(KCPW News) Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch told state lawmakers on Tuesday that the appointment of a replacement for late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia should wait until the next president is sworn into office. Speaking before the full Utah House of Representatives on Tuesday, Hatch said that “the most contentious presidential election in latter days”…
Alliance for a Better Utah’s Chase Thomas joins Roger McDonough to discuss a contentious hearing over a proposed change to Utah adoption law, a measure to broaden the definition of hate crimes in the state, and a legislative nod to bringing the Winter Olympics back to Utah.
Chase Thomas with Alliance for a Better Utah speaks with KCPW’s Roger McDonough about the latest from the 2016 Utah State Legislature. During today’s Better Utah Legislative Update they discuss the failure of an initiative to eliminate the so-called “tampon tax,” and comments by one Senator on the Women in the Economy Commission.
On today’s Better Utah Legislative Update we hear from Chase Thomas, Policy and Advocacy Director with Alliance for a Better Utah about the budgeting process, appropriations, an attempt to undo the so-called Count My Vote elections compromise, and an effort to reform the make-up of a couple of legislative committees.
(KCPW News) A bill from the 2015 Utah State Legislative Session that could let landowners erect billboards on Utah’s Scenic Byways has been reintroduced at this year’s session. Republican Representative Mike Noel’s HB232 would allow property owners to opt out of the National Scenic Byway designation for certain segments of their land, effectively undoing a…
During this year’s meeting of state lawmakers, KCPW is joined once again by representatives from Alliance for a Better Utah for our Better Utah Legislative Update. Today Matt Lyon, strategic advisor to the group talks about what’s passed so far and about various measures to restore education funding in Utah.
(KCPW News) President Barack Obama this week mentioned Mormons during his first U.S. visit to a mosque. What was the context of the Mormon reference? KCPW’s Roger McDonough posed that and other questions to Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes – a daily, online roundup of Utah…
(KCPW News) Alliance for a Better Utah Strategic Advisor Matt Lyon speaks with KCPW’s Roger McDonough about second-week momentum on the hill. Plus, bills addressing straight-party voting, medicaid expansion, guns and more – on this edition of KCPW’s Better Utah Legislative Recap.
(KCPW News) There’s a new poll out on the presidential race and it contains a lot of information on the opinions of the US electorate. Included in the poll: information on how voters feel about candidates of different faiths. So how would a Mormon presidential candidate fare? KCPW’s Roger McDonough posed that question to Thomas…
(KCPW News) Today, an overview of the legislative process – from draft legislation to the governor’s signature (or veto). Matt Lyon, Strategic Advisor with Alliance for a Better Utah joins KCPW’s Roger McDonough for lawmaking 101. Plus, SB54 revisited, and more.
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