Ten Things You Need to Know Today - March 30, 2012
by Bryan Schott
03/30/2012 | 527 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
There are 22 days until the Utah Republican and Democratic state conventions, 88 days until the Utah Republican Presidential Caucuses, 221 days until the 2012 election and 304 days until the start of the 2013 legislative session. 

Gov. Gary Herbert defends his veto of the controversial sex-ed bill, saying it was a "solution looking for a problem" [Deseret News, ABC 4, Fox 13].

Herbert also reiterates his stance that healthcare reform should come from the states, not the federal government [Tribune].

GOP delegates have some interesting intra-party battles looming [Utah Policy].

A new study says Utah has the highest rate of autism in the nation [Tribune, Deseret News, Fox 13].

A resolution passed during the 2012 session asks state Senators to submit an informal and secret ballot on whom they support for U.S. Senate. That process is being complicated as a newspaper has filed a GRAMA request to take a look at those [Daily Herald].

Gov. Herbert won a showdown with one of his GOP challengers on the last night of the 2012 session [Tribune]. 

A UDOT employee accused of leaking information is returning to work Monday after winning a wrongful termination case [Tribune, Deseret News].

Environmental activist Tim DeChristopher is removed from isolation after loud and numerous complaints from his supporters [Tribune, Deseret News, Fox 13, ABC 4].

Zions Bank repays $700 million in TARP funding [Tribune]. 

Cottonwood Heights bails on the controversial Tavaci development [Tribune]. 
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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 21388 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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