Podcast
State Street
Hosted by KUER · EN
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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Utah avoids spice, opts for a meat and potatoes session
Mar 900:18:52Tap to summarizeThe session is done. 540 bills were passed out of 1,020 pitched. But instead of ending on a bang, as it had in the past, the session ended with a polite "here, here" and a golf clap.
Transcribe →Utah’s big swing on homelessness comes with a big price tag
Mar 200:17:26Tap to summarizeHow 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.
Transcribe →The White House twists Utah’s AI arm
Feb 2300:21:54Tap to summarizeWe’re talking tech (hello, AI!), we’re talking state sovereignty and we’re talking about child safety (two big Utah tentpoles).
Transcribe →Small government, bigger Utah
Feb 1600:18:07Tap to summarizeWith 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?
Transcribe →Water, water, somewhere, but drops for Great Salt Lake
Feb 900:18:17Tap to summarizeIt’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.
Transcribe →Will Kirk and No Kings reshape Utah’s right to bear arms?
Feb 200:18:10Tap to summarizeUtah'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?
Transcribe →All rise, for Utah Supreme Court reforms
Jan 2600:16:51Tap to summarizeThe 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.
Transcribe →The ballad of Utah redistricting
Jan 1900:17:00Tap to summarize2025 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.
Transcribe →Get ready, State Streeters! Utah lawmakers get back to work in a week
Jan 1200:02:49Tap to summarizeThe 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?
Transcribe →New faces. New host. Who dis?
Dec 800:09:56Tap to summarizeA lot happened in Utah in 2025 since you last heard us — No Kings. Ralph Menzies. Charlie Kirk and... REDISTRICTING. And where was State Street?
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