus an ongoing $20 million for Utah’s new approach to homelessness that aligns with a Trump executive order. -
El mismo día en que NPR transmitió una entrevista nacional con el gobernador Spencer Cox, él reiteró sus preocupaciones sobre la polarización política y rechazó las especulaciones sobre su futuro político. -
A proposal from the Cicero Institute suggests using a portion of Utah's opioid settlement funds to invest in the homeless campus. Organisations that work in harm reduction are skeptical and say this is not what that money is intended for. -
On the same day that NPR aired a national interview with Gov. Spencer Cox, he reiterated his worries about political polarization and batted aside speculation about his political future.
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A House bill from the last legislative session required the Division of Air Quality to assess whether a Permit by Rule process could be applied to additional Utah industries to reduce lengthy approval times. -
Utah is known around the country as an adoption tourism state. Now, new amendments to old laws are being drafted for the upcoming legislative session. -
Even though the government shutdown is over, the health care subsidies at the heart of it are still in limbo. Now, prices could double for millions of Americans and hundreds of thousands of Utahns.
