SALT LAKE CITY — Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, says he is now spending nearly every day meeting and speaking with local mayors, homeless advocates and business owners, looking for solutions to the homelessness problem. To that end, he’s now created what he calls a “war room” for those discussions in the heart of […]
WASHINGTON DC — It’s now up to the U.S. Senate to confirm former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr., as the next ambassador to Russia. Political experts say that shouldn’t be a problem — given that he’s gone through the process three times without a single dissenting vote. Huntsman previously served as Ambassador to China and […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Lawmakers in a committee hearing questioned what authority charter schools have to call on the state to seize property through eminent domain laws. District schools have done it. And charters are public schools too, but they are run by private entities or citizens. State Senator Howard Stephenson says there is confusion […]
WASHINGTON DC — Utah Senator Mike Lee said he could not support the Senate GOP’s health care plan along with Kansas Senator Jerry Moran. Add that to Senators Rand Paul and Susan Collins and it does not get enough support. Lee says the current bill did not go far enough to help middle-class families. […]
PROVO — The decision by Jason Chaffetz to leave Congress is costing Utah’s counties. The counties involved are estimating it will cost them more than $670,000 dollars to host the special election. Utah County Clerk/Auditor Bryan Thompson says they’ll pay $500,000 of that total. “We are the majority of the 3rd congressional district. Just that in and of itself means […]
SALT LAKE CITY – The state is making changes that could clear the way for farmers to team with laboratories to grow industrial hemp. Before proponents of medical marijuana get too excited, experts point out this is not a drug. “Industrial hemp is not marijuana, and, this, in no way has a relationship with the […]
