Source: UtahPolicy.com The Alliance for a Better Utah called on the Utah Legislature to make changes to Utah’s election law to allow mail-in ballots to be postmarked on election day. This comes, in part, in response to Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox’s ruling, required by existing law, that disqualified 64 ballots in Morgan, Rich, Summit and
Source: KUTV On the last night of the Utah legislative session, lawmakers approved a bill that will fund a $53 million coal facility at a port in Oakland, California. “It’s a sandbagging of the process, a sandbagging of the public,” said David Irvine, a private attorney who is also a board member of Alliance for
Utah legislators just doubled down on a risky venture to use Utah taxpayer dollars to fund a coal export facility in Oakland, California. This deal has been troubled from the beginning, when our state’s Community Impact Board (CIB) rushed through approvals of a $53 million investment in the out-of-state port, intended to ship coal mined
Former Republican legislator reiterates the importance of debates for civic participation – – – – – Salt Lake City — A series of non-partisan, legislative debates has come under fire after an e-mail exchange from Republican party leadership was leaked to the political news site UtahPolicy.com. In the exchange, Utah GOP Chairman James Evans discouraged
The Utah Bar Association responded today to an op-ed last week by Better UTAH board member David Irvine and Russell Fericks, former co-chair of the Utah State Bar’s ethics committee. In their earlier op-ed, Irvine and Fericks argued that the Bar’s lack of action on a Better UTAH bar complaint into former Attorney General John Swallow’s
The following is the transcript from this week’s Better UTAH Beat. It aired on April 23, 2013. ——– This is Maryann Martindale from the alliance for a better utah and Welcome to the Better UTAH Beat The United States’ relationship to torture got a little clearer this week after a nearly 600-page report was released,
Better UTAH Board member David Irvine appeared on the Daily Show earlier this week to discuss the United States’ ongoing use of torture. Irvine, a former Utah state legislator, retired from the army in 2002 as a brigadier general. Previously he was on the faculty of the Sixth Army Intelligence School where he taught courses
Salt Lake City — In light of this evening’s passage of SB289, Election Offense Amendments, the following statements have been released: David R. Irvine, Attorney: “Although they don’t have to change the law to act on our petition, the legislature’s move demonstrates their interest in resolving the Swallow matter. It is, of course, essential to
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