Attack on trans bathroom bill, starter homes, and more on Behind the Headlines

By Tom Williams

Published May 17, 2024 at 3:15 PM MDT

John Dougall, Utah's state auditor and candidate for U.S. Congress, criticizes the Legislature for making him a "bathroom monitor" in video posted to X.

‘Are you the bathroom monitor?’ State Auditor John Dougall films an attack on Utah’s trans bathroom bill in the john. Utah launches an all-out push to build thousands of new ‘starter homes’ that you might be able to afford. And President Biden banned Russian uranium imports; Here’s why Utah will feel that.

Tribune reporters Emily Anderson Stern, Tony Semerad and Anastasia Hufham, join this week to talk about the top stories, including Utah launching an all-out push to build thousands of new ‘starter homes’ that you might be able to afford.

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Tom Williams worked as a part-time UPR announcer for a few years and joined Utah Public Radio full-time in 1996. He is a proud graduate of Uintah High School in Vernal and Utah State University (B. A. in Liberal Arts and Master of Business Administration.) He grew up in a family that regularly discussed everything from opera to religion to politics. He is interested in just about everything and loves to engage people in conversation, so you could say he has found the perfect job as host “Access Utah.” He and his wife Becky, live in Logan.

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