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‘Behind the Headlines’: Family seeks sanctuary from deportation, prison costs leap and Utah spends tens of millions on unfinished Lake Powell application

(Scott Sommerdorf  |  The Salt Lake Tribune)  Golden shovels stand in the dirt used during the August groundbreaking ceremony for the next Utah State Prison.

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Golden shovels stand in the dirt used during the August groundbreaking ceremony for the next Utah State Prison.

On the eve of her scheduled deportation, a mother and her two children seek sanctuary at the Unitarian Church in Salt Lake City. The cost estimate of moving the state prison is nearing $700 million — $150 million more than lawmakers originally told the public. And the state spent $33 million to file an unfinished application for the Lake Powell pipeline.

At 9 a.m. Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Paighten Harkins, Emma Penrod and Benjamin Wood, as well as editorial page editor George Pyle, join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories.

Each Friday morning, stream “Behind the Headlines” online at kcpw.org or tune in to KCPW 88.3 FM or Utah Public Radio for the broadcast.

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