A few days ago, a Utah Valley University student was questioned by a couple of police officers regarding his possession and “open carry” of a handgun. Someone had called the police to report a “man with a gun”, and the police swooped [...]
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March 10, 2010RESIDENTS RALLY AGAINST PROPOSED SKI RESORT
A group of Cache Valley residents are fighting a proposed ski resort east of Richmond at the mouth of Cherry Creek Canyon. David Chadwick and Logan Checketts presented their plans for the [...]
Tonight:
We’re joined in the first hour with Cache Republican Party Chairman David James to discuss all things Bennett, Obama, and TEA Party. David and I have agreed to not argue (too much) this time.
And in the second hour, as promised, we will speak with Chis Cocola, former Congressman and [...]
I’m sure Jim Matheson figured he could oppose health care reform and immunize himself against Republican attacks and thereby save his seat. In that, he’s made a fundamental miscalculation.
As we’ve seen over the last year, the Republican party – individually and corporately – have no compunctions concerning lying about health [...]
Some industrial grade turd-polishing from the Senate Site:
Here are some facts:
HB 150 is designed to give law enforcement a technological tool to investigate not only sex offenses against children but also child kidnapping and stalking activity. Criminals have expanded their criminal activities with technology (text messaging, emails, access to [...]
Special guest for tonight’s 5 o’clock hour will be Chis Cocola, former Congressman and President/CEO of Club for Growth, who are behind the Stop Bob Bennett campaign and TV ad running here in Utah’s Senate Race.
We’ll find out what Club for Growth is all about, and why [...]
The funny thing about expectations is that they can serve to motivate our actions. I had held an expectation for myself that I would write daily (or almost daily) on all weekdays. It was hard at times to find things to write about and even harder to write anything of [...]
This morning on Fox News, Congressman Rob Bishop (UT-01) discussed the details of a leaked internal document from the Department of Interior (DOI) talking about grabbing millions of acres in 11 different Western states. Go Congressman Bishop! [...] 
This complete disregard of both science and the economic and environmental future of our state demands our protest.
The Legislature has had its say, now it’s our turn. Please come and invite your Facebook friends.
Despite our phone calls, letters, emails, and testimonies HJR 12 passed resoundingly in both [...]
I have four bills sitting in the Senate. We worked hard on these bills and with a sense of urgency to get them out of the House so they could move to the Senate. And now they sit. If you’re interested in refinery safety–HB 169, recycling of electronic devices–HB 153, [...]
On Thursday, March 18, 7:00 pm, Sen. Dan Liljenquist and I will be hosting a legislative wrap-up town hall meeting. It will be held at the Spectrum Academy Charter School, 575 N. Cutler Drive, North Salt Lake. Directions: turn West off Redwood Road at 600 N., then left onto Cutler [...]
Several weeks ago we worked on a budget proposal based on the recommendations of the various appropriations committees. That has turned out to be very much a starting point for many conversations and negotiations since that point. Today the last piece of the puzzle fell into place as we were [...]
Senator Howard Stephenson explains the Phantom Student Phaseout and fair funding of public schools in SB2.
In today's Media Briefing Senator Jenkins gave the latest updates on the positions of the majority caucus and Senator Stephenson spoke on funding related to education. You can watch the full briefing 
