‘Behind the Headlines’: LDS Temple Square plans, developer donations to lawmakers and Navajo water
Salt Lake Tribune reporters discuss the week’s top stories.
(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Temple Square in downtown Salt Lake City is pictured on Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023. A department within The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints developed a plan, now shelved, for overhauling and expanding the faith's premier campus.
Utah lawmakers who approved a luxury ski resort took tens of thousands of dollars in donations from the developer. The Temple Square of tomorrow for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints could transform Salt Lake City’s downtown. And Navajos in San Juan County rely on a church well for water.
Salt Lake Tribune reporters Emily Anderson Stern, Tony Semerad and Leia Larsen join Utah Public Radio’s Tom Williams to talk about the week’s top stories.
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