Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
07/27/2012 | 684 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
There are 102 days until the 2012 election and 185 days until the start of the 2013 legislative session.

British Prime Minister slams Salt Lake City in response to Mitt Romney's criticism of the 2012 London Olympics. Utah politicians respond [Tribune, Deseret News].

A number of participants at the ALEC conference in Salt Lake City support Utah's efforts to gain control of federal lands in the state [Tribune].

A new survey says 80% of those who know Romney is a Mormon are comfortable with that [Tribune, Deseret News].

The Utah Supreme Court will decide whether a citizen-backed ethics initiative will appear on November's ballot [Deseret News, KUTV].

A Facebook page for "Republicans for Ben McAdams" features the GOP elephant logo prompting GOP lawyers to send a cease and desist letter [Tribune].

The high court will also soon rule whether non-binding resolutions backed by citizens instead of the legislature can go on the ballot [Tribune, Deseret News].

Rep. Jason Chaffetz sponsors a measure to allow some foreign-born entrepreneurs to gain U.S. citizenship by opening a business here [Tribune]. 

Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank is coming to Salt Lake City next weekend to participate in a panel discussion following a reading of a play about California's Prop. 8 [Tribune]. 

Background checks for gun purchases in Utah jump following the shootings in a Colorado movie theater [Daily Herald, ABC 4]. 

Revenues from sales taxes in Provo climb 6.4% [Daily Herald]. 
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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 7382 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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