A few are calling for a halt in the House investigation of Attorney General John Swallow due to the cost and the Department of Justice’s decision not to prosecute. However, failure to continue investigation would not only short circuit other investigations by hampering evidence collection, but would also fail to address the loss of public […]
Utahns are stressed…but also enjoying life
September 24, 2013 by
Not only are Utahns among the most stressed in the nation, but they are also among the happiest, too. Who knew? According to Gallup, Utah has been among the states whose residents show a high level of stress consistently over the past five years: Gallup has measured daily stress in its tracking survey since 2008. […]
The newest candidate to replace Greg Bell or news you can’t make up?
September 19, 2013 by
City Weekly has an interesting one in the ongoing John Swallow saga/scandal. Timothy Lawson wants to be the next Lieutenant Governor of Utah. (The jury’s still out on whether the story will wind up being a saga or a scandal… right now, I’m guessing the latter. In the meantime, the story just got stranger.) Over […]
Utah’s School Grading moves education the right direction
September 14, 2013 by
Maybe the Utah legislature really does hate public education. Or maybe the legislature just wants to make it easier for parents to know how their school is doing. On September 1, Utah’s public schools received grades based on criteria set by the Utah legislature and set down in statute. For the first time ever, parents […]
Matheson, the man afraid of his constituents?
August 31, 2013 by
Alone among the Utah congressional delegation, Congressman Jim Matheson stopped holding town halls in 2007, over five years ago. What is he afraid of? As children head back to school and leaves begin to change, Members of Congress are coming to the end of the August recess and preparing to return to Washington, D.C. They’ve […]
It’s time to take politics out of the State Lands Trust Fund
August 2, 2013 by
At a meeting on August 2, 2013, the Utah State Board of Education voted unanimously to seek legislation that would change how the $1.6 billion trust fund is managed, moving management from the Utah Treasurer’s office to an independent board of financial professionals. What if you heard someone say “If Utah had run this trust the […]
Love rakes in numerous small donations, while Matheson milks PACs for money
July 16, 2013 by
After falling just short (a mere 800 votes short) of unseating the unflappable Jim Matheson as Utah’s lone Democrat in Congress in 2012, Mia Love is well on her way to raising the money necessary to finish the job in 2014. Filings with the Federal Elections Commission show that Love has been raising money at a […]
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