One Utah lawmaker is trying to tackle the issue of carbon dioxide emissions this legislative session. The problem he wants to tackle? There isn’t enough CO2 in the atmosphere. KCPW’s Roger McDonough has the story.
(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 Count My Vote alternative and a look at competing bills on the hill.
(KCPW News) The U.S. Representative for Utah’s 2nd District spoke to both chambers of the Utah legislature on Tuesday. Stewart gave an update on the latest happenings in Washington, and he also took questions from a handful of senators and representatives. For the most part, he delivered the same message to both the House and…
A bill related to Utah became a measure to help restore military pension cuts in congress this week. How did that happen? 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 round-up of Utah politics.
(KCPW News) At the beginning of the legislative session, air quality emerged as a major concern for Utahns and a top priority for lawmakers. But 18 days into this session, despite agreement that air pollution problems need to be addressed, there’s not a clear consensus on the remedies. Governor Gary Herbert is in favor of…
(KCPW News) Every day of the state legislative session, KCPW’s Roger McDonough sits down with Maryann Martindale, Executive Director of Alliance for a Better Utah for a daily recap from the hill. Today, the session’s slow start, and a surge in air quality bills.
(KCPW News) Jukeboxes and pinball machines are mainstays at most Utah bars, but House Majority Whip Greg Hughes wants to add another machine to those old standards: a breathalyzer. The Republican representative from Draper is working on legislation to incentivize bars and social clubs to keep a breathalyzer machine on the premises. The idea, Hughes said,…
(KCPW News) Each day during the state legislative session, KCPW’s Roger McDonough speaks with Maryann Martindale, Executive Director of Alliance for a Better Utah for a daily recap from the hill. On the docket today – bills related to “revenge porn” and prostitution.
(KCPW News) A host of bills have been introduced in this legislative session in response to wrongdoings by former Attorney General John Swallow. But on Wednesday, special counsel for the House Special Investigative Committee revealed their recommendations for legislative solutions in order to prevent a similar scandal from happening in the future. Special counsel proposed a…
(KCPW News) If there’s anything legislators don’t like, it’s other people making decisions without telling them. On Tuesday, some senators felt like that basically had happened. When Republican Senator Jerry Stevenson presented SB 45 for its second reading on the Senate floor, some senators scoffed at an eight-line section of an otherwise dry piece of legislation.…
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