Transgender sports, Dixie State name change, gun control and historic Native American nominee on ‘Behind the Headlines’
Join Salt Lake Tribune journalists on KCPW’s weekly news roundup.
(Graeme Jennings/Pool via AP) Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaks during a Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary, Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington.
A bill that would bar transgender girls from K-12 girls sports stalls in a Utah Senate committee. A measure to allow a name change for Dixie State University appears to have life again. A House committee advances a proposal to block cities and counties from creating gun regulations. And Deb Haaland is poised to become the first Native American to head a Cabinet department.
At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Brian Maffly and Taylor Stevens, along with news columnist Robert Gehrke, join KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about the week’s top stories.
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