PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 4, 2017 CONTACT: Chase Thomas | Alliance for a Better Utah – – – – – – UTAH’S REPRESENTATIVES VOTE TO GUT AFFORDABLE CARE ACT – – – – – – Salt Lake City, UT – Today, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to essentially gut the Affordable
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Thursday, May 4, 2017 CONTACT: Chase Thomas | Alliance for a Better Utah – – – – – – EXECUTIVE ORDER ON JOHNSON AMENDMENT CHIPS AWAY AT SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE – – – – – – Salt Lake City, UT – Earlier today, President Donald J. Trump signed
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune and True Viral News President Donald Trump’s latest executive order may give tax-exempt religious organizations the green light for greater political involvement, but don’t expect the LDS Church to shift gears. Utah’s predominant faith likes being in neutral. “We are always grateful for the efforts of leaders to safeguard religious
Source: St. George News Congressional Republicans carried the day as the “American Health Care Act” passed in the U.S. House of Representatives Thursday. Each of Utah’s four representatives voted in favor of the bill that is considered the first step toward dismantling the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare. Members of the Utah’s
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: KSL.com President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed to end the “abuses” of the Antiquities Act and return power to the states, specifically mentioning the new Bears Ears National Monument in southeast Utah. Trump, in signing an executive order calling for a review of national monument designations over the past 21 years, said the action
Source: The Spectrum Calling it a first step that could eventually lead to either the elimination or downsizing of Utah’s two largest national monuments, Utah officials applauded President Donald Trump Wednesday for signing an executive order to review the monument status of two decades worth of monument designations. With a number of Utah officials in
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: Deseret News and KSL.com Rep. Jason Chaffetz drew criticism Friday for going after the federal ethics official who spoke out against President-elect Donald Trump’s handling of potential conflicts of interest. Several government watchdog groups and congressional Democrats said the Utah Republican, who is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, should stay
Source: The Salt Lake Tribune Rep. Jason Chaffetz has repeatedly brushed off calls to probe Donald Trump’s potential conflicts of interest, and now he’s threatened to investigate — and possibly subpoena — a federal ethics official who has criticized the president-elect. Chaffetz, chairman of the House Oversight Committee, sent a letter to Walter Shaub Jr., director
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