Image via Wikipedia Utah is still short a US attorney since Brett Tolman stepped down at the end of 2009. This blog has reported on this issue previously, noting that the Obama Administration has been looking at appointing a Republican in place of the Democrat proposed by Rep.e Jim Matheson. With Rep. Matheson failing to […]
The next US attorney for Utah: a Republican?
July 21, 2010 by
With David Schwendiman no longer a nominee for US attorney from Utah, the Obama Administration has had to look elsewhere for the lead federal prosecutor in Utah. And their gaze seems tohave fallen on Scott Burns, Iron County attorney and former candidate for Utah attorney general. His post recent position is as executive director of […]
Much ado about immigration in Utah
July 14, 2010 by
Image via Wikipedia There’s a scandal brewing in Utah over a list of alleged illegal immigrants that was sent to a number of government leaders with a demand for action. A conservative bastion in the west, even the lone Democrat in Utah’s congressional delegation, Jim Matheson, votes with his Republican colleagues almost as often as he does with Nancy […]
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