(KCPW News) Utah Governor Gary Herbert was in Washington D.C. this week to meet with President Barack Obama. What did they discuss? KCPW’s Roger McDonough asked Thomas Burr, Washington Correspondent for the Salt Lake Tribune and author of Political Cornflakes, a daily online roundup of Utah politics.
(KCPW News) Maryann Martindale, Executive Director of Alliance for a Better Utah joins KCPW’s Roger McDonough for a daily recap from the hill. Today: the governor’s alternative to federal Medicaid expansion, and a resolution calling for a new US Constitutional Convention.
(KCPW News) It’s no secret that Governor Gary Herbert is dissatisfied with the House plan to fund Medicaid. On Tuesday, Herbert announced he would be unveiling his own plan for Medicaid expansion in Utah. On Thursday, he did just that.
(KCPW News) An invasive species of mussels that is flourishing in Utah’s Lake Powell could cause extensive damage in the state, and not just to aquatic ecosystems. KCPW’s Roger McDonough has the story.
(KCPW News) A much-heralded plan to introduce more technology in Utah’s classrooms was heard in a legislative committee on Wednesday. Dubbed the Public Education Modernization Act, the bill received a favorable recommendation by a 13-1 vote. But the proposal, which could cost the state hundreds of millions of dollars, did see a fair amount of debate…
(KCPW News) Today on our Better Utah legislative recap, Maryann Martindale delves into a plan to get more technology into Utah schools, and looks at a bill to strip anonymity from certain political donations. Martindale is the Executive Director of the nonprofit, good-government group Alliance for a Better Utah.
(KCPW News) On today’s Better Utah legislative recap, Maryann Martindale, Executive Director of Alliance for a Better Utah looks at air quality bills, “good government” bills, and a flurry of new activity on the hill as the legislature picks up steam.
(KCPW News) Plans for how to proceed with Medicaid expansion in Utah are starting to reveal themselves in the Utah legislature. Plans from the House, Senate, and even the governor are being vetted and discussed. So where do Utah’s policymakers currently stand on the issue? To help answer that question, here’s KCPW’s Ryan Cunningham.
(KCPW News) A bill that would place some restrictions on the use of drones in Utah is one step closer to becoming a law. KCPW’s Roger McDonough reports from the capitol.
(KCPW News) Maryann Martindale, Executive Director of Alliance for a Better Utah joins KCPW’s Roger McDonough for a daily recap from the hill. On today’s agenda: the House Economic Development and Workforce Services Standing Committee’s unanimous support for relocating the state prison.
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