Tag: conservative

LISTEN: Better UTAH Says Mia Love Is Breaking With Fellow GOPs To Raise Taxes On Low-Income Utahns
Better UTAH’s Eric Ethington joins Utah News Service to talk about how Mia Love, candidate for Congress in Utah’s new 4th district, is breaking with fellow Utah Republicans like Governor Herbert. While Herbert and the rest of the Utah conservatives say that using the Earned Income Tax Credit to keep taxes down on low-income Utahns

WATCH: Better UTAH Founder Talks Mia Love’s Plan To Cut Student Loans
Better UTAH founder Josh Kanter joins KSL to discuss why Mia Love’s plan to eliminate federal aid to college students is rubbing Utahns the wrong way.
VIDEO- Better UTAH Beat episode 17! Voter ID = Voter Suppression

ON THE RADIO: Better UTAH’s Founder Talks Guns On Utah Public Radio
Better UTAH Founder Josh Kanter joins Utah Public Radio to talk about guns, and the recent slew of gun violence in America. Click HERE To Listen

RELEASE: While Mia Love Speaks At Convention, Not All Utahns Feel The Love
For Immediate Release: August, 28, 2012 While Mia Love Speaks at Convention, Not All Utahns Feel The Love _________________________________________________________________________ As the GOP puts the spotlight on congressional candidate Mayor Mia Love in Tampa tonight, not all Utahns are happy with Love’s plan for college students. A local Utah non-profit, the Alliance for a Better UTAH,

McEntee: Fighting for the right to see state records — again
By Peg McEntee The question wouldn’t seem too hard to answer. Under Utah’s Government Records Access and Management Act, Maryann Martindale wants a list of all requests the state has provided for free because they would benefit the public or be in the public’s interest. It’s a natural, given that the state has been awfully

New OpEd: Utah’s Transparency Problem
Over the past year, despite the public outcry over the anti-transparency HB477, Utah’s Legislature and attorney general have quietly resumed their continuing assault on the principles of open and transparent government. Yet this assault has received little attention. During the 2012 legislative session, Sen. Margaret Dayton, R-Orem, succeeded in passing SB21, which effectively stripped several

Better UTAH Beat episode 16! New Format!
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.

Better UTAH Beat episode 15! Aug 14, 2012
Alliance for a Better UTAH reviews what every Utahn needs to know about Paul Ryan, including his plan to turn Medicare into a coupon program, privatize Social Security and lower Utah’s budget by $1.5 Billion.
