The International Olympic Committee's decision Tuesday to seek an agreement with Paris and Los Angeles over hosting the 2024 and 2028 Summer Games looks like good news for another Winter Games in Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City, host of the 2002 Winter Games, has been interested in bidding for another Olympics. But the U.S. Olympic Committee, which must submit the bids of American cities, has only sought Summer Games.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, the former chairman of the Senate Intelligence and Judiciary committees, said Tuesday that emails showing Donald Trump Jr. knowingly met with a Russian lawyer promising information to "incriminate" Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton was "overblown" and defended President Donald Trump's son as an "honorable" person.
Hatch said Trump Jr. didn't have any role in the administration and that it absolves the Trump White House of any wrongdoing.
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, said, "FBI Director Comey's statement made clear that Hillary Clinton's unauthorized actions risked revealing classified information and endangered our national security. Even if this case is not formally prosecuted in court, it is yet another reminder that the Clintons consider themselves above the law and refuse to play by the same rules as the rest of us."
To cover their expenses, cities have found it easier to raise various fees residents pay than to hike property taxes, Moss and others said. When cities propose raising taxes, state law requires them to advertise the plan and host a public hearing that mayors and city council members dread. Hiking fees draws far less attention.
Critics of cities' increasing reliance on fee hikes, like Moss and Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, say the practice hasn't been transparent because most residents don't read or understand the thousands of lines in a city budget.
They sought to end the trend altogether with HB164 but scaled the bill back after hearing from cities that said they have their reasons for using enterprise funds — made up of user fees for such things as electricity, water and sewer — to patch holes in their general funds.
State attorneys Friday opposed the United Utah Party's request for a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in its lawsuit seeking access to the 3rd Congressional District special election ballot.
The state has 30 days to process a request by a new political party. The elections office rejected United Utah co-founder Jim Bennett's candidate application because it had not recognized the party by the May 26 candidate filing deadline.
A recent study by the Urban Institute, a left-leaning Washington, D.C-based economic and social policy think tank, found that 586,000 nonelderly Utahns — or 72 percent more people — would be uninsured in 2022 under the Senate plan compared to the ACA. Under the current law, the institute estimates that 341,000 people would be uninsured under the ACA in 2022.
The public will likely never know the impact of a $5.6 state million tax incentive offered to Amazon.com Inc., because unlike other states, Utah keeps the results secret.
But state officials said they cannot publicly share the benchmarks, or disclose whether Amazon hits its targets, or reveal the amount of tax dollars it collects out of the millions Utah is offering in rebates. In essence, GOED is telling taxpayers, "Trust us."
There’s more on the menu than tasty food at the Mad Moose Cafe in Eden. How about a new political party with that sandwich?
To register his “Bull Moose Party,” Seguin said he will need to collect 2,000 valid voter signatures by the end of November. On July 4, he began that effort and about 220 people have already signed in support.
A new UtahPolicy.com survey finds 43% of Utahns think those journalists who publish leaked information from the government should face jail time, while the same number say that's a bridge too far. 13% of Utahns say they are undecided.
Sentiment for prosecuting journalists who reveal classified information depends on what side of the political spectrum you sit on.64% of Utah Republicans say journalists who publish leaked information should be prosecuted, while 22% say they should not. 76% of Democrats and 59% of independent voters disagree with prosecuting journalists for revealing secret information.
Our Schools Now will hold a public meeting to receive input on its ballot initiative at Legacy Elementary in St. George next week. The initiative seeks to raise the state sales and income tax in order to increase funding for public education.
According to Our Schools Now, adjusting the personal income tax rate from 5 to 5.50 percent will generate $450 million annually, while increasing the sales tax rate from 4.7 to 5.2 will yield $250 million annually.
