Twelve Things You Need to Know Today
by Bryan Schott
04/19/2012 | 912 views | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend | print
There are 2 days until the Utah Republican and Democratic state conventions, 68 days until the Utah Republican Presidential Caucuses, 201 days until the 2012 election and 284 days until the start of the 2013 legislative session.

Gary Herbert has raised more than $1.5 million for his re-election campaign. One out of every six dollars raised came from the energy industry [Tribune].

If Orrin Hatch is forced into a primary at Saturday's state convention, a new poll shows he would cruise to an easy victory [Tribune].

Another poll gives Herbert high marks from Utah voters, boosting his chances at another term [Tribune].

Mia Love could be a huge story for the GOP and a nightmare for Democrats [Utah Policy].

Hatch and the Tea Party affiliated group FreedomWorks are demanding apologies from each other as they continue sniping at each other ahead of Saturday's state convention [Tribune].

When nobody attended a GOP caucus meeting in Lehi, party rules allowed Carl Wimmer to pick up an extra delegate [Tribune].

A Utah Foundation study shows this year's crop of delegates are more in line with the majority of Utah voters [Utah Policy].

Sen. Curt Bramble has raised more than six-times as much money as his Republican challenger, Andrew Holmes [Daily Herald].

Oops! A video promoting some Utah GOP candidates for Congress contains some footage of the Occupy SLC protests that was used without permission [Tribune].

Springdale is the first southern Utah town to pass a non-discrimination ordinance that includes protections for gays and lesbians [Deseret News].

Eastern Utah counties call on the feds to keep federal lands open to oil shale exploration [Tribune].

Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker is turning Utah's capitol city a deep shade of green [City Weekly].
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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 6344 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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