No Liquor Privatization This Year
If it wasn’t clear already, Thursday it became official: There will be no attempt to privatize the state’s liquor operations in the 2012 Legislature.
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Beyond Haze
I recently spent an afternoon skiing with family members at a local ski resort. It was a beautiful day, and a pleasant, although temporary, escape from the city smog.
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Joel Campbell: The Media is Not a 'Special Interest Group'
As a longtime FOI advocate and journalist this isn't the first time I have heard this kind of criticism.
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Mainstream Musing: Visits with Candidates
One of the fun things about being an old guy who has been around politics for a long time is that people thinking about running for office like to drop by and visit with me.
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John Price: Mitt Romney has True Grit
If one hasn't experienced certain aspects of life, it is easy to criticize another person's position. Even though it may be a false premise, repeating it over and over again, it becomes real in their mind.
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Mainstream Musing: Political Odds & Ends
The news media have become an advocacy group in the current legislative session.
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Wise Words: Taxes
"If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep". ~Will Rogers
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Lighter Side: Do Something
"Congress' approval rating has dropped to 12 percent. The other 88 percent are withholding judgment until Congress actually does something." –Jay Leno
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No Liquor Privatization This Year
If it wasn’t clear already, Thursday it became official: There will be no attempt to privatize the state’s liquor operations in the 2012 Legislature.
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Video: Bernick and Schott on Politics - February 3, 2012
In this week's vodcast, Bryan Schott and Bob Bernick discuss how Utah's GOP lawmakers are "skittish" in the face of a possible Tea Party challenge in 2012, the problems with the legislative website and Mitt Romney's big win in Florida.
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The GOP Nomination for Salt Lake County Mayor
Last week West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder announced his official entry into the race for Salt Lake County Mayor. Our insiders were split on which Republican is most likely to grab the GOP nomination for that office. Republicans narrowly think Winder has a leg up, while Democrats overwhelmingly pick Richard Snelgrove.
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Top Issues for the 2012 Legislature
The 2012 Utah Legislature gavels into session today. We asked our political insiders and readers what they thought the top issues for lawmakers should be.
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Seven Things You Need to Know Today - February 3, 2012
$85,000 to defend controversial immigration law. Bill to limit class size moves forward. Herbert endorses Romney.
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Eight Things You Need to Know Today - February 2, 2012
"Personhood" battle could be coming to Utah. Romney kills it in Utah fundraising. Dems blast "joke bill."
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Yoo to Utahns: Keep Hatch
In a National Review op-ed, former Bush Justice Department official John Yoo urges Utahns to re-elect Orrin Hatch, arguing that the six-term senator will be indispensable if the GOP wins control of the upper house and Hatch becomes chairman of Senate Finance Committee.
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Hatch to Solidify Right Flank by Tackling Pension Reform
Sen. Orrin Hatch signals his intention to launch a major push on public pension reform -- an issue that happens to be a specialty of one of his most prominent GOP primary challengers, Dan Liljenquist.
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Video: Bernick and Schott on Politics - February 3, 2012
In this week's vodcast, Bryan Schott and Bob Bernick discuss how Utah's GOP lawmakers are "skittish" in the face of a possible Tea Party challenge in 2012, the problems with the legislative website and Mitt Romney's big win in Florida.
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Video: Bernick and Schott on Politics - January 27, 2012
In this week's vodcast, Managing Editor Bryan Schott and Contributing Editor Bob Bernick discuss the first week of the 2012 Legislative Session and why a Utah Policy poll could send them to jail.
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Podcast: Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker
Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker speaks with UtahPolicy.com Contributing Editor Bob Bernick.
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Video: Bernick and Schott on Politics - January 6, 2012
In this week's vodcast, Managing Editor Bryan Schott and Contributing Editor Bob Bernick discuss the massive GRAMA request made against Dan Liljenquist, how the 2012 campaign is beginning to shape up and whether Mitt Romney will win the GOP nomination.
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Podcast: Encouraging More Women to Run for Office
Managing Editor Bryan Schott speaks with former Rep. Lorie Fowlke about the "Real Women Run" program.
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Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: Feeling American

Editorial: Clueless teens: Utah youths need sex education

Editorial: UTA tightrope: Transit agency budget stretched

Openly gay Salt Lake City lawmaker begins first session

‘Personhood’ resolution looks to define when life starts

Utah guv, Senate to have more say in higher ed leaders

Senate defeats bill aimed at curbing graffiti, tagging

Utah Legislature: House votes down posting voter info online

Bill asking Workforce Services to track poverty advances

Rolly: The two faces of Judge Dee Benson

Herbert steps from sideline to endorse Mitt Romney

Immigration law defense bill: $85K

Lawmaker pushes counseling before marriage

Bill to reduce Utah class sizes advances

Utah lawmakers give preliminary approval to underage tanning ban

Controversy over Planned Parenthood funding spills to Utah

Utah explores continuous enrollment for Medicaid

Utah’s Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee pen bill to save Scofield cabins

Lawmakers advance bill on community council membership

Herbert, lawmakers push for money to protect HAFB

Committee head concedes violation of open-meeting law

Employers could get incentive to put homeless Utahns on the payroll

Anti-bias bill to be debated Friday

Utah Legislature: Committee OKs bill to curb immigration scams

Drive with revoked license? Get car impounded

Park Service, wildlife biologists against Alton mine expansion

Utah Legislature: Bill would crack down on smoke shops

Matheson backs energy development in ‘telephone town hall’

GOP wary of Mike Lee’s battle with Obama

Is higher education in Utah getting enough state funding?

Bills to repeal guest-worker law, driving card emerge

Pinching prescription meds saves millions for Utah Medicaid

Sevier road is big winner as board pumps millions into rural projects

Deseret News

Editorial: Usurping local control

Refugee students get a glimpse of legislative process

Bill to regulate non-lawyer immigration consultants advances to the Senate

Graffiti bill fails in Utah Senate; hackers warn they are still watching

AG office spent $85,000 defending HB497 in 2011

Guv to get hire, fire power over key higher ed. officials

Governor, lawmakers set to defend Hill Air Force Base from closure

South Jordan lawmaker opens bill file on 'personhood'

Teen may need to bring parent to tanning salon under proposed Utah law

Other

Senator aims to impose smaller class sizes in K-3 classrooms (Daily Herald)

Nondiscrimination bill going to committee (Daily Herald)

Editorial: Aubree Jo's law (Standard-Examiner)

Marshall emphasizes progress in spite of challenging time (Tooele Transcript Bulletin)

Officials worry about the future of Hill AFB (Davis County Clipper)

Legislator drafts bill to get kids off welfare (Davis County Clipper)

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