This broadcast originally appeared on KRCL. Listen to the radio segment in its entirety here. Tonight’s lineup: Legislative updates from the following groups: Emily Walsh, League of Women Voters of Utah Lauren Simpson, Alliance for a Better Utah Troy Williams of Equality Utah (taken from comments at a press conference earlier today) Erin Jemison, policy director for the YWCA Utah This broadcast
This article originally appeared in the Huffington Post. Read it in its entirety here. Last Election Day, 555,651 Utahns ― 53 percent of voters ― backed a measure to expand Medicaid to low-income adults in the state. Last Monday, 79 Republicans made it clear they don’t care what those voters wanted. All but four GOP
This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. Under the eyes of a capacity crowd, and with protesters inside and outside their chamber, members of the Utah House voted Friday for a partial Medicaid expansion program that would revert to full expansion in the event federal administrators reject the state’s plans. Representatives voted 56-19 for SB96, securing the two-thirds majority required for immediate
This article originally appeared on ABC 4. Read it in its entirety here. SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4 News) – The push to repeal Utah’s voter-approved Prop 3 for Medicaid expansion went up for a committee vote in the Utah House Wednesday. The House Business and Labor Committee voted 9 to 6 to give Senate Bill 96 a favorable recommendation. The bill which already passed the Senate would
This article originally appeared in ABC 4 News. Read it in its entirety here. Utah voters passed three propositions on the November ballot. Now, the question is, how will the legislature respond? We already know they modified the medical cannabis proposition, but what will they do with Medicaid expansion and an independent redistricting commission? Alliance for
This article originally appeared in The Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. The Inland Port Authority Board can’t seem to escape accusations that it’s operating in the shadows. Nearly a month after the board voted to keep its subcommittee meetings closed to the public, the Salt Lake County Council voted unanimously Tuesday
This article originally appeared in the Deseret News. Read it in its entirety here. SALT LAKE CITY — The controversy surrounding more than $1 million contributed to Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, for a primary race she didn’t have “at most is a $10,800 problem,” her newly hired election law attorney said Tuesday. “From a legal
Chris Stewart has had quite the record when it comes to Trump. My goal today is to simply lay out that record and then have you answer the question: when it comes to holding the president accountable, is Rep. Stewart properly representing Utahns?
This article originally appeared on The Hill. Read it in its entirety here. A progressive nonprofit group in Utah has filed a federal complaint against Rep. Mia Love (R-Utah) over what the group says are campaign finance violations, according to The New York Times. Alliance for a Better Utah, which advocates for transparency and accountability in government, filed
This article originally appeared in the Desert News. Read it in its entirety here. SALT LAKE CITY — A complaint against Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, has been filed with the Federal Election Commission by a progressive Utah nonprofit claiming the congresswoman accepted more than $1.1 million in illegal campaign contributions. Love’s campaign denied any wrongdoing
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