PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 20, 2018 PARTISAN BALANCE ON BOARDS AND COMMISSIONS THREATENED ONCE AGAIN Salt Lake City, UT – Following the 2017 General Session of the Utah State Legislature, Governor Gary Herbert only vetoed one bill. H.B. 11, “State Boards and Commissions Amendments,” from Rep. Norm Thurston. This bill would have removed
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 4, 2018 INITIATIVE OPPONENTS SHOULD FIGHT FAIR AND IN THE OPEN Salt Lake City, UT – Campaigns are underway to narrowly disqualify the medical marijuana and Count My Vote ballot initiatives, asking voters to rescind their signatures now that the deadline for signature-gathering has passed. On Friday, good
When the Utah State Legislature adjourned at “sine die” on March 8, my first thought was “Thank God, it’s over! I don’t have to deal with this for another nine months.” And while it’s true we won’t have hundreds of bills flying around every minute and I won’t be staying up until midnight or later,
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, September 14, 2017 CONTACT: Josh Kanter | josh@betterutah.org – – – – – – UTAH LEADERS SHOULD JOIN EFFORT TO PROTECT UTAHNS’ RETIREMENT ACCOUNTS – – – – – – Salt Lake City, UT – As reported this week in The Wall Street Journal, a bipartisan group of state treasurers
[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text]PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, August 24, 2017 CONTACT: Chase Thomas | Alliance for a Better Utah chase@betterutah.org – – – – – – GROUP CRITICIZES AG REYES FOR SUPPORT OF PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING – – – – – – Salt Lake City, UT – The Alliance for a Better Utah criticized Utah Attorney
Sources: Deseret News and KSL.com The conflict between Utah’s governor and state Legislature escalated Thursday after Rep. Jason Chaffetz officially announced his plans to leave Congress, with legislative leadership threatening legal action over how the vacancy is filled. Gov. Gary Herbert has said he will not call a special session of the Legislature for state
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune You can’t take politics out of politics, as we’re witnessing in the maneuvering over how to pick a likely replacement to Rep. Jason Chaffetz. The congressman is widely expected to resign from office, possibly within a few weeks, and Gov. Gary Herbert is getting intense pressure from legislative leaders and
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Wednesday, April 26, 2017 CONTACT: Madison Hayes | Alliance for a Better Utah | madison@betterutah.org Salt Lake City, UT – In the company of politicians and anti-public lands advocates, President Trump signed an executive order instructing Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke to review national monument designations former presidents have made within the
Source: Good 4 Utah President Donald Trump signed an executive order Wednesday that reviews enforcement of the law that gives him power to designate lands as national monuments. The Federal Antiquities Act of 1906 gave the president of the United State the power set aside land for federal protection. The order, which Trump signed at
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune Rep. Jason Chaffetz says he may step down early from his House seat, leaving a vacancy that would be filled by a special election that is fuzzy under current state law. “I might depart early,” Chaffetz told The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday. “It very well might happen.” If he
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