A legislative resolution to support connecting Salt Lake County and Summit County ski resorts is being amended to satisfy environmental groups and local governments that oppose the SkiLink project between the Canyons and Solitude resorts.
Occupy Salt Lake protesters made their way back into the spotlight Wednesday at the Utah Capitol, but didn’t draw much attention from lawmakers. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports on their Debutante Ball, a cross-gender theatrical production protestors used to demonstrate what they say is corporate control of the legislature.
Small business owner and retired two-star General Peter Cooke became the first Democrat to enter the race for Utah Governor this morning, announcing his bid against Republican incumbent Gary Herbert. In his speech at the Fort Douglas Museum on the University of Utah campus, Cooke said the common good is losing out, being shoved aside by one-party rule.
A bill restricting the use of tanning beds by minors will soon be on Governor Gary Herbert’s desk, after the Utah House of Representatives approved it this morning following a passionate discussion. Fifth Substitute Senate Bill 41 would require those under 18 years old to have a parent with them to give consent every time they tan, or a written order from a physician.
Should members of the Utah legislature be required to learn more about the changing demographics of the state and how to be more sensitive? A bill that would have required such training failed in a Senate committee Tuesday. Senate Minority Leader Ross Romero says his bill would have required new members of the legislature to go through a short class.
Enough is enough. That’s what some in Utah’s LGBT community are saying after a nondiscrimination bill considered by the state legislature failed to make it to the floor of the Senate or House for the fifth year in a row. And today, they’re taking their message to the state capitol, holding a Human Dignity Rally.
So called “mom and pop” landlords, or those who operate small-scale apartment complexes, are fuming over changes that were made yesterday to a bill that was intended to exclude them from having to get a business license under new regulations. As KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, the bill passed out of committee looking very little like the legislation they initially supported.
Utah liquor stores could be opening their doors a few more days in the coming year. Monday, the House of Representatives passed a bill sponsored by Democratic Representative Patrice Arent aimed at keeping select liquor stores open on certain holidays.
A new billboard along I-215 in West Valley City aims to get out an anti-war message, but in a very provocative way, declaring “Bomb Iran!” If you go to the website listed at the bottom of it, you’ll quickly find that’s just what its sponsors don’t want to happen.
Utah’s failing schools may be getting some help in the form of paraeducators, after a bill to help pay for them cleared the Senate floor Friday. Paraeducators have a two-year degree or certification to provide one-on-one instruction to students under the supervision of teachers. Democratic Senator Karen Mayne says they don’t require benefits, their hourly wage is about $13, and they’re more effective than aides or volunteers.
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