2010
Selamat pagi!
(Malay for “Good Morning!)
Today is Day 14 of the Utah legislative session. Nonprofit Day on the Hill is setting up downstairs on the Rotunda, so if you get a chance to say hi, head on over!
Here’s a few things to keep in mind this morning at the Senate:
Here’s the senate seating chart (PDF) for the 2011 & 2012 sessions, a.k.a. The 59th Legislature.
The Senate President sits up front and presides over the session. Leadership of both caucuses sits on the back row. More senior senators generally prefer to sit toward…
As Governor Herbert announced today, projected state revenues for Fiscal Year 2012 are UP $216 Million. (more…)
By Lyle Hillyard
Senate Chair of Executive Appropriations (more…)
By Michael Waddoups
President of the Utah State Senate
By the time you read this I will have called most of my colleagues to give them their new committee assignments. One of the most interesting and complex jobs of a senate president is assigning people to committees and leadership…
Utah State Senate Standing Committees, 2011 ~ 2012 (more…)
Hey. Last night, Governor Herbert signed the call for a Special Session, next Wednesday at 1:00 p.m. (more…)
The Utah Senate will hold leadership elections today – the Minority Caucus at lunchtime and the Majority Caucus at 4:00 p.m. Check this page for updates. (more…)
Thank you for making time to vote today! And thanks to the Lt. Governor’s Office for building Utah a great Voter Information Site. (more…)
By Scott Jenkins
Senate Majority Leader (more…)
Yesterday the Utah Senate confirmed 15 of Governor Herbert’s nominees to seven boards and commissions. Here’s the list: (more…)
The Legislative Auditor’s Office released three new reports today. (more…)
It’s been a quiet week in the Utah Senate. (more…)
It was a quiet week in the Utah Senate. (more…)
Representative Ryan Wilcox live tweeted the Arizona Mission, which makes him a legislative rock star – not along the lines of a Bono or David Lee Roth, probably, but more of a Brandon Flowers or John Cougar Mellencamp.
For posterity:
#UTAH Delegation boarding plane…
By Michael Waddoups
President of the Utah Senate (more…)
It was a quiet day in the Utah Senate.
Flying over the Grand Canyon this morning, President Waddoups snapped the shot posted above. Six of our number are in Arizona right now, with Lt. Governor Bell, to learn from their experience on the immigration front. More on that soon.
Representative…
It was a quiet day in the Utah Senate.
Senator Wayne Niederhauser rang in the beginnings of new federal health care legislation with the DNews:
“We can’t sustain the trajectory of health care costs in this nation,” said Sen. Wayne Niederhauser, R-Sandy, majority whip and…
By Jon Greiner
Utah State Senator (more…)
We ended FY 2010 with a budget shortfall of $28 Million. Better than we feared. But the details are significant. (more…)
By Lyle Hillyard
Senate Chair of Exec Approps (more…)
By Lyle Hillyard (more…)
By Jon Greiner
Utah State Senator (more…)
It wasn’t all fun and games on Wednesday. In addition to immigration, Edu-Jobs money, Medicaid epidurals, and all the other committee work, the Utah Senate voted on six of Governor Herbert’s commission appointees and two new judges.
The Judges:
Robert J. Dale, confirmed…
By Curt Bramble
Utah State Senator (more…)
As posted at the Trib, DesNews and KVNU, we’re looking for public comment on five individuals Governor Herbert recently appointed as judges. Due diligence before we vote.
Here’s the press release:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 30, 2010
UTAH SENATE INVITES PUBLIC COMMENT ON…
By Jon Greiner
Utah State Senator and Ogden City Police Chief
As I sit at my desk today, I am reviewing in my mind the long and protracted process the decision by the federal judge in Arizona is going to take in determining the constitutionality of their immigration law going…
Utah cut state budgets. We raised the tobacco tax, we reformed the retirement system. It wasn’t easy. It was a lot of work, and it was painful. (more…)
Word from the Minority Caucus
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