Multi-million dollar corporations could hold the answer to Utah’s education funding concerns, says one Utah lawmaker. Republican Senator Chris Buttars is proposing that construction companies, pencil factories, even fast food joints donate their products and services to schools. But as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, not all lawmakers are sold on the corporate sponsorship idea.
Education funding is now threatening whether some students will be able to make it to school. Funds for school buses may have to be reduced to help the state reach its budgetary goals, and as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, some districts are already seeing the effects.
One Utah lawmaker is declaring war on wolves. Republican Senator Allen Christensen says the predators have been federally protected for too long, and now too much damage is being done.
A controversial animal cruelty bill that would have allowed Utahns to kill animals they believed to be feral is moving on to the Utah House of Representatives, but not the way the bill was originally drafted. It’s sponsored by Republican Representative Curt Oda.
The tough economy could mean no hard time for hundreds, and eventually thousands of Utah’s criminals. Wednesday morning, Utah lawmakers heard testimony from the state Department of Corrections. KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports on why some criminals could be out on the street in as little as a few weeks.
A proposed constitutional amendment would leave one Utah lawmaker without a seat on Capitol Hill. Republican Representative Paul Ray wants to ban lobbyists from serving in the Utah Legislature.
State school board officials say unexpected budget cuts could force them to shut the doors of the Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind. As KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, parents and others who don’t want to see that happen attended a committee hearing before state lawmakers Tuesday.
Utah teens would be doing a lot less talking on the road, under a bill that cleared a Senate committee yesterday. Senate Minority Leader Ross Romero wants all drivers under 18 to put down their cell phones while behind the wheel.
The hopes of gay and lesbian couples wanting to adopt children in Utah were quickly dashed Monday, after a bill that would have allowed second-parent adoptions for unmarried couples stalled after a long debate. But as KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, the bill’s sponsor isn’t giving up.
Several bills in the Utah legislature this year aim to deal with illegal immigration on the state level. And lawmakers in one senate committee passed a resolution last week urging the federal government to make that effort easier.
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