Coming up at 4 pm today on the Rod Arquette Show on Talk Radio 105.9 KNRS, Representative Scott Chew, a Republican who represents Jensen, lives near the border town of Dinosaur, Colorado, which recently had a pot-shop open, and he joins the show to discuss the concerns about having marijuana so easily available so close to the Utah border. Plus, Dr. Dan Cottom, a local surgeon and adviser to the Utah Patients Coalition, the group behind the medical marijuana initiative, joins Rod to discuss how he, and other doctors that are part of the Utah Medical Association, disagree with the association’s stance against the initiative. See below for a full rundown of today’s program.
Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Wednesday, April 11, 2018
4:20 pm: Carrie Mayne, Chief Economist for the Utah Department of Workforce Services, joins the show to discuss a new report that shows Utah’s gender wage gap is the widest in the nation and the reasons for the gap
4:35 pm: Justin Lee, Director of the Utah Elections Office, joins Rod to discuss a pilot program the state will participate in to help protect elections from cybersecurity breaches
5:35 pm: Utah Speaker of the House Greg Hughes joins the show to discuss the decision to enter into a special session to over ride several of Governor Gary Herbert's vetoes of bills that deal with the powers of the legislative branch of state government
6:05 pm: Body Matheson, Opinion Editor of the Deseret News, joins Rod for their weekly conversation about the world of politics
6:20 pm: Representative Scott Chew, a Republican who represents Jensen, lives near the border town of Dinosaur, Colorado, which recently had a pot-shop open, and he joins the show to discuss the concerns about having marijuana so easily available so close to the Utah border
6:35 pm: Dr. Dan Cottom, a local surgeon and adviser to the Utah Patients Coalition, the group behind the medical marijuana initiative, joins Rod to discuss how he, and other doctors that are part of the Utah Medical Association, disagree with the association’s stance against the initiative