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ABU Update: At the Finish Line – Appropriations, Alcohol Reform, and Homelessness

Better Utah March 9, 2017

Source: KCPW On the final day of the 2017 Utah State Legislative Session, Roger McDonough and Chase Thomas talk about various funding priorities, about changes to alcohol policy, and about measures related to homelessness. Throughout this year’s meeting of state lawmakers, KCPW and Alliance for a Better Utah have partnered to provide Better Utah Legislative

ABU Update: Grocery Tax Withdrawn, Education Funding Advances, Money for Roads

Better Utah March 7, 2017

Source: KCPW With the session winding down, today’s update focuses on various funding and tax measures – including a now-withdrawn proposal to increase the sales tax on food. Every Tuesday and Thursday Alliance for a Better Utah’s Chase Thomas joins KCPW’s Roger McDonough for a check on what’s happening at the annual meeting of state

ABU Update: Alcohol Revisited and Banning Criminal History Questions on Job Applications

Better Utah March 2, 2017

Source: KCPW KCPW’s Roger McDonough is once again joined by Alliance for a Better Utah’s Chase Thomas for an update on alcohol-related measures at this year’s meeting of state lawmakers – including lowering the legal blood alcohol level; and to talk about a so-called “ban-the-box” bill, that would prohibit public employers from asking job applicants

ABU Legislative Update: Zion Moats? Behemoth Alcohol Bill Unveiled

Better Utah February 28, 2017

Source: KCPW This week in the legislature: a massive alcohol bill emerges, and Utahns may be swapping ‘Zion Curtains’ for ‘Zion Moats.’ Also, considering diversity will remain a part of the judicial nomination process. And a measure requiring doctors to inform patients of so-called ‘abortion reversal’ moves advances. Every Tuesday and Thursday Alliance for a

ABU Legislative Update: Concealed Carry, Instant Runoffs, Striking ‘No Promo Homo’

Better Utah February 23, 2017

Source: KCPW This Thursday’s Better Utah Legislative Update includes a look at efforts to lower the age at which a person can get a concealed carry permit, at an effort to institute ranked-choice voting in Utah elections, and a measure to get rid off language in state code preventing the advocacy of homosexuality in Utah

ABU Legislative Update: Another Lands Resolution, Voting Amendments, Rape-Kit Testing

Better Utah February 21, 2017

Source: KCPW Tuesday and Thursday mornings during the 2017 Utah State Legislative Session, KCPW’s Roger McDonough speaks with Alliance for a Better Utah’s Chase Thomas for an update from the legislature. Today they look at a newly-unveiled resolution on public lands, an endorsement by lawmakers of term-limits in Washington, at an effort to expand a

ABU Legislative Update: Appropriations to Public Lands Lobbyists, Judicial Diversity, Good Landlords

Better Utah February 16, 2017

Source: KCPW Chase Thomas from Alliance for a Better Utah joins KCPW’s Roger McDonough to talk about funding requests at the legislature related to public lands and threatened species. Millions of dollars have been allocated to nonprofits lobbying the federal government on Utah’s public lands agenda, but some lawmakers want better accounting on how that

ABU Legislative Update: Priorities for the 2017 Session

Better Utah January 24, 2017

Source: KCPW Monday marked the beginning of the 2017 Utah State Legislative Session. Throughout this year’s meeting of lawmakers KCPW’s Roger McDonough will be joined by Chase Thomas, Policy and Advocacy Counsel with Alliance for a Better Utah. Today, they discuss the topics expected to dominate this year’s meeting of lawmakers – and about the

ABU Update: Big Water Projects Advance as Air Quality Initiatives Stall

Better Utah February 23, 2016

Source: KCPW A measure that environmentalists say is designed to fund the Lake Powell and Bear River pipelines is awaiting consideration in committee. Meanwhile, initiatives to address air quality in Utah have stalled. Alliance for a Better Utah Strategic Advisor Matt Lyon joins KCPW’s Roger McDonough for the latest Better Utah Legislative Update. Read KCPW

ABU Update: Challenge for Hate Crimes Bill, Air Quality Contributions

Better Utah February 18, 2016

Source: KCPW St. George Republican Sen. Stephen Urquhart’s measure to strengthen hate crimes legislation in Utah hits a snag – in the form of LDS Church opposition. Plus, a proposal to let residents contribute money to the Utah Division of Air Quality. Alliance for a Better Utah’s Chase Thomas joins KCPW’s Roger McDonough for another

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