Coming up at 4 pm today on the Rod Arquette Show on Talk Radio 105.9 KNRS,Angela Stallings, Deputy Superintendent of Policy for the Utah State Board of Education, joins Rod to discuss the suspension of end-of-year testing of students, and how the school year may very well have come to a premature end because of the coronavirus. Plus, Bob Carey, Response and Recovery Bureau Chief for the Utah Division of Emergency Management, joins the program to discuss why he says Wednesday’s earthquake should act as a wake-up call for all Utah residents. See below for a full rundown of today’s program.
Rod Arquette Show Daily Rundown - Friday, March 20, 2020
4:05 pm: Utah tax attorney Jordan Wilcox joins the show to give us the details on the federal government's decision to now extend both the filing and tax payment deadlines for an extra 90 days
4:20 pm: Angela Stallings, Deputy Superintendent of Policy for the Utah State Board of Education, joins Rod to discuss the suspension of end-of-year testing of students, and how the school year may very well have come to a premature end because of the coronavirus
4:35 pm: Beaver County Commissioner Mark Whitney is one of a number of rural Utah leaders to sign a letter to Governor Gary Herbert expressing concern about an overreaction to the coronavirus outbreak and he joins the show to discuss their concerns
5:05 pm: Bob Carey, Response and Recovery Bureau Chief for the Utah Division of Emergency Management, joins the program to discuss why he says Wednesday’s earthquake should act as a wake-up call for all Utah residents
6:05 pm: Peter Reichard, President of the Utah Foundation, experienced Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans firsthand and joins Rod for a conversation about how Utah can work to recover from the earthquake and the coronavirus
6:20 pm: Former Utah Attorney General John Swallow, who resigned from the position in 2013 amid charges of public corruption and was acquitted of those charges in 2017, has decided to run for the office again and he joins Rod to discuss his candidacy
6:35 pm: iHeartRadio aviation expert Jay Ratliff joins the program to discuss whether airlines will start grounding flights as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, and passenger rights given the situation
6:50 pm: Tim Olson, Associate Director for Field Operations for the Census Bureau joins the show to discuss the challenges the bureau faces in conducting the count during the pandemic