Ten Things You Need to Know for Tuesday
by Bryan Schott
07/31/2012 | 670 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
There are 98 days until the 2012 election and 181 days until the start of the 2013 legislative session.

Lobbyists are taking advantage of a loophole in Utah's reporting law that allows them to spend on Utah lawmakers who are attending conferences without reporting those expenses [Tribune].

Utah's Democratic party is at odds with a proposed plank in the national platform supporting same-sex marriage [Fox 13]. 

The Utah Republican party opens a call center to support Mia Love's bid to unseat Jim Matheson in November [Deseret News].

Democrat Scott Howell hits Orrin Hatch's claim that Democrats are moving to raise taxes on all Americans [Deseret News].

A prominent Republican and Democrat in the Cache Valley say the race between Gary Herbert and Peter Cooke will be a close one [Cache Valley Daily].

Senate Republicans block action on the confirmation of all federal judges until after the November elections [Tribune].

 

Utah's DABC hikes the markup on booze in the state, but does not give employees a pay raise [Tribune]. 

As the Outdoor Retailers show opens in Salt Lake City, organizers are still considering moving the trade show from Utah [Fox 13, Deseret News]. 

More Utahns are finishing their college degrees, but women still lag behind [Deseret News]. 

Utah has the most natural gas fueling stations per capita in the nation [Standard-Examiner]. 
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 | 8536 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