Election Certification
Utah County Commissioner Bill Lee addressed concerns he has about the election results certifying process at Tuesday’s Board of Canvassers meeting. The Utah County Commission unanimously proceeded to certify results. Commissioners agreed to pursue the review of cast vote records as part of ongoing review and improvements. Lee and Commissioners Tom Sakeivich and Amelia Powers […]
Second Amendment
It’s very simple: “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Legislative Committees
Senate Committees Government Operations and Political Subdivisions Committee Judiciary, Law Enforcement, and Criminal Justice Committee Senate Business and Labor Committee Senate Economic Development and Workforce Services Committee Senate Education Committee Senate Ethics Committee Senate Health and Human Services Committee Senate Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environment Committee Senate Retirement and Independent Entities Committee Senate Revenue and […]
Healthcare
High-quality health care helps prevent diseases and improve quality of life. Healthy People 2030 focuses on improving health care quality and making sure all people get the health care services they need. Helping health care providers communicate more effectively can help improve health and well-being.
Environmental Social Governance – ESG
Environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) is an approach to evaluating the extent to which a corporation works on behalf of social goals that go beyond the role of a corporation to maximize profits on behalf of the corporation’s shareholders. Typically, the social goals advocated within an ESG perspective include working to achieve a certain […]
Utah Legislation
Bill Number Bill Title Sponsor Passed Effective Gov Action Gov Date HB0001S01 Public Education Base Budget Amendments Eliason, S. 1/27/2022 2/2/2022 GSIGN 2/2/2022 HB0002 New Fiscal Year Supplemental Appropriations Act Last, B. 3/2/2022 7/1/2022 GSIGN 3/23/2022 HB0003 Appropriations Adjustments Last, B. 3/4/2022 7/1/2022 GOVLVETO 3/24/2022 HB0005 Natural Resources, Agriculture, and Environmental Quality Base Budget Barlow, […]
LGBTQ
So exactly where does this end. LGBTQIA2s+: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and/or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual, Two-Spirit. Intersectionality will devour itself. In the ‘power dynamic’ who will win? “I’m Black.”“Well, I’m a Black WOMAN.”“Ha, I’m a Black GAY woman.”“I win; I’m a Black gay TRANSGENDER MAN” It will become a circular firing squad…
Public Lands
The BLM manages nearly 22.8 million acres of public lands in Utah, representing about 42 percent of the state. Located mostly in western and southeastern Utah, these lands are varied, ranging from rolling uplands to sprawling desert lowlands.
Social Justice
Social justice refers to a political and philosophical theory that focuses on the concept of fairness in relations between individuals in society and equal access to wealth, opportunities, and social privileges.
Tales from the Wokish…
Part I Democracy
“You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means…” You may or may not recognize James Lindsay’s name. For those who don’t, James is a mathematician. He garnered a PhD in mathematics from the University of Tennessee. He got derailed from his mathematics endeavors by the idea that […]
