Lawmakers in the House Education Committee agreed yesterday Utah voters should be able to directly elect state school board members, but they couldn’t agree whether party politics should play a part in those elections. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports.
Utah Senate lawmakers voted today to limit the role of two independent state commissions tasked with reviewing tax policy and constitutional revisions. Republican Senator Margaret Dayton’s bill requires the legislature or Governor to formally request reviews from the Constitutional Revision and Tax Review commissions.
All Utahns would be allowed to openly carry a gun near a school, day care or college if a GOP-sponsored bill makes it out of the legislature. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports on a committee hearing where it narrowly passed last Friday.
Proposed cuts to the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control would close four state liquor and wine stores, six independently-operated package agencies, and cause store hours to be cut back.
State lawmakers debated how to fund books and other resources in public school libraries Thursday. Librarians said they’d like to see the state allocate money specifically for school libraries, rather than allow each district to divvy up the funds from a $31 million pool of money.
Utah schools might soon get a letter grade based on their students’ overall performance on assessment tests. The Senate Education Committee approved the bill creating a school grading system yesterday. But as KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports, there were some reservations.
A GOP lawmaker will join Democratic State Senator Luz Robles in sponsoring a bill that would allow undocumented immigrants to work in Utah. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports.
Helping people with disabilities find work is the focus of a bill that moved forward in a House committee. Assistant Majority Whip Ronda Menlove’s bill requires state agencies that provide services to disabled people to give priority to helping them find and keep a meaningful job through the Supported Employment program.
Teenage moms could sign off on their own vaccinations without parental consent, under a bill that cleared the Utah Legislature’s House Health and Human Services Committee yesterday. KCPW’s Whittney Evans reports.
For the fifth year in a row, some Utah lawmakers will attempt to ban drivers from smoking with their kids in the car. Democratic Representative Patrice Arent is sponsoring the bill this time around.
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