Twelve Things You Need to Know Today
by Bryan Schott
04/25/2012 | 1079 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend | print
There are 62 days until the Utah Republican Presidential Caucuses, 195 days until the 2012 election and 278 days until the start of the 2013 legislative session.

Mitt Romney wins primary elections in New York, Delaware, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Pennsylvania [Politico].

Bob Bernick tries to make sense of the chaos from Saturday's 2nd Congressional district race at the state GOP convention [Utah Policy].

Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker gives his budget address, expecting revenues to increase [Tribune, Deseret News, Fox 13].

Rep. Jim Matheson says he's not worried about facing Saratoga Springs Mayor Mia Love in November's election [Daily Herald].

Orrin Hatch and Dan Liljenquist's campaigns are already sparring over the number of debates they'll have ahead of June's primary [Utah Policy].

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar says Utah's effort to regain control of public lands away from the feds is nothing more than a political ploy [Tribune].

A group of business and political leaders get behind SkiLink as long as the project is done responsibly [Tribune, ABC 4

A number of environmental organizations blast Utah's efforts to gain control of roads across public lands is costly and a waste of time [Deseret News, ABC 4, KSL]. 

The Alliance for a Better Utah says UDOT executive director John Njord should be fired for playing politics with the firing and reinstatement of wrongly-accused whistleblower Denise Graham [Tribune, KSL, Deseret News].

The Jordan School District now has ads on some school buses [Tribune, Deseret News, Fox 13].

LDS Church leader Z. Craig Zwick used his LDS Church email account to solicit campaign contributions for Mitt Romney [Tribune]. 

The Summit County Health Department is going paperless with restaurant inspections [Park Record]. 
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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 21029 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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