KSL at Night: 4-18-2024

Host: Taylor Morgan

Holly Richardson discusses the impact of negative campaigning

Utah’s Senate Republican primary is getting quite feisty. Over the last week a political action committee has been sending negative ads targeting Senate candidates Rep. John Curtis and Riverton Mayor Trent Staggs. What’s going on? Holly Richardson, Editor of Utah Policy, joins Taylor in a discussion about the impact of negative campaigning.

Rep. John Curtis explains why he’s challenging the new BLM rule

The Bureau of Land Management published a rule today that drastically changes the way Utahns can manage their own public lands, and Rep. John Curtis is challenging it. He joins Taylor to explain why and what he’s doing to stop it from taking effect.

Brigham Tomco dives into Gov. Cox’s latest TED Talk

Gov. Spencer Cox recently took the stage in Vancouver to share his TED Talk as a part of his ‘Disagree Better” campaign. Brigham Tomco, Political Reporter for the Deseret News who covers Utah’s congressional delegation, the governor and state legislature for the politics team, joins Taylor to discuss some of the highlights of the speech.

Utah State Board of Education race: Amanda Bollinger

Now that Natalie Cline has been eliminated from the state school board race by Salt Lake County Republican delegates, there’s only one Republican candidate remaining. Amanda Bollinger, GOP candidate for the Utah State Board of Education, joins Taylor to walk us through what the job will look like if she does win the election in November.

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