Committee Rejects Climate Change Bill
Legislation that for the first time would have acknowledged the science of human-caused climate change by the government of the State of Utah was debated during a committee meeting on Monday, before...
View ArticleUniversities Look Outside the State to Fill the Enrollment Gap Left by LDS...
With more students leaving for religious missions than ever before, Universities across the state are facing major enrollment dips.Utah State University President, Stan Albrecht, said the school is...
View ArticleGun Bills In Utah Legislature Address Multiple Issues
One gun bill has been scrapped and others are still on the table in this session of the legislature. Cache Valley Rep. Ed Redd's house bill 202 would have limited the ability of those who have been...
View ArticleUtah State Senate Votes to Not Hear SB100
Utah State Sen. Steve Urquhart (R-Washington County) said his anti-discrimination bill, SB100, appears to be dead this week as party leaders in the senate decided to avoid legislation that may impact...
View ArticleUtah Looks to Change State Tree
Thanks to a class of fourth graders from Monroe Elementary in Sevier County, Utah is changing it's state tree. Last September, the students gave a presentation to Gov. Gary Herbert about changing the...
View ArticleUtah's Medicaid Expansion Future Still Undecided
State lawmakers are considering Medicaid expansion proposals after Utah Governor Gary Herbert said he will push for some form of expansion to comply with the federal Affordable Care Act. State Rep....
View ArticleUtah Democrats Encourage Latino Participation
On Wednesday, Utah's four elected Latino legislators met with the public at the Utah State Capitol to outline and discuss pieces of legislation they are introducing and supporting during this...
View ArticleUtah Lawmakers Give Early Approval To Arestee DNA Sampling Proposal
A House committee unanimously approved a measure this week which would allow police to take DNA samples from people they arrest on suspicion of felony. Rep. Steve Eliason (R-Sandy), the major...
View ArticleLegislator Wants To Double Amount Of Carbon Dioxide In Atmosphere
A Utah legislator is pushing to define things like carbon dioxide and nitrogen as natural components of the atmosphere, not as pollutants. The bill, HB 229, was proposed on Tuesday to the House Natural...
View ArticleHerbert Unveils Health Plan, Seeks Grant From Federal Government
Gov. Gary Herbert announced today a plan to fill the gap in Utah’s health care system without expanding Medicaid.“Healthy Utah” is the name of Herbert’s new plan to cover those living in poverty in the...
View ArticleCaucus Bill Passes Committee After Compromise
State legislators have compromised with the Count My Vote initiative as it passed in the House Government Operations committee on Monday. A bill - SB54 - was amended to be inclusive to the Count My...
View ArticleThree Plans For Utah Medicaid Expansion Emerge
As state legislators try to decide what to do about the 60,000 Utahns who fall into the Medicaid gap, there remain plenty of unanswered questions regarding health care reform.There are currently three...
View ArticleUndergrads Share Research With Lawmakers At Capitol
Undergraduate researchers from Utah State University and the University of Utah will gather at the rotunda in the State Capitol Thursday to present their research to state legislators.Research on...
View ArticleState Senators Visit Lunchless Elementary Students
State Sen. Jim Dabakis and Sen. Todd Weiler visited the Uintah Elementary School in Salt Lake City Thursday to eat lunch with victims of a school lunch scandal.It is estimated 30 elementary school...
View ArticleUtah Senate Leaders Have No Decision On Medicaid Expansion
Senate leaders said no big decisions have been made on Medicaid expansion, though no potential options have been ruled out.On Friday, Senate majority leader Ralph Okerlund said Republicans have barely...
View ArticleUSU Presents At Higher Education Appropriations Meeting
USU President Stan Albrecht spoke at the higher education appropriations subcommittee meeting this afternoon. This marks the beginning of USU’s quest for funding at this year’s legislature.Today’s...
View ArticleUrquhart Sticks With LGBT Non-Discrimination Bill
On Friday, Sen. Steve Urquhart (R) reaffirmed his support for his LGBT non-discrimination bill - S.B. 100.At an afternoon press conference, he encouraged Utahns to come to the Senate Chamber doors and...
View ArticleNo Vote from Senate on "Stricter Than EPA" Air Quality Bill
The clean air community had high hopes for SB 164, which did not pass out of the Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment committee on Tuesday. Jennifer Pemberton has more on the bill’s...
View ArticleUtah Legislature Looks To Extend Annual Session
With the Utah Legislative session now less than two months away, Utah lawmakers are being asked to consider adding a couple of weeks to the annual 45-day session.Because lawmakers don't meet on...
View ArticleProtestors Rally At State Capitol Against Firing Squad Bill
A proposal to reintroduce firing squads for Utah executions is stirring fresh debate on the death penalty.Lethal injection is currently the only permissible option for state executions, but there is...
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