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Evening Brief: Dec. 6, 2023

Morning Brief: Dec. 6, 2023

Gov. Spencer Cox (center) announces his proposed FY25 budget in the growing city of West Haven in Weber County with Lt. Gov Deidre Henderson (right) and Governor’s Office of Planning and Budget Executive Director Sophia DiCaro (left), Dec. 5, 2023.

In his new budget, Cox pitches that 35,000 starter homes be built in Utah by 2028

$150 million of the Governor's proposed $29.5 billion state budget would be dedicated to getting more Utahns into the home-buying market.

The plan to build a new highway through the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area near St. George has taken a step back. Environmental advocates, like Conserve Southwest Utah’s Isabel Adler, shown here in a part of the conservation area on Dec. 5, 2023, view the news as a victory.

BLM decision reopens the debate over St. George’s Northern Corridor Highway

The plan to build a new highway through a conservation area near St. George has taken a step back. The Bureau of Land Management is revisiting its formal analysis of the road’s environmental impact after a lawsuit from conservation groups.

Democratic Rep. Brian King at the KUER studios in Salt Lake City, Dec. 4, 2023.

Utah Democratic Rep. Brian King announces a challenge to Gov. Cox

Utah hasn’t had a Democratic governor since Scott M. Matheson served from 1977-1985.

For these land-locked Utahns, no family holiday is complete without the clam dip

KUER listener Rebecca Woolston gave us the recipe for her family’s annual appetizer so you can experience the warm and gooey nostalgia yourself.

Chelsea Goodrich poses for a portrait at a friend's house in Ketchum, Idaho, on Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. Goodrich's father, a popular Idaho dentist and former bishop in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mormon church, was excommunicated after sharing details about his relationship with her when she was a child during a religious confession. Recordings obtained by The Associated Press show that instead of helping prosecutors, the church used a legal playbook that has helped protect itself from sex abuse claims. Goodrich's father is today a free man, and she says she decided to speak out to protect other children.

Recordings show how the LDS Church protects itself from child sex abuse claims

A former LDS bishop whom a top church official said committed “sexual transgression” with his own daughter was excommunicated after making a religious confession. Recordings obtained by The Associated Press show that instead of helping prosecutors, the church used a legal playbook that keeps sex abuse secret.

Oregon State, Washington State, Mountain West agree to 6-game football scheduling in 2024

All 12 Mountain West schools will be involved and Oregon State and Washington State will each play three home games and three road games against members of the conference.

Dec. 8: 2023 EBC Winter Food and Clothing Drive

Join KUER, PBS Utah and the Utah Education Network for our 2023 Winter Food and Clothing Drive on Friday, Dec. 8, from 7:30 a.m.- 6 p.m. at the Eccles Broadcast Center.

The Utah State Capitol is illuminated against the setting sun in Salt Lake City, Nov. 15, 2020.

Salt Lake City keeps growing and it’s got nothing to do with babies

More and more Utahns are having fewer and fewer babies.

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