State Street
This is the place where Utah politics tastes good. Where the stories are covered in fry sauce and you can boost your civic IQ without all the campaigning, cajoling and cross-talk. This is politics, the Utah way.
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Latest Episodes
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The session is done. 541 bills were passed out of 1,020 pitched. But instead of ending on a bang, like it had in the past, the session ended with a polite "here, here" and a golf clap. -
How much did the state front in the budget? Are lawmakers angling for federal funding? And what's the political will look like? All is answered. -
We’re talking tech (hello, AI!), we’re talking state sovereignty and we’re talking about child safety (two big Utah tentpoles). -
With a Republican supermajority, Utahns hear some pretty common values from politicians. Small government is one of the big ones. But what happens when a state that's all about “local control” steps into the business of its cities? -
It’s been four years since Utah's “Year of Water” at the Legislature, and now the state has its worst snowpack on record. We check in on what lawmakers have done since and what it means for Great Salt Lake. -
Utah's self perception was fundamentally changed by gun violence in 2025 between a protest shooting and the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Does that shift also apply to the laws the Legislature debates? -
The court of State Street is now in session. We ask the Legislature to approach the bench and unpack their arguments for adding more justices to the Utah Supreme Court. -
2025 got all the attention, but the fight over Utah’s congressional map goes all the way back to 2018. And it's likely to overshadow what lawmakers are doing in 2026. -
The first day of Utah's annual General Session is Jan. 20, 2026. Mark your calendars for the first day of the 45-day sprint — and there's a lot to take in the year, all colored by tensions with the courts, redistricting and national political tensions. We're ready. Are you? -
A lot happened in Utah in 2025 since you last heard us — No Kings. Ralph Menzies. Charlie Kirk and... REDISTRICTING. And where was State Street?
