Ten Things You Need to Know Today
by Bryan Schott
05/01/2012 | 587 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
There are 56 days until the Utah Republican Presidential Caucuses and primary elections, 189 days until the 2012 election and 272 days until the start of the 2013 legislative session.

Denise Graham got her back pay from UDOT after she was wrongfully terminated, but she is still squabbling with the agency over attorneys fees [Tribune, Fox 13].

Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker gets rid of the city's Bicycle Advisory Committee [Tribune].

Former Governor and presidential candidate Jon Huntsman speaks at an Envision Utah event [Tribune].

The number of chronically homeless people in Utah is down, but those who are temporarily without shelter is on the rise [Tribune, Deseret News, Daily Herald].

The Legislature's auditor is taking a hard look at the DABC's financial operating system [ABC 4].

Federal regulators sign off on Utah's plan to reduce poor air quality in the state's national parks [Tribune].

Salt Lake County Councilman Randy Horiuchi says he's at 50% following his stroke [Deseret News].

Mexican drug cartels are cultivating marijuana on Utah's public lands [ABC 4].

The Utah Judicial Council votes to allow video cameras in courtrooms [Deseret News].

Federal regulators say they want to take more time to consider public comments before developing a plan for a new Provo River Delta [Tribune].
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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 8123 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Countdown: There are 166 days to the 2013 municipal elections, 249 days until the start of the 2014 Legislature, 525 days until the 2014 midterm elections and 962 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses. 

An analysis says expanding Medicaid coverage will save Utah more than $130 million and would give health insurance to 123,000 residents [Tribune].

A new report ranks Utah #1 for economic outlook next year [Utah Policy, Tribune].

House Majority Leader Brad Dee goes on a European vacation with three lobbyists, but Dee insists the trip was above board because everybody paid their own way and they didn’t discuss politics [Tribune].

Former Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is caught on tape offering to get $2 million for Utah Businessman Darl McBride if he would shut down a website critical of another Utah businessman. That money was to come from a third Utah businessman who was in trouble with the Attorney General’s office [Tribune].

Former Legislator and current blogger Holly Richardson says she’s had enough with the “culture of corruption” permeating the Attorney General’s office [Holly on the Hill].

Sen. Orrin Hatch wants to hear from Utahns who think they have been inappropriately targeted by the IRS as part of his investigation into misconduct by the agency [Tribune].

Kennecott lays off 100 workers because of the massive landslide at their Bingham Canyon Mine [Tribune, Deseret News].

The Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members in their ranks [Deseret News].

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman launches a new political action committee to support Republicans who share his point of view [Tribune].

Gov. Gary Herbert says he is confident the state can work out a deal to avoid taxing the electricity used by the new National Security Agency data center at Camp Williams [Tribune].
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