From the Provo Daily Herald – Representative Tim Cosgrove sponsors legislation to restrict what lawmakers can do with campaign funds.
by Joe Pyrah
A Democratic lawmaker is attempting to close one of the last ethics loopholes not currently being addressed in the Legislature.
Rep. Tim Cosgrove, D-Murray, is sponsoring legislation that would restrict what lawmakers can do with [...]
House Minority Leader, David Litvack, D–Salt Lake City, addressed the Exoro Group / Utah Policy Legislative Summit prior to the 2010 legislative session.
From the Utah Policy Legislative Policy Summit. The experts weigh in on the question "Is not funding public education enrollment growth actually a budget cut?"
Representative Christine Johnson, D– Salt Lake City and Senator Howard Stephenson, R– Draper, announced today a moratorium on all legislative bills related to anti-discrimination in the LGBT community. Representative Johnson also introduced a bill which requires a study by a legislative interim committee of public policy related to discrimination in employment and housing.
Representative Johnson has [...]
Legislative Update from the Utah House Democrats
for the week of January 25 – 29, 2010
Dear Friends:
This is the first issue in our 2010 "Weekly Update" series, from the Utah House Democrats in the Utah Legislature.
Utah legislators returned to Capitol Hill on Monday, January 25, 2010. We immediately began working on issues that are important to [...]
From the Deseret News…
A House Democratic leader has introduced a bill that would close a loophole in the new lobbying "cooling off period" law.
Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, D-Holladay, the minority assistant whip, said it's wrong that many legislators can skip the current one-year waiting period before they can become a registered lobbyist.
Many legislators thought they [...]
Democrats decry Herbert's stance on taxes
Joe Pyrah – Daily Herald |
Democrats responded strongly to Gov. Gary Herbert's state of the state address by calling for targeted tax increases.
"Are you OK with increasing the class sizes in our schools because we are notpaying for the 11,000 additional students that are entering our public schools this [...]
The Democratic Response to the Governor’s State of the State Address
By Senator Pat Jones, D—Holladay
Good Evening. I’m Senate Minority Leader Pat Jones.
First, I would like to thank the Governor for his presentation tonight. We share his concern about the needs to keep our economy strong, invest in public and higher education, and to enhance [...]
Bill would allow Medicare card as valid voter ID.. From the Provo Daily Herald. Utah’s law to erect barriers against voter fraud may be hurting the very people who vote the most.
A number of people in their 80s and 90s have come forward to say they can’t vote because they don’t have a picture ID — such as a driver’s license — because of their age, says Rep. Marie Poulson, D-Salt Lake City. (The U.S. Census shows the highest voting age group is those over the age of 65.)
