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Category: On The Hill

In Committee, In the House, In the Senate, Utah Politics

Inland Port Authority? Will the State or Salt Lake City decide? (AUDIO)

Posted on March 2, 2018March 2, 2018

BREAKING AUDIO Senator Jerry Stevenson (Republican -Fruit Heights) presented the bill authorizing the creation of an “Inland Port Authority” today in the Senate Economic Development…

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In Committee, In the House, In the Senate, Salt Lake County, Utah Politics

Utah’s Public Lands and Water Battles: Still Heated, Still Expensive

Posted on February 22, 2018March 1, 2018

The players and the associated costs haven’t changed. As early as 2015 and into the summer of the following year, Utah’s rural caucus was working…

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In Committee, In the House, Utah Politics

AUDIO: Dunnigan Has Bill to Finalize Medicaid Coverage in Utah

Posted on February 21, 2018February 22, 2018

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah State Capitol — At Governor Herbert’s press conference recorded at KUED7 today, the state’s chief executive led off the media discussion referencing…

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2018 Legislative Session, In Committee, In the House, In the Senate, Legislative Branch, Utah Politics

Defending Utah’s Coal Hollow for $2 Million in Taxpayer Funds

Posted on February 13, 2018February 14, 2018

Late Monday in Utah’s Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee, Denise Dragoo, an attorney for Snell and Wilmer’s Salt Lake City office combined…

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2018 Legislative Session, In the House

Bill to Protect Jordan Advances

Posted on February 7, 2018February 7, 2018

Legislation creating the Jordan River Recreation Area in central Salt Lake County was unanimously advanced Tuesday by the House Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee….

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In Committee, In the House, Utah Politics

Medical Cannabis Advancing in Utah

Posted on February 1, 2018February 3, 2018

The third time may be the charm for proponents of the use of medical cannabis by terminally ill patients and others who would benefit from…

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2018 Legislative Session, In the House, In the Senate, Legislative Branch

Free Speech Legislation Advances after Shapiro Speech in September

Posted on January 24, 2018January 24, 2018

In September 2017, controversy erupted at the University of Utah over conservative commentator Ben Shapiro’s impending campus visit. Several hundred students protested, urging U. administrators…

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2018 Legislative Session, In the House, Utah Politics

Utah’s House Speaker Offers Last Welcoming Remarks

Posted on January 22, 2018

On what will be Utah’s Speaker of the House, Greg Hughes’ last legislative session, the Draper Republican leader offered an opening address in which he…

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Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, On The Hill, Utah Politics

Utah’s Budgeting Bombshell

Posted on December 15, 2017December 19, 2017

As the U.S. Congress finalizes the controversial tax reform bill, the consequences of the massive tax overhaul are about to be felt in the West…

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Central Utah, In the Senate, Legislative Branch

Utah Senate Majority Leader Hospitalized

Posted on April 6, 2017April 7, 2017

A general expression of concern about the recent hospitalization of Senator Ralph Okerlund (Republican–Monroe) was made at the Central Utah Leadership Summit, an annual gathering of…

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