Thursday February 2, 2023

Utah’s bigger cities have more money to address homelessness. It came from the legislature last year and can be spent on outreach and services for unhoused people, or on cops. But as Eric Peterson of the Utah Investigative Journalism project found, almost all of it went to funding police officers. Plus, a coalition of community members in our region is working with doctors from the Indian Health Service to provide medical support for the unhoused. And later, health officials in the Rocky Mountain region are urging people to get their homes tested for radon, a gas that is the leading cause of lung cancer in non-smokers.

// Show Notes:

// The Utah Investigative Journalism Project: Utah set aside $10M for homelessness. Instead of services, cities tapped it for police
https://www.utahinvestigative.org/utah-set-aside-10m-for-homelessness-instead-of-services-cities-tapped-it-for-police/

// Utah DEQ Radon
https://deq.utah.gov/waste-management-and-radiation-control/radon/radon-program