Climate change has been in the news a lot lately. World leaders met in Doha, Qatar last week to discuss global climate change and in Salt Lake City, local leaders have been working to address our own climate change concerns. Climate change is expected to dramatically affect the ski industry in Utah.
The Utah Legislature has finally decided to be transparent and release the redistricting documents – just days AFTER the election. What’s in them?
After a severe thrashing in the election, national GOP leaders are considering taking a softer stance on issues like immigration. But locally, the Utah Republicans in the State Legislature are threatening to go further to the extreme.
Negative campaigning may be inevitable, but it still needs to be rooted in fact. Better UTAH discusses why this new false advertising erodes our democracy using the example of the Utah Republican Party which was caught doctoring images to make Democrats look bad.
Mark Crockett is in his 3rd straight week of negative press. 1st was the illegal campaign contributions he accepted, 2nd was his angry attacks on blogger/radio host JM Bell for posting about Crockett’s open tax liens, and now the political blog PRIDEinUtah has uncovered some false endorsements Crockett is using.
Must be October! Campaigns are in full swing, but some weird moments have been popping up in the campaigns of Mark Crockett (SLCO Mayor), John Dougall (State Auditor) and Mia Love (Congress, District 4)
Despite Utah Republican Chair Thomas Wright’s call for “no negative campaigning” in June of this year, Wright and the GOP have begun a negative mailing blitz this month.
Better UTAH Communications Director Eric Ethington discusses how Utah’s Legislature and Attorney General’s office are quietly resuming their attacks on the principles of transparency and openness.
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