Last month, a riotous mob stormed the United States Capitol building in an attempt to prevent the certification of the 2020 presidential election results. Ever since then, there have been ongoing efforts to hold people accountable for the events of that now infamous day. At least 232 individuals have been charged with a variety of
This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes has thrown his support behind a U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump’s election loss. Reyes joined 16 other attorneys general Wednesday in endorsing the Texas petition that seeks to invalidate the election results in four battleground states captured by President-elect Joe Biden. In a prepared statement,
Utah has 7 constitutional amendments on the ballot this year. The one that’s attracting the most pushback is Amendment G, which would change the way that education is funded in Utah. The Better Utah position: We’re opposed… but it’s complicated. Let’s break it down. Utah’s constitution requires that income tax can only be used to
This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. I’m a parent. And like many parents, I often struggle to know what is best for my kids. That comes with the territory of parenting regardless of global events, but is especially true during a pandemic. My latest challenge — knowing whether or not to send my kid to in-person school
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 19, 2019 Salt Lake City, UT – Today, Alliance for a Better Utah sent a letter to the office of Utah’s Lieutenant Governor asking that action be taken in response to the Utah Republican Party’s failure to remove an illegal bylaw on their books. In the letter, Better Utah also
This story originally appeared at fox13now.com. Read it in its entirety here. State officials are disputing a bombshell report that suggests the FBI and ICE mined the photos of every Utahn with a driver’s license or state ID card using facial recognition software. The report is based on research by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and
Law student Jake Lee was excited when his former boss, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, offered to take him and a guest to Tuesday’s Utah Jazz game against the Los Angeles Lakers. He was downright ecstatic to find the tickets were for team owner Gail Miller’s front-row floor seats. “I died and went to Jazz heaven,”
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 27, 2018 CONTACT: Katie Matheson | Alliance for a Better Utah LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR COX MUST DECERTIFY THE UTAH REPUBLICAN PARTY IF BYLAW CHANGES ARE NOT REPEALED Salt Lake City, UT – The Alliance for a Better Utah called on Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox to decertify the Utah Republican Party
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Monday, July 3, 2017 – – – – – – BETTER UTAH COMMENDS LT. GOVERNOR COX’S RESPONSE TO REQUEST FROM PRESIDENTIAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON ELECTION INTEGRITY – – – – – – Salt Lake City, UT – For the second time since the November election, Lt. Governor Cox has stood
Source: Salt Lake City Weekly Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox says his office gets sued a lot. He was sued, for example, by the Utah Republican Party claiming that the requirement, outlined in Senate Bill 54 regarding the number of signatures to appear on the ballot, was too onerous. So don’t act too surprised if his
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