Ten Things You Need to Know for Monday
by Bryan Schott
08/06/2012 | 562 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend | print
There are 92 days until the 2012 election and 175 days until the start of the 2013 legislative session.

Our political insiders discuss whether the mistakes made by Mitt Romney during his recent European trip will hurt him come November [Utah Policy, Deseret News, KSL].

Utah is one of seven states that President Barack Obama has not visited since he took office [Tribune].

Critics say Mitt Romney shouldn’t take all the credit for saving the 2002 Winter Olympic Games [Tribune].

The Utah Supreme Court rules Attorney General Mark Shurtleff’s office must help pay $5.7 million in bills to an accountant appointed by a court to oversee a trust for a polygamist group’s property [Tribune, Deseret News, ABC 4, KSL, Standard-Examiner].

Growing demand for Utah’s concealed weapons permits is putting pressure on regulators who are tasked with making sure the accompanying classes are adequate [Tribune].

Rep. Barney Frank visits Salt Lake City for a reading of a play about California’s Prop. 8 which banned same-sex marriage [Tribune].

Constitution Party presidential candidate Virgil Goode visits Utah this week [Tribune].

A number of northern Utah County cities are under fire for awarding a contract for trash service to a company without accepting competitive bids [Daily Herald].

The Utah State School Board drops out of a group of states developing student testing based on Common Core standards [Tribune].

Schools will soon share classroom performance data to parents who request it, but that information will not be released to the general public [Tribune].
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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 2062 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 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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