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Congressional candidates debate gun control, health care, partisan politics

Better Utah October 11, 2017

Sources: Deseret News and KSL.com The three top candidates running for the vacant 3rd Congressional District seat largely stuck to the issues Tuesday in the race’s first general election debate. There were still sharp differences among Republican John Curtis, the mayor of Provo; Democrat Kathie Allen, a Cottonwood Heights physician; and new United Utah Party candidate

KSL Newsradio to host 3rd Congressional District debate

Better Utah October 6, 2017

Sources: KSL.com and Deseret News KSL Newsradio’s Doug Wright will host an on-air debate Tuesday between three of the candidates in the race to fill the 3rd District seat in Congress vacated earlier this year by Rep. Jason Chaffetz. Republican John Curtis, the mayor of Provo; Democrat Kathie Allen, a Cottonwood Heights physician; and new

RadioActive: October 4, 2017

Better Utah October 4, 2017

Source: KRCL Hosted by Lara Jones and Nick Burns, tonight’s show was the third night of Radiothon for RadioActive. Listen as Lara talks with Nick Burns about his activism playlist. For the past six months, Nick has co-hosted shows about Bears Ears and public lands, student debt and education, arts in our local economy, term

ABU Ed Fund and John R. Park Debate Society Collide for Congress

Averie Vockel September 20, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ABU Education Fund and John R. Park Debate Society have come together yet again for a new spin on their traditional debate events. Given the current political climate in Utah and the upcoming special congressional election to replace Representative Jason Chaffetz, the two organizations have chosen to host – you guessed it – a

DETAILS ANNOUNCED FOR CD-3 SPECIAL ELECTION DEBATE

Better Utah September 15, 2017

PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, September 15, 2017 CONTACTS: Averie Vockel | ABU Education Fund | avockel@gmail.com – – – – – DETAILS ANNOUNCED FOR CD-3 SPECIAL ELECTION DEBATE Debate presented by the ABU Education Fund & the John R. Park Debate Society – – – – – Sandy, UT – The ABU

Sheryl Allen: We deserve nonpartisan elections in education

Better Utah June 27, 2017

Source: The Salt Lake Tribune The 2018 election year will be different, very different. We’ll be voting on many elected officials. All of them will be important. But elections for the Utah State Board of Education will be altered. For the first time in decades, those elections will be partisan. Yes, that means candidates will

House District 34 Debate

Better Utah October 17, 2016

You can find this post on our ABU Education Fund website, which sponsored these debates. To be frank, I remember very little of Thursday’s House District 34 debate between Republican Mr. Macade Jensen and Democrat Dr. Karen Kwan. Not because it wasn’t an interesting debate; it was. If you don’t believe me, listen KCPW’s recording,

House District 49 Debate

Better Utah October 13, 2016

You can find this post on our ABU Education Fund website, which sponsored these debates. The second debate in the ABU Education Fund and John R. Park Debate Society co-sponsored legislative debate series (say that five times fast) was between Republican Robert Spendlove and Democrat Zach Robinson. Representative Spendlove is the incumbent for the House

State School Board District 11 Debate – and Voter Turnout