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2016 Legislative Session, Flagged Bills - 2016 Session, Uncategorized

Flagged Bill – HB 246 – Reproductive Health Amendments – Rep. Brian King

Posted on February 8, 2016February 9, 2016

Utah’s modern sex education curriculum dates back to 1988, when Senator Frances Farley, a Democrat, introduced the idea of promoting abstinence into the core curriculum….

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2016 Legislative Session, Flagged Bills - 2016 Session, Uncategorized

Flagged Bill: HJR 5 – Joint Rules Resolution on Redistricting Standards – Rep. Merrill Nelson

Posted on January 28, 2016

Perhaps one of the most important events to take place in our democracy is the redistricting process. Once every ten years, the representative boundaries are…

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2016 Legislative Session, Flagged Bills - 2016 Session, Uncategorized

Flagged Bills: SB 28 & SCR 1 – Water System Conservation Pricing & Concurrent Resolution Encouraging Universal Metering of Water Systems – Sen. Scott Jenkins

Posted on December 22, 2015December 31, 2015

Utah has a water problem. One would assume that Utah, being the second driest state in the nation, would have a firm understanding of all…

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2016 Legislative Session, Flagged Bills - 2016 Session, Uncategorized

Constitutional Defense Council to Meet Wednesday to Review $100k to Lyman

Posted on June 23, 2015December 25, 2015

The Utah State Legislature previously organized, authorized, and funded a regulatory body known as the Constitutional Defense Council (CDC) — which is charged with the…

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The Primer, The UPC Show, Uncategorized

UPC Show: Episode…Wait…The Primer, Episode 1 – Alcohol in Utah

Posted on June 8, 2015June 7, 2015

This week on the UPC show…you are actually going to hear our first episode of The Primer! Why? Because the UPC show is on vacation…

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From the Writer’s Desk: The Firing Squad – It is Time to Move Forward

Posted on March 24, 2015August 8, 2016

Down a cold, drab hallway the condemned prisoner goes as he makes his way to the death chamber. His appeals have been exhausted, and the…

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Final Day Live Blog – Legislative Updates for the 2015 Session

Posted on March 12, 2015March 15, 2015

The final hours of the 2015 legislative session are rapidly coming to a close. At midnight tonight, the gavel will be dropped and the House…

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Long Held Legislation on Clean School Buses Finally Advances to Full Senate

Posted on March 6, 2015

Clean air legislation that seeks to replace older, fuel-inefficient school buses with new models has cleared the Senate Education Committee after spending the last several…

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2015 Legislative Session, In Committee, In the Senate, Uncategorized

Bill to Drop Nutrition Standards in Schools Fails

Posted on March 5, 2015March 4, 2015
senator aaron osmond

A bill that would exempt schools from federal nutrition standards failed to gain the endorsement of the Senate Education Committee Tuesday. SB 84 – State…

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School Split Compromise Passes House Committee

Posted on March 5, 2015March 4, 2015

Legislation that would set rules on the formation of new school districts was passed out of the House Education Committee with a favorable recommendation Monday….

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