Ten Things You Need to Know for Thursday
by Bryan Schott
09/20/2012 | 668 views | 0 0 comments | 0 0 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Countdown: 33 days until early voting starts in Utah, 47 days until the 2012 election, 131 days to the start of the 2013 legislative session.

Get your popcorn! Orrin Hatch agrees to two debates with Democrat Scott Howell [Tribune].

Lawmakers push forward on their effort to wrest control of public lands in Utah away from the federal government [Deseret News, KUTV].

The Utah Senate approves Sal Petilos as the head of the DABC, but delays action on two other nominees to the agency’s board [Tribune, Deseret News].

Lawmakers will consider a plan to raise the speed limit on some Utah highways to 80 mph [Tribune, Deseret News].

Ben McAdams unveils his plan to streamline operations in Salt Lake County if he’s elected Mayor [Tribune].

The Legislature considers stepping in to stop the financial losses cities are facing with the struggling UTOPIA project [Tribune, KUTV].

A Legislative committee puts the Lake Powell pipeline on hold because there’s not enough information about whether private enterprise could fund the project [Tribune].

Rep. Patrice Arent plans to once again try to ban smoking in cars containing children [Tribune, Deseret News].

Rep. Paul Ray is resurrecting his bill to allow the open carry of firearms, but he plans a few changes to improve the chances of it passing muster on the Hill [Deseret News].

Sen. Aaron Osmond floats the idea of state funded preschool [Tribune].
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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 5903 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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