Ten Things You Need to Know for Thursday
by Bryan Schott
08/23/2012 | 751 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print
There are 75 days until the 2012 election and 158 days until the start of the 2013 legislative session.

Gov. Gary Herbert says the fact that the I-15 Core project in Utah County is on time and under budget vindicates UDOT from the controversy surrounding the bid process [Tribune, Deseret News].

Mitt Romney says he isn’t making his tax returns public is he does not want the public seeing how much money he tithed to the LDS Church [Tribune].

Rep. Jason Chaffetz is tapped for a speaking slot at the Republican National Convention, joining Mia Love on the dais [Tribune, Deseret News].

Missouri Senator Claire McCaskill will be in Utah next week for a fundraiser [Tribune].

Salt Lake City officials plan to draft an ordinance giving justice court judges the power to address crimes motivated by bias [City Weekly].

Former LDS Church Presiding Bishop H. David Burton is named the new vice-chairman of the Utah Transit Authority [Tribune].

Craig Anderson is tapped to head the environmental division of the Utah Attorney General’s office [Tribune].

West Jordan considers an ordinance allowing wind or solar power installations for residents or small businesses [Tribune].

Utah Democrats name former party chair Meghan Holbrook as this year’s Elanor Roosevelt Award winner [Deseret News].

Some Utah companies are finding ways to get around the line of businesses waiting to get one of the few liquor licenses available [Fox 13].
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Ten Things You Need to Know for Friday
by Bryan Schott
May 24, 2013 | 4932 views | 0 0 comments | 2 2 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Countdown: There are 166 days to the 2013 municipal elections, 249 days until the start of the 2014 Legislature, 525 days until the 2014 midterm elections and 962 days until the 2016 Iowa Caucuses. 

An analysis says expanding Medicaid coverage will save Utah more than $130 million and would give health insurance to 123,000 residents [Tribune].

A new report ranks Utah #1 for economic outlook next year [Utah Policy, Tribune].

House Majority Leader Brad Dee goes on a European vacation with three lobbyists, but Dee insists the trip was above board because everybody paid their own way and they didn’t discuss politics [Tribune].

Former Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is caught on tape offering to get $2 million for Utah Businessman Darl McBride if he would shut down a website critical of another Utah businessman. That money was to come from a third Utah businessman who was in trouble with the Attorney General’s office [Tribune].

Former Legislator and current blogger Holly Richardson says she’s had enough with the “culture of corruption” permeating the Attorney General’s office [Holly on the Hill].

Sen. Orrin Hatch wants to hear from Utahns who think they have been inappropriately targeted by the IRS as part of his investigation into misconduct by the agency [Tribune].

Kennecott lays off 100 workers because of the massive landslide at their Bingham Canyon Mine [Tribune, Deseret News].

The Boy Scouts vote to allow gay members in their ranks [Deseret News].

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman launches a new political action committee to support Republicans who share his point of view [Tribune].

Gov. Gary Herbert says he is confident the state can work out a deal to avoid taxing the electricity used by the new National Security Agency data center at Camp Williams [Tribune].
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