August 11, 2026

From drip to fire-hose: ten days of focus on Swallow and Shurtleff

It’s hard not to wonder what kind of service Utah has been getting from its attorney general’s office for the last twelve years. With the news coming fast and furious from every news outlet in Utah, it’s becoming more and more unclear whether Mark Shurtleff and John Swallow didn’t spend more time focused on self-aggrandizement […]

Will Prosperity 2020 reach its goals? [Contributor]

Rhett Wilkinson is a lead project manager for The Exoro Group, a public affairs firm in Salt Lake City. A senior in journalism and liberal arts at Utah State University, he has previously interned in Utah Congressional and Gubernatorial offices and for the Deseret News. Opinions are his own.   Prosperity 2020 has a few […]

Report on Speaker Lockhart’s Comments at Utah State University [Contributor]

Rhett Wilkinson is a lead project manager for The Exoro Group, a public affairs firm in Salt Lake City. A senior in journalism and political science at Utah State University, he has previously interned in Utah Congressional and Gubernatorial offices and for the Deseret News. Opinions are his own.   Utah Speaker of the House […]

Appointing versus Electing the Attorney General

To avoid the influence of cash on Utah’s chief law enforcement office, Senator Todd Weiler wants the legislature to look into amending the Utah  constitution to allow for an appointed attorney general. With Utah’s long history of flawed AGs, perhaps it’s an idea we should take seriously.   During the Utah Legislative Session, ended last […]

A Special Counsel to Investigate Swallow?

Utah Legislature set to move authority for a special counsel to LG With the last day of the Utah Legislative Session upon us, Utah’s representatives are set to finally take action to directly investigate the allegation against Utah Attorney General John Swallow. In Senate Bill 289, introduced by Senator Pete Knudson, the legislature would grant […]

Behold Utah’s Bow Tie Caucus

Bow Tie caucus twitter.com/Gage_Froerer/s… — Gage Froerer (@Gage_Froerer) March 11, 2013  

Don’t move the state prison…yet. [Contributor]

Rhett Wilkinson is a senior at Utah State University. He is studying journalism and political science. The opinions expressed are his own. I felt hollowed last weekend as I watched James Bond find himself compromised, within killing range of the vengeful Silva. It happened after the ocean blue-eyed hero made a robust attempt to reach […]