Legal experts — including a Brigham Young University professor — have labeled the Down syndrome abortion bill before the Utah Legislature as all but certainly unconstitutional. Physicians point out it needs to be clarified and even then would limit their ability to have open conversions with their patients. And data suggest few Utah women seek
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 1, 2018 CONTACT: Katie Matheson | Alliance for a Better Utah katie@betterutah.org H.B. 471 IS ANOTHER ATTEMPT TO FRUSTRATE & LIMIT THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE Salt Lake City, UT – The House Government Operations Committee gave a favorable recommendation by an 8-2 vote this morning to
SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. Senate candidate Mitt Romney and Utah House and Senate Republicans talked about a GOP State Central Committee move to kick out some candidates who collect signatures to get on the primary election ballot during closed-door meetings Tuesday. But the former Republican presidential nominee isn’t wading into the controversy. “I believe
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 27, 2018 CONTACT: Katie Matheson | Alliance for a Better Utah LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COX MUST DECERTIFY THE UTAH REPUBLICAN PARTY IF BYLAW CHANGES ARE NOT REPEALED Salt Lake City, UT – The Alliance for a Better Utah called on Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox to decertify the Utah Republican Party
During a meeting at the Capitol that included staunch opponents to federal land policies in Utah, Rep. Mike Noel floated an idea to help his ally out of legal trouble. Noel questioned the judges in the case against San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman, who led a protest ATV ride through Recapture Canyon near Monticello
Sandy Mayor Kurt Bradburn ran and won office last fall on a pledge to cut spending. So imagine the blowback this week when news broke that, after cutting positions in his office, he gave himself a $15,000 raise. On Friday, he gave it all back and then some, reducing his salary by $43,000. “I’m the
“Alright guys, I’m more than willing to admit I got this salary decision wrong,” the mayor posted on Facebook. “As a showing of good faith, I’m going to cut my salary to below the lowest of the mayors of the Big Five cities in Utah and return the excess I’ve received so far,” he continued.
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 6, 2018 CONTACT: Katie Matheson | Alliance for a Better Utah katie@betterutah.org BETTER UTAH CONDEMNS CALLOUS BEHAVIOR OF HOUSE COMMITTEE Salt Lake City, UT – In a hearing this afternoon of the House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee, members of the public commenting on Rep. Mike Noel’s H.B.
Source: Daily Herald With elections just over a month away, Utah residents will have two opportunities to hear candidates for the open 3rd Congressional District seat make their case. Two formal debates will be held. The first, put on by the ABU Education Fund and the John R. Park Debate Society, will take place at
Source: utahpolicy.com The ABU Education Fund, an affiliate of the Alliance for a Better Utah, announced that it will host a series of panel discussions, bringing together LDS elected officials and community thought leaders to discuss the intersection of their faith and politics. Each panel will feature two Democrats and two Republicans, and each will be
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