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How about government based on results?

Posted in 2011, Featured on Thursday, February 3rd, 2011 at 9:30 PM 6 Comments

By Wayne Niederhauser
Utah State Senator, District 9 (more…)

Mission-based funding for Higher Ed

Posted in Featured, Sixty Seconds on Wednesday, February 2nd, 2011 at 10:00 PM 4 Comments

Video by Steve Urquhart
Utah State Senator (more…)

Symbols to Honor our History and Culture

Posted in Featured on Monday, January 31st, 2011 at 7:01 PM 5 Comments

By Mark Madsen
Utah State Senator (more…)

Tags: 2nd Amendment Senator Madsen

Sharper Teeth to Fight Affinity Fraud

Posted in 2011, Featured on Monday, January 31st, 2011 at 12:27 PM 1 Comments

By Ben McAdams & Lyle Hillyard
Utah State Senators (more…)

Tags: 2011 Legislative Session fraud

Proposed changes to Utah’s alcohol policy

Posted in 2011, Featured on Thursday, January 27th, 2011 at 6:02 PM 12 Comments

By John Valentine
Utah State Senator, District 14 (more…)

Tags: Alcohol Policy

Checks & Balances for the Board of Ed

Posted in Featured on Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 at 1:09 PM 6 Comments

By Chris Buttars
Utah State Senator (more…)

Tags: 2011 Legislative Session Education Funding

State Parks and Budget Cuts

Posted in 2011, Featured on Wednesday, January 26th, 2011 at 11:19 AM 2 Comments

By Senator Hinkins
Senate Chair of The Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environment Quality Appropriations Committee (more…)

Tags: Balancing the Budget Senator Hinkins

Let the fun begin

Posted in Featured on Tuesday, January 25th, 2011 at 11:01 AM 1 Comments

By Senator Lyle Hillyard
Senate Chair of Executive Appropriations (more…)

So. It begins.

Posted in Featured on Sunday, January 23rd, 2011 at 10:33 PM 4 Comments

Let the session be epic. (more…)

Anatomy of the 2011 Budget

Posted in 2011, Featured on Saturday, January 22nd, 2011 at 5:41 PM 4 Comments

By Senator Lyle Hillyard
Senate Chair of Executive Appropriations (more…)

Don’t Panic

Posted in 2011, Featured on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 at 7:52 PM 6 Comments

By Michael Waddoups
President of the Utah State Senate (more…)

Tags: Balancing the Budget State Budget

2011 Senate Seating Chart #incaseyoucare

Posted in 2010, Featured on Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 at 7:56 PM 4 Comments

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…

Tags: 2011 Legislative Session Twitter

Utah’s 2011 Base Budget Gets a Haircut

Posted in Featured on Wednesday, December 15th, 2010 at 3:25 PM 1 Comments

I’m not sure we’ve ever said this before, but Bob Bernick hit the nail on the head. In today’s Utah Policy Daily (published here with permission):

Just how fiscally conservative the 2011 Legislature will be was reflected Tuesday afternoon when GOP leaders approved a “base…

Tags: Balancing the Budget State Budget

The Hole, defined.

Posted in 2010, Featured on Friday, December 10th, 2010 at 6:32 PM 2 Comments

As Governor Herbert announced today, projected state revenues for Fiscal Year 2012 are UP $216 Million. (more…)

Tags: Balancing the Budget Education Funding State Budget

State Budgeting for 2011

Posted in 2010, Featured on Thursday, December 9th, 2010 at 12:30 PM 6 Comments

By Lyle Hillyard
Senate Chair of Executive Appropriations (more…)

Tags: Balancing the Budget State Budget

Senate Committee Assignments: The List

Posted in 2010, Featured on Friday, November 26th, 2010 at 7:33 PM 2 Comments

Utah State Senate Standing Committees, 2011 ~ 2012 (more…)

Tags: Committee Assignments

Leadership Elections 2010

Posted in 2010, Featured on Thursday, November 4th, 2010 at 12:06 PM 1 Comments

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…)

Tags: Leadership Elections

November 2nd, 2010: Vote

Posted in 2010, Featured on Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010 at 11:56 AM No Comments

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…)

Tags: Election Day Vote

Senate Leadership Races

Posted in 2010, Featured on Friday, October 29th, 2010 at 4:54 PM 1 Comments

By Scott Jenkins
Senate Majority Leader (more…)

Tags: Leadership Elections

Three New Audits

Posted in 2010, Featured on Thursday, October 21st, 2010 at 1:32 PM 2 Comments

The Legislative Auditor’s Office released three new reports today. (more…)

Tags: Alcohol Policy Charter Schools Legislative Audits

Gone Fishing

Posted in Featured on Saturday, October 9th, 2010 at 10:42 PM 3 Comments

By Lyle Hillyard
Utah State Senator, Cache & Rich Counties (more…)

Ryan Wilcox & the Border Tweets

Posted in 2010, Featured on Saturday, October 2nd, 2010 at 1:50 PM 6 Comments

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…

Tags: Immigration Law Enforcement

Arizona Immigration Work: Good, Bad & Ugly

Posted in 2010, Featured on Friday, October 1st, 2010 at 5:35 PM 7 Comments

By Michael Waddoups
President of the Utah Senate (more…)

Tags: Immigration Law Enforcement

Arizona Pics

Posted in Featured on Thursday, September 30th, 2010 at 9:55 PM 3 Comments

Twelve legislators and the Lt. Governor visited Arizona this week, to gain first-hand understanding of the political, economic and social implications of Arizona’s experience with illegal immigration issues.

If a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s a 240,000-word essay.

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Tags: Drug Crimes Immigration Law Enforcement