Utah State Legislature News Salt Lake Tribune Political Headlines Utah Legislature News via GoogleWe reported in our post on Electronic Voter Signatures about an initiative being organized to get Utah to set up a system for voters to sign petitions online. As the editors of the Salt Lake Tribune point out, there are lots of reasons why this system would be favorable (along with precedents proving the favorableness [...]
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Last week we reported on the impending signing of the Snake Water Valley Agreement by Utah’s Governer Herbert. The agreement would have given the go-ahead for a multi-billion dollar pipeline that would have allowed 50,000 acre-feet to be drawn from the Snake Valley Aquifer. It now appears that Nevada’s Supreme Court ruling on the matter [...]
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YouTube video from Rep. Christine Johnson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pYvY8Qj6T0M Eric Ethington at the Pride In Utah blog writes: Since Salt Lake City and County passed their historic ordinances this past year banning discrimination against LGBT people in housing or employment, some nut-job elected officials (spurned on by Paul Mero and Gayle Ruzicka) have been pushing a “pre-emptive” [...]
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For those who recieve the paper copy of the Salt Lake Tribune, the photo that dominates the front page of today’s Utah section seems very revealing (as of 10:00 a.m. I was unable to find this photo online). The photo by Scott Sommerdorf accompanies the article Illegal abortion bill OK’d and shows Rep. Rebecca Chavez-Houck [...]
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Sen. Stephen Urquhart, R-St. George is working on a bill that would, if passed, required schools to incorporate instruction about contraceptives in health education courses. According to a Salt Lake Tribune Poll, citizens are evenly divided on the issue. Urquhart said the poll results don’t surprise him, but he hopes that once people understand the [...]
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While the U.S. Supreme Court has now made it official that corporations are persons and have the same rights as individuals, including running for elections and voting (see Murray Hill, Inc. running for Congress [NOTE: organized to test the new ruling), it appears the voting rights of "real" individuals are at stake - especially of [...]
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The Grand Canyon Trust is an organization that advocates collaborative, common sense solutions to the significant problems affecting the region’s natural resources. Teh GCT has a post about more actions people can do to protect wolves, in light of the bill (S.B. 36 first substitute) before the Utah Legislature that would put them in danger [...]
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Utah Environmental Congress has issued these two action items: PRAIRIE DOG DAY RESOLUTION (House Joint Resolution 21 ) and Speak Up for Wolves! Help 12 year old Luke Zitting declare February 2nd Prairie Dog Day in Utah! Join the Utah Environmental Congress, Humane Society of the United States, WildEarth Guardians, Luke Zitting, author of the [...]
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Utah Policy editors have published a piece on options for transportation of school children. Currently, the Salt Lake City School District uses Utah Transit Authority for some of its school transportation needs. Many private schools also rely on UTA for student transportation. Today, UTA bus routes obviously aren’t maximized for school needs. But within a [...]
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