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 Miller’s term representing HD 40. Early on, prior even to Miller’s resignation, former HD 40 Representative Lynn Hemingway let it be known that […]
New Poll Shows Healthy Utah Has Less Than Fifty Percent Support Among Informed Voters
April 16, 2015 by
Informed voters don’t support Healthy Utah, according to a new poll. The poll results will provide ammo to opponents of the Medicaid expansion, further complicating Governor Gary Herbert‘s efforts to find a compromise with conservative legislators to cover uninsured Utahns. The poll, released today and embedded below, shows less than fifty percent of informed voters support Healthy Utah when given […]
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: The EPA Rule on Ozone Levels and the Intermountain West
December 12, 2014 by
The EPA Rule on Ozone Levels Recently, the US Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) published an administrative rule that requires states to lower atmospheric ozone levels to 60-70 parts per billion. For states in the Intermountain West, where the level of naturally occurring ozone (or “background concentrations”) routinely reaches 60 – 75 ppb, it’s going to be tough to […]
Utah Medicaid Expansion Polls: The False Dichotomy Problem
September 18, 2014 by
If there’s one thing that the pollsters who have raised their collective fingers to the wind of Utah public opinion in recent months can agree upon, it’s that Utah voters don’t know much about Medicaid expansion. That’s a problem, not only for making public policy, but for trusting the polls to determine what the public […]
Ten Utah Races To Watch On Primary Night
June 20, 2014 by
Early voting in the Utah Primary ends today, and the Primary Election will be on Tuesday, June 24. With no statewide or federal offices grabbing headlines, it might be easy to forget that there’s a primary at all. But there is, and here’s ten races that you should keep your eyes on.
Do Utahns want the state to support Medicaid expansion?
June 13, 2014 by
Do Utahns want the state to support Medicaid expansion? Medicaid expansion is a big deal, even if it’s not half as riveting as same-sex marriage or the FIFA World Cup. It speaks to the question of how we as a state care for our poor when they get sick. A poll published by Brigham Young University’s Center […]
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