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Legislative Frustrations
This is a blog post about good government. Maybe you think that means I’ll talk about things like fair representation, honesty, avoidance of conflicts, transparency, and the…
ABU Legislative Update: Ed Spending, End of Life Amendments, Pre-Marriage Counseling
Source: KCPW
As the 2017 Utah Legislative Session nears its halfway point, KCPW’s Roger McDonough speaks with Alliance for a Better Utah’s Chase Thomas to hear the latest on what’s…
ABU Legislative Update: Elections Changes, Rape Kit Testing and Cleaner School Busses
Source: KCPW
Every Tuesday and Thursday morning KCPW’s Roger McDonough speaks with Chase Thomas, Policy and Advocacy Counsel with Alliance for a Better Utah to check in on what’s happening…
ABU Legislative Update: Sex-Ed Bill Fails, Monument Resolution Gets Governor’s Signature
Source: KCPW
The third week of the Utah State Legislative Session is now underway. For a check of what lawmakers are working on, every Tuesday and Thursday KCPW’s Roger McDonough…
Provo lawmaker’s bill raises concerns about partisan representation in Utah
Source: The Daily Herald
Rep. Norm Thurston, R-Provo has introduced a bill in Utah’s 2017 legislative session that has some people worried about giving one political party…
OpEd: Legislators brought forth the good, the bad and the ugly
Utah survived another 45-day legislative session with more than 1,200 bills considered by legislators. Here are the Alliance for a Better Utah’s views on the good, the bad, and…
Day 1: Legislative session too important to tune out
As I write this the pomp and circumstance of a new legislative session is just getting underway. Aside from the actual legislative participants and a few observers, many Utahns…
Meet Christian Romano, Better UTAH’s newest intern
Christian Romano is an undergraduate at the University of Utah and a Karen Shepherd Intern for Ethics and Good Government.
What can a 22-year-old intern without much experience tell you…
Nine suggestions for getting engaged on Utah’s Capitol Hill
After following this year’s legislative session for the first time as an intern for the Alliance for a Better Utah, I have made a list of suggestions for…