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Nov 2023
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New Speaker, New Union, and Doing Right ...

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Utah House Republicans elected new leadership this week, and host Ali Vallarta thinks you should put Speaker Mike Schultz’s number in your phone right now. Ali and executive producer Emily Means discuss expectations for Schultz heading into the next legislative session. Plus, unionizing is afoot among University of Utah Health workers, which is perfect timing as a memorial for labor activist Joe Hill is about to be unveiled in Sugar House Park.

Learn more about labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill ahead of the monument unveiling in Sugar House Park. 

Laura Tohe, author of No Parole Today, gives a free virtual lecture on Navajo Code Talkers at Arizona State University.


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