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Mosquito management, tithing for foreign aid, and more on Behind the Headlines

By Tom Williams
Published May 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM MDT
Wetlands with green and brown plants. A person is driving an ATV.
Francisco Kjolseth
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The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District employee Austin Harp, distributes a dry biological pesticide to kill mosquito larvae for mitigation purposes, southeast of the Great Salt Lake, Thursday, April 10, 2025.

Tribune reporters Emily Anderson Stern and Jose Davila IV join us this week to talk about the latest news, including how scientists manage the Great Salt Lake’s wetlands, one of the most prolific mosquito habitats in the West, Sen. John Curtis' suggestion for foreign aid, and the ban on transgender health care for youth.

Every Friday at 9:00 a.m., stream "Behind the Headlines" at upr.org or tune in to Utah Public Radio for the broadcast. Join the live conversation this week by email to upraccess@gmail.com or Twitter @upraccess.

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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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