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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 contemplated suicide
SIGNATURE THRESHOLDS MET
- Sen. Mike Lee and Ally Isom make it to 28k signatures. Becky Edwards is close with less than 1k still needed.
PARTY AFFILIATION CHANGE DEADLINE HAS COME AND GONE: March 31st
- Who’s party is it anyway?
COUNTY GOP CONVENTIONS UNDERWAY
- Trends we are seeing. Davis, Box Elder, Morgan, Weber, Chache, Piute, Millard, Emery, Juab
- Steve Handy a moderate lost to Trevor Lee, more conservative – Davis County Convention
US HOSUSE PASSES LEGALIZATION OF MARIJUANA
US HOUSE PASSES BILL TO CAP INSULIN COSTS AT $35
- Only 12 Republicans voted with Dems
Today, all four of Utah's House members voted against capping the cost of insulin.
Nearly 200,000 Utahns have diagnosed diabetes, and they are forced to pay thousands of dollars for life-saving insulin.
This vote is a slap in the face to them and their families.#utpol pic.twitter.com/yv2qMI0kCA
— Utah Democratic Party (@UtahDemocrats) March 31, 2022
- The Senate has its own bi-partisan Bill
- Some states already have caps
- Should Congress set prices- is there a better way or has Big Pharma failed?