Utah Political News
County GOP goes nearly two years without finance report
County GOP goes nearly two years without finance report By Jeremiah Stettler The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 2, 2010 07:50PM MDT The Salt Lake County Republican Party hasn’t disclosed information about campaign contributions or expenses for nearly 20 months — a gap that has Democrats crying foul and Republicans pledging to fix the problem. The Lieutenant Governor’s Office confirmed Thur ...
Friday September 3, 2010 1:50AM | sltrib.com
Holladay ponders anti-bias rules
Holladay ponders anti-bias rules By Cathy mckitrick The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 2, 2010 07:48PM MDT Holladay • As the City Council began considering whether to protect gay and transgender Holladay residents from housing and employment discrimination, Councilman Barry Topham instead hoped to sideline the debate at a work session this week. “We have so many problems in this city,” sa ...
Friday September 3, 2010 1:48AM | sltrib.com
Salt Lake County seeks people for redistricting commission
Salt Lake County seeks people for redistricting commission Updated Sep 2, 2010 06:39PM MDT After the 2010 Census, the Salt Lake County Council will need someone to redraw voting districts for council and school board posts. Want to do it? The council is accepting applications until mid-September for people willing to serve on its independent redistricting commission. That panel — the brainchi ...
Friday September 3, 2010 12:39AM | sltrib.com
U. to start scholarship fund named after intern who died
U. to start scholarship fund named after intern who died By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 2, 2010 06:37PM MDT Washington, D.C. • The Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah has set up a scholarship fund named after an intern in the program who apparently fell to his death from his apartment building here last weekend. Kirk Jowers, the head of the institute, an ...
Friday September 3, 2010 12:37AM | sltrib.com
Utah panel pushing for energy-efficient homes
Utah panel pushing for energy-efficient homes By Kristen Moulton The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 2, 2010 06:18PM MDT Utah’s Uniform Building Code Commission is poised to push the Legislature to mandate that new houses be more energy-efficient. But a key group already is pushing back. Homebuilders say the new standards would unnecessarily jack up the prices for new houses, while conservation ...
Friday September 3, 2010 12:18AM | sltrib.com
GOP has new candidate in Avenues Senate race
GOP has new candidate in Avenues Senate race By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 2, 2010 06:05PM MDT Republicans have recruited Utah Log Cabin Republican President Melvin Nimer to step in and run against state Sen. Ben McAdams after their first candidate was disqualified from the race. Nimer said he had been considering a bid for office for some time, but had anticipated running ...
Friday September 3, 2010 12:05AM | sltrib.com
Holladay considers non-discrimination ordinances
Holladay considers non-discrimination ordinances By Cathy mckitrick The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 2, 2010 05:44PM MDT Holladay • As the City Council began considering whether to protect gay and transgender Holladay residents from housing and employment discrimination, Councilman Barry Topham instead hoped to sideline the debate at a work session this week. “We have so many problems in ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 11:44PM | sltrib.com
Salt Lake County looking for redistricting recruits
Salt Lake County looking for redistricting recruits Updated Sep 2, 2010 04:14PM MDT After the 2010 Census, the Salt Lake County Council will need someone to redraw voting districts for council and school board posts. Want to do it? The council is accepting applications until mid-September for people willing to serve on its independent redistricting commission. That panel — the brainchild of D ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 10:14PM | sltrib.com
U. to start scholarship fund after intern death
U. to start scholarship fund after intern death By Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 2, 2010 02:41PM MDT Washington • The Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah has set up a scholarship fund named after an intern for the program who apparently fell to his death from his apartment building here last weekend. Kirk Jowers, the head of the institute, and his wife, Kr ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 8:41PM | sltrib.com
State lobby officials clear Lee, Bridgewater
State lobby officials clear Lee, Bridgewater By ROBERT GEHRKE The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 2, 2010 12:49PM MDT An investigation of Republican Senate primary combatants Tim Bridgewater and Mike Lee by the lieutenant governor’s office found that neither candidate had committed a “willful and knowing” violation of state lobbying law. Just before the Republican primary in June, competing ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 6:49PM | sltrib.com
New Republican candidate in Avenues Senate contest
New Republican candidate in Avenues Senate contest By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 2, 2010 11:39AM MDT Republicans have recruited Utah Log Cabin Republican President Melvin Nimer to step in and run against state Sen. Ben McAdams after their first candidate was disqualified from the race. Nimer said he had been considering a bid for office for some time, but had anticipated ru ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 5:39PM | sltrib.com
Obama’s speech
Obama’s speech Updated Sep 2, 2010 07:27AM MDT President Obama marked the official end of combat operations in Iraq Tuesday night with a speech whose larger message was, in the final words of the speech, “better days lie ahead.” The president said the end of American involvement in Iraq is in sight, he has a plan for Afghanistan that includes a transition out of that war beginning next y ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 1:27PM | sltrib.com
Deseret moves
Deseret moves Updated Sep 2, 2010 07:24AM MDT With newspapers fighting to survive as they retool for the future, the Deseret News has struck a new course tailored to attract and inform a global Mormon readership. It is a bold attempt at a unique makeover, and we at The Salt Lake Tribune wish the newspaper well. To implement the plan announced Tuesday by Deseret News CEO and President Clark Gilb ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 1:24PM | sltrib.com
New school opens amid construction
New school opens amid construction By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 1, 2010 08:28PM MDT Wednesday was the first day of school for students at the Weilenmann School of Discovery, a brand new charter school in Summit County. But a state legislator who spent 27 years as a building inspector says the school is unfit for students and teachers and it’s still 30 to 60 days from bei ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 2:28AM | sltrib.com
Private clubs’ demise hasn’t opened booze floodgates
Private clubs’ demise hasn’t opened booze floodgates By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 1, 2010 06:40PM MDT Utahns haven’t been drinking more in bars and clubs since the state abandoned its private club law last year, but tourism officials say they have seen big benefits in booking convention business. Opponents of the change warned the new rules would increase access to l ...
Thursday September 2, 2010 12:40AM | sltrib.com
Salt Palace solar array paying off before it’s built
Salt Palace solar array paying off before it’s built By Jeremiah Stettler The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Sep 1, 2010 05:04PM MDT A Salt Palace solar array that would outshine any other rooftop grid in the nation is brightening the Beehive State’s bottom line — even before the first panel is in place. Although the installation is months away, word of it helped Salt Lake County win a Nationa ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 11:04PM | sltrib.com
Rolly: Legislator says he didn’t say what he said
Rolly: Legislator says he didn’t say what he said By PAUL ROLLY Tribune Columnist Updated Sep 1, 2010 12:43AM MDT Rep. Craig Frank, R-Cedar Hills, would make a wonderful Alice in Wonderland character. He doesn’t really say what he really says, you see. And to correct what he is quoted as saying, he says the very thing that he is quoted as saying but didn’t really say, you see. Frank felt ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 6:43AM | sltrib.com
Immigration costs
Immigration costs Updated Sep 1, 2010 12:02AM MDT Rep. Paul Ray says that the United States must change the 14th Amendment because citizen children of illegal aliens are costing the federal and state governments at least $63.5 million in social service benefits a year in Utah alone. He may be right about that cost figure, but that’s only half of the story. What the Clearfield Republican’s ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 6:02AM | sltrib.com
Privatizing parks
Privatizing parks Updated Sep 1, 2010 12:01AM MDT To privatize, or not to privatize? When it comes to handing over the keys to Utah’s state parks, the state lacks the data needed to answer the question. That’s why a proposal for a privatization pilot project, while well-intentioned, is premature. The subject was broached during the 2010 legislative session as a way to save money. The state ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 6:01AM | sltrib.com
Corroon is raking in, burning through, money
Corroon is raking in, burning through, money By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune Updated Aug 31, 2010 09:33PM MDT The good news for Peter Corroon is that he has managed to raise more than any Democratic candidate for governor in recent years and likely in Utah history. The bad news is that he’s burned through much of the money, leaving Gov. Gary Herbert nearly twice as much to spend betwee ...
Wednesday September 1, 2010 3:33AM | sltrib.com
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