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Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Greg Hughes, Maura Carabello UTAH IS DONE WITH DAILY COVID UPDATES 50+ Can now get another booster 6 and under may be approved from COVID vaccine soon – Moderna seeking approval New CDC report: 37% of HS students report poor mental health during pandemic 44% felt persistently hopeless 1 in 5 … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: Daily COVID-19 updates, marijuana, vote on ins...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Greg Hughes, Maura Carabello Utah Legislature Veto override vote on transgender sports Bill Veto override session Friday 1:00 p.m. Two-thirds of lawmakers in both the House and Senate must approve overriding the governor’s action for it to take effect. Special Session immediately following called by Governor Utah Legislature will set up … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast:...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Greg Hughes, Maura Carabello Happy Daylight Saving Week Senate votes unanimously on Monday to make Daylight Saving permanent. House gives the bill a pass on Thursday RNC no longer considering Salt Lake as 2024 Host City RNC may have a chance in 2028 Utah COVID numbers keep falling along with hospitalizations … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: Daylight Saving Time, SLC no...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Maura Carabello & State Senator Kirk Cullimore Utah Gas prices hit record high: The cost of a gallon of gas in Utah broke the state’s record Thursday. According to AAA, the average cost for a gallon of regular gas was $4.30, jumping approximately 10 cents from Wednesday. White House calls it “Putin’s … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: Utah gas prices, GOP caucus, Ukraine...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Maura Carabello & Greg Hughes Filing Deadline 5pm Friday: Who’s in, who’s out and who is running for a different office? LINK: All but 8 Utah legislators file to run for re-election All but 8 Utah legislators file to run for re-election https://t.co/u8akiZMpx9 — Heidi Hatch KUTV (@tvheidihatch) March 5, 2022 … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: Who’s running for office, Leg...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Maura Carabello & Greg Hughes WAR IN UKRAINE: Update on missile strikes/reported deaths Oil Independence– gas prices are already high- is it time to re-open the Keystone pipeline and drilling on Utah lands? Biden takeaways: Won’t talk to Putin Putin not kicked out of SWIFT Won’t comment on China Oligarchs and … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: War in Ukraine, legislative...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Maura Carabello & Greg Hughes Governor Cox says state is moving to “steady state” model: March 31st the state will pivot to treating COVID as a seasonal virus in terms of tracking and testing as cases and hospitalizations drop. Cox signs on to letter addressing Canadian Trucker Protest: Cox joins 15 other Republican … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: COVID-19 ‘steady stat...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Maura Carabello, Exoro Group & John Dougall, State Auditor Clean Slate Law goes into effect: Passed in 2019 delayed by pandemic Individuals must remain conviction-free for five to seven years (depending on the level of the offense) to qualify. Covered offenses include misdemeanor A drug possession, most misdemeanor B, and C … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: Clean Slate L...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Greg Hughes, Maura Carabello RNC meeting in Salt Lake City vote to Censure Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger Olympics Underway, will you be watching? China will be tracking everyone, and what you say against you an and will be held against you under Chinese law. Romney: Washington Post Interview MR. ROMNEY: “Well, the … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: RNC meeting, education...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Greg Hughes, Maura Carabello Energy drink of choice to get through life or the Utah Legislative session Inspired by Rep. Angela Romero. Rep. @cory_maloy you are the best! #zipfizz pic.twitter.com/m6xrfZ4FEc — Angela Romero (@RepAngelaRomero) January 28, 2022 Utah Senate passes income tax cut; House plans to add to it NOW: @BradWilsonGOP … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast:...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Greg Hughes, Maura Carabello 2022 State of the State Address In his second State of the State address, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox denounces election lies and urges unity. In his annual state of the state address, Gov. Cox touched on the predictable themes of COVID-19, education, and affordability, but he also … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: 2022 State of the State address,...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Greg Hughes, Maura Carabello MLK DAY Students statewide out of school today, many will be for the entire week. Today, we honor the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.#MLKDay pic.twitter.com/KkmqfE0jqi — Utah State Athletics (@USUAthletics) January 17, 2022 Utah Legislature allows school districts to move to online learning as … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: M...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Greg Hughes, Maura Carabello Omicron cases soar post holidays record case counts this week. Rudy Gobert tests positive again- It’s like 2020 all over again Sundance Film Festival Canceled Warnings from health departments to mask up Salt Lake and Summit County Issue mask mandates Breakthrough cases now close to 50/50 US … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: Omicron surge, Jan...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Greg Hughes, Maura Carabello School Threats in Utah A Long week of threats ends with student arrested after bringing gun to school at East High. Why is this happening and how do we fix it? Is this a side effect of the pandemic? Biden Build Back Better Plan: Where are we? … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: School threats, failing municipal equality ratings → See Privacy Po...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Greg Hughes, former Speaker of the House, and current Minority Leader Rep. Brian King UT HD 28 Utah Legislative Audits Lt. Gov. Henderson defends election system as Utah lawmakers move ahead with audit Legislative audit of Utah prison system healthcare called ‘troubling’ Inadequate medical care in the Utah State prison system … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: 2022 Budget...

Special Wednesday Podcast Episode Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Maura Carabello, Greg Hughes US blocks travel from Africa- tightens restrictions on people entering the US. Do travel bans like this work? Tuesday the Netherlands reported finding Omicron in samples dating back at least 11 days. Is the newest cat out of the bag? Courts block two … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: Omicron variant, new trav...

Host Heidi Hatch, 2News Anchor Guests: Maura Carabello, Exoro Group Greg Hughes former, Utah Speaker of the House Rittenhouse Verdict:  Was Justice Served? Federal Human Infrastructure “Build Back Better” vote Thursday night. CBO estimates that enacting this legislation would result in a net increase in the deficit totaling $367 billion over the 2022-2031 period, not … Continue reading Take 2 Podc...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Greg Hughes Maura Carabello Special Session Bail Reform: Bi-partisan roundtable deal Greg Hughes worked as a lobbyist on the issue Utah Redistricting Legislators pass new maps with veto proof majority. Cogressiona map splits Salt Lake County into 4 districts. Utah’s 4th Congressional District R +31 Governor said he will not VETO, admitted … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Senator Kirk Cullimore Maura Carabello- Exoro Group Take 2 October 29th 2024 SLC National Convention Bid: 2012 and 2016 were lost, do we have a chance this time around? Did the 2020 VP Debate win us any political brownie points? Representative Christiansen steps down from the Legislature and his day job … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: 2024 National Convention; Mitt Rom...

Host: Heidi Hatch Guests: Greg Hughes – Former Utah House Speaker now registered lobbyist Maura Carabello – Exoro Group Salt Lake police response times: Chief Mike Brown hiring civilians to respond to low priority calls. Many are retired officers. He sites parking, noise complaints. Are these calls really low risk? Aaron Lowe’s shooting and death … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: Police response...

Guests: Maura Carabello – President and Owner of The Exoro Group Greg Hughes – Former Utah Speaker of the House- businessman and lobbyist Biden brings Bears Ears and Grand Stair Case Escalante back to full size Congressional Delegation Reaction: “President Biden is delivering a devastating blow to the ongoing efforts by our delegation, along with … Continue reading Take 2: Bears Ears, Grand Stairc...

Guests: Maura Carabello – President and Owner of The Exoro Group Greg Hughes – Former Utah Speaker of the House- businessman and lobbyist Government Shutdown averted, but not for long: Congress needs to fund the government, deal with the debt ceiling and decide if it will push through POTUS $3.4 trillion-dollar human infrastructure package or … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: Government shutdown...

Guests: Maura Carabello – President and Owner of The Exoro Group Greg Hughes – Former Utah Speaker of the House- businessman and lobbyist Gabby Petito Case brings up other missing person cases: Is there really a “missing white woman syndrome?” High profile and diverse cases in Utah:  Elizabeth Salgado case in 2015: 26-year old’s body found … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: Is there really a ‘miss...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) – In this week’s Take 2 Podcast, host Heidi Hatch speaks to founder and resident of The Exoro Group, Maura Carabello, and former Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes. They’ll talk about the initial rejection of the COVID-19 booster shot for all, and approval for older Americans and those at … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: COVID-19 booster, federal vaccine requirement, fer...

In this week’s Take 2 Podcast, host Heidi Hatch speaks to former Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes, and former Salt Lake mayoral candidate David Ibarra about the vaccine order President Joe Biden spoke about earlier in the week. They’ll also talk about Utah County Attorney David Leavitt’s decision to no longer seek the … Continue reading Take 2 Podcast: Pres. Biden’s vaccine mandate, Utah Coun...