Take 2 Podcast: Who’s running for office, Legislative session wraps up; transgender athletes



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

Utah Sen. Mike Lee Hosts South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul for a fundraiser.
Greg Hughes will MC the event

Evan McMullin officially files to run against Lee as an independent

STATE OF THE UNION: How did President Biden do?
Romney sat with Manchin

NO CONFIDENCE DECLARATION – FORMER PROSECUTORS
Former prosecutors who worked at the Utah County Attorney’s Office under elected County Attorney David Leavitt issue a public declaration of no confidence. They issued the declaration in a formal letter sent to 2News Investigates.

LEGISLATIVE SESSION:

  • Hits and misses? Greg and Maura’s picks
  • Hope Scholarship/vouchers dead
  • All day Kindergarten

The Senate adjourned Thursday without taking up:
Transgender athlete bill now circled: what does that mean?

EDITOR’S NOTE: After this week’s Take 2 podcast was recorded, the Utah Senate and House passed a different version of transgender athlete bill that would ban all transgender students from participating in school sports. Utah Gov. Spencer Cox immediately announced he would veto the bill.

Vaccine passport ban
This hearing got wild with an arrest after a man refused to take off his sticker

HB 440 Salt Lake County needs to pick an overflow shelter, or the state will:
“That’s just one part of House Bill 440, a hefty measure sponsored by Rep. Steve Eliason (R-Sandy) and Sen. Jake Anderegg (R-Lehi) that seeks to lay out the next steps for dealing with homelessness across the state.”