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.
The FBI is investigating nearly $1.5 billion dollars lost in Utah fraud cases over the past year. That is why Democratic Senator Ben McAdams is sponsoring two bills that would command harsher punishments for fraudsters and make it easier to discover. As KCPW’s Jessica Gail reports, one of his proposals got a good reception from other lawmakers this morning:
LGBT advocates are enraged by a bill sponsored by Republican Representative Lavar Christensen that would create a “family policy” for Utah.
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.
Democrats in the Utah Legislature were united in their opposition to the 2012 public education base budget approved in both the Senate and House this morning. It increases funding to accommodate more students, but as Senate Minority Whip Karen Morgan pointed out, it eliminates several educational programs.
The Utah House of Representatives passed a bill today that creates a pilot program requiring less than 100 people to perform community service as a condition of receiving Medicaid benefits.
Salt Lake City and County leaders were taken by surprise when the federal government gave Chevron the green light to re-start its pipeline running through Salt Lake City, following two oil spills since last June. But after talking with Chevron and federal regulators, Mayors Ralph Becker and Peter Corroon gave their blessing for it to resume operations Tuesday morning.
If you don’t want the public to know how to reach you, one state lawmaker says don’t bother running for public office. Now, Republican Senator Howard Stephenson is sponsoring a bill about contact information for public officials, including school community council members.
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.
Eliminating the Utah Office of Ethnic Affairs. Closing liquor stores. Releasing hundreds of inmates. These would be some of the consequences of several budget bills that were approved by the Utah House of Representatives this morning. They’re a blueprint for how lawmakers plan to trim spending by 7 percent across the board for next year.
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