Ten Things You Need to Know for Tuesday
by Bryan Schott
01/08/2013 | 675 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Countdown: 20 days to the start of the 2013 legislative session, 301 days until the 2013 municipal elections, 665 days until the 2014 midterm elections and 1097 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses.

Gov. Gary Herbert takes the oath of office for a third time, equaling him with Mike Leavitt and Calvin Rampton [Utah Policy, Tribune, Deseret News].

Ben McAdams is sworn in as Salt Lake County Mayor [Tribune, Deseret News].

Sen. Orrin Hatch says he has some “serious concerns” with the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be secretary of defense [Tribune].

A ballot initiative to give candidates an alternate path to the primary ballot is on hold while organizers work on the language for the proposal [Tribune].

A weird controversy about whether a conservative blogger was invited, then uninvited to speak is roiling the Utah County GOP [Utah Policy].

Spring City officials are working on a proposal to require all households in that city to have a gun [Deseret News].

A private equity firm is attempting to buy EnergySolutions for more than $1 billion [Tribune, Deseret News].

Some Saratoga Springs residents say a private conversation that took place during an open meeting on zoning laws violates the state’s open meetings law, and they are considering a lawsuit [Tribune].

A Utah civil liberties group wants Ogden police to change the way they enforce warrants [Tribune].

The LDS Church says the number of young men and women filling out paperwork to go on a mission is “unprecedented” since the Church lowered the age for serving [Deseret News].
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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 3984 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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