Source: Salt Lake Tribune
Utah’s elected officials are safe from being recalled from office when their conduct upsets voters.
Hundreds of people made clear this…
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A chocolate chip delivery for Utah’s Sen. Orrin Hatch — in the name of restoring CHIP health insurance for up to 20,000 kids
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
The 20,000 chocolate chips were piled inside a foot-high plastic container, with a message for Utah’s senior senator scrawled on the outside…
Commentary: Health care does not have a free market solution
Source: Salt Lake Tribune
I want to talk to anyone who thinks the free market is the answer to our…
Chaffetz says poor people should forgo iPhones to pay for health care
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
Rep. Jason Chaffetz faced a torrential backlash Tuesday about the way he framed the difficult decisions poorer Americans may have…
Breakneck approval of over $1B in borrowing with little or no public comment leads to questions
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune
Completing a whirlwind trip through the Legislature, lawmakers gave final approval Tuesday to two big borrowing proposals: bonding for $1 billion to accelerate state…
OpEd: Hughes’ closed legislating is odd public morality
Board members of Alliance for a Better UTAH penned an op-ed this week in the Salt Lake Tribune, pointing out the odd contradictions in House Speaker Greg Hughes’ decision not…
Kanter: Anti-regulatory sound bites are not governing
We live in a world of sound bites. Six-second Vines, 140-character Tweets, and Instagramable infographs are here to stay. Though these brief bits of information may be sufficient for getting elected,…
For balance, we need Tribune and News
“Journalism is printing what someone else does not want printed. Everything else is public relations.” –George Orwell
I’m old school. I still get the Salt Lake Tribune delivered every morning…
The week in letters: IRS and Uintah Elementary
The IRS, Uintah Elementary, Mitt Romney, and the orthodoxy of the conservative right in this week’s Letters to the Editor.
I see the stiff, uncompromising orthodoxy…
Better UTAH Beat Episode 37 – February 19, 2013
The following is the transcript from this week’s Better UTAH Beat. It aired on February 19, 2013. ——–
Embattled Utah Attorney General John Swallow is back in the news as more…