Ten Things You Need to Know Today - February 16, 2012
by Bryan Schott, Managing Editor
02/16/2012 | 779 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend | print
There are 21 days until the final day of the 2012 Legislative Session, 26 days until the Utah Democratic Party Caucus meetings, 28 days until the Utah Republican Party Caucus meetings, 131 days until the Utah Republican Presidential Caucuses and 265 days until the 2012 election.

Senate Majority Leader Scott Jenkins is against a proposed property tax break for military members saying "we give them all kinds of breaks" already [Tribune, Deseret News].

Some lawmakers are openly questioning the way budgets are set for public education [Tribune].

The Utah House approves a bill changing the makeup of environmental regulation boards [Tribune].

Sen. Aaron Osmond want all Utah school children to recite the Pledge of Allegiance [Deseret News]. 

Sen. Orrin Hatch says 95% of the work Planned Parenthood does is abortions. His staff now says Hatch misspoke [Tribune]. 

Rep. Greg Hughes wants to put a non-binding question on the ballot asking Utahns if they would like to hike sales taxes to fund the arts [Utah Policy].

The Jordan School District moves closer to selling advertisements on school buses [Tribune].

Lawmakers are looking at ways to spend Utah's share of the national mortgage settlement [Utah Policy].

Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker agrees to delay a test program that would reduce the number of lanes on Sunnyside Avenue [Tribune, Deseret News].

Student testing is coming to Duchesne county [ABC 4].
Comments
(0)
Comments-icon Post a Comment
No Comments Yet
today's headlines
Comments
(0)
Comments-icon Post a Comment
No Comments Yet
Comments
(0)
Comments-icon Post a Comment
No Comments Yet
Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 7782 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].
Comments
(0)
Comments-icon Post a Comment
No Comments Yet
utah tweets
RSS Feeds
Utah policy stories feed
Policy buzz feed
Daily news highlights feed
Washington watch feed

With support from UtahWebStuff.com