Transparency in the Healthy Utah discussion
Whatever your position on expanding Medicaid in Utah, attacking the post-legislative session discussions as being “secretive” only makes sense if you don’t know anything about public policy formation....
View ArticleAnother Scandal: Why didn’t this come out in October? Oh, wait…
Utah blindsided by another political scandal File this under: “Things That Would Have Been Nice To Know Last October.” Wednesday morning, Utah woke up to another political bombshell. Accused of...
View ArticleMedia malpractice on Justin Miller or wink wink nudge nudge?
The more you look at the whole Justin Miller scandal (more on that here, here, here, and, heck, one more: here), the more you start to wonder: Where are the calls for investigation? Where are the...
View ArticleRepublicans not piling on to Democrats over the Miller scandal
“Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth.” Proverbs 24:17 After 32 days of near silence, the Democratic Caucus of the Utah House called for Rep. Justin...
View ArticleFEC files complaint against Jeremy Johnson for illegal donations to Mark...
This is why we can’t have nice things. In a Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint filed in federal court, Jeremy Johnson is in hot water again, charged with violating federal elections law in...
View ArticlePlanned Parenthood can clean up its image with this one simple step
Governor Gary Herbert did the right thing in telling Utah agencies not to pass through federal grant money to Planned Parenthood. Sure, Pro Choice activists will mock, in strongly worded Facebook...
View Article38 reasons Utah won’t see Medicaid expansion this year
It might be 2016, or even 2017, before Utah sees legislative action on Medicaid expansion. A self-imposed July 31 deadline blew past without any compromise between House Leadership and the Governor,...
View ArticleAshley Madison: Just because you can, it doesn’t mean you should
Just because you can, it doesn’t mean you should. This applies as much to using Ashley Madison to arrange an affair as it does to using the Ashley Madison hack to expose those who used the site. As a...
View ArticleOut with the baby, or just with the bathwater? Now that Governor Herbert...
Due to a 2014 court case, Governor Gary Herbert won’t be putting together a state board of education recruiting and nomination committee this year, even though it’s required by law. Under Utah law, the...
View ArticleThe candidates to replace Justin Miller in HD 40
With Justin Miller’s resignation in effect on November 11, Democrats will gather to select a replacement, choosing from four candidates to send one to Governor Gary Herbert for appointment to fill out...
View ArticleUtah LG Spencer Cox extends olive branch to GOP Chair James Evans, explains...
Can a soft answer turn away wrath? In a letter yesterday, Utah Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox responded to a letter from Utah Republican Party Chair James Evans with an apology and an explanation of...
View ArticleUtah GOP Chair James Evans letter spells out legal basis for SB 54 dispute:...
In a letter Friday (embedded below), Utah GOP Chair James Evans responded to two previous letters from Utah Lieutenant Governor Spencer Cox relating to issues of disagreement between the Utah...
View ArticleTed Cruz: Who needs enemies when you have friends like this?
I am a fan of Senator Mike Lee’s justice reform efforts in Congress. They’re solid ideas, and they will make a difference. I appreciate his efforts to find ways to create conservative and pragmatic...
View Article
