Author’s/Editor’s Note: This editorial is in response to questions brought forward from the previously published editorial. Utah Political Capitol appreciates your continued understanding regarding the topic and hopes it creates a greater conversation about sexual harassment, abuse, and assault. ###…
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I’m absolutely sickened by President-elect Donald J. Trump’s assertion that flag-burners should lose their citizenship or spend one year in jail. The very idea of depriving a person of something as precious as citizenship or stripping away their liberty for…
For more than a decade I have closely followed the Utah State Legislature. In that time I have heard offensive comments about babies being black or comments wondering when rape is actually rape. I have heard stupid comments about how…
The 2016 bill, HB 144 – Food Freedom Act, proposes that small farmers be allowed to sell their edible critters directly to consumers. That means I could go to a local farmers’ market and purchase pork, chicken, and beef from the…
We’re about a year away from the heat of the 2016 campaign season, and roughly six months away from filing or signature gathering. For the past year now, though, it appears that the real goal of Count My Vote will…
By Asenath Horton A 3-2 vote by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in June means everything to contact centers and the employees who rely on them for jobs. “The decision is exactly as the FCC’s very own commissioner described it:…
In January of 2013, the response from the Utah Democratic Party was swift: bring in a special prosecutor from Washington DC to conduct an independent investigation to determine if newly minted Attorney General John Swallow had attempted to cut off…
Last week, the Auditor General for the Legislature released a report showing gross inaccuracies in Utah’s water data. The data was so inaccurate that the auditors didn’t bother evaluating it for legislative use. Water is the cornerstone of our existence,…
Every two years or so, sometime around April, you hear that the upcoming November election is “the most important election.” It isn’t. But, surely this Tuesday’s vote is the most important. It’s not. But think of all the things we…
