Ten Things You Need to Know Today - Monday, December 7, 2015
Herbert, Cox and Reyes Enjoying High Approval Numbers
By Bob Bernick
Utah GOP Gov. Gary Herbert continues to be well liked in the state, a new Utah Policy poll shows....
Women's Leadership Institute to Hold Fundraiser Tuesday (Video)
By Bryan Schott
Pat Jones, CEO of the Women's Leadership Institute, talks about her organization's efforts to get more women to run for political office in Utah and their fundraiser taking place on Tuesday night....
Utah Policy/KSL Insider Survey: Biskupski Shakes Up City Hall
By Bryan Schott
Salt Lake City mayor-elect Jackie Biskupski shook up city hall last week by asking most of the appointed department heads, minus the police and fire chief, to submit their resignations as she prepares to take the reigns of the city....
Video: Inside Utah Politics Panel on SB54
By Bryan Schott
Managing Editor Bryan Schott, GOP party activist Michelle Mumford and former Democratic Senator Scott Howell join ABC 4's Glen Mills for a panel discussion on the Utah Republican Party's fight against SB54....
Stewart: Take Guns Away from Feds
By Golden Webb
Seven GOP House members, led by Rep. Chris Stewart, introduce legislation aimed at de-militarizing federal agencies by preventing them from purchasing certain firearms and developing their own SWAT-like teams. ...
Podcast: Pat Jones, CEO of the Women's Leadership Institute
By Bryan Schott
Managing Editor Bryan Schott speaks with Pat Jones, CEO of the Women's Leadership Institute, about their efforts to get more women involved in Utah politics....
End Citizens United Endorses Doug Owens for Congress
End Citizens United PAC officially endorsed Doug Owens for the U.S. House of Representatives in Utah’s 4th Congressional District. ...
Gov. Herbert Orders Flags to Remain Lowered for San Bernardino Victims
Gov. Gary R. Herbert has authorized the lowering of the flag of the United States of America and the flag of the state of Utah to continue until Dec. 7, 2015 to honor the victims of the San Bernardino, California attack....
Lee Letter Asks McConnell Not To Include Federal Land Buying Program in Spending Bill
Sens. Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), and James Lankford (R-OK) sent a letter to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) Friday, asking him not to include language permanently reauthorizing the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) in any end of the yea...
Hatch Press Release: With President's Signature, Long-Term Highway Bill Becomes Law
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) praised the Republican Congress’s work to produce a long-term bipartisan highway bill that funds America’s surface transportation programs for five full years without raising taxes or adding to the deficit....
Lee Applauds Senate Passage of Obamacare Repeal Bill
Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT issued the following statement Thursday after the Senate passed an Obamacare repeal bill through reconciliation....
Hatch Statement on Passage of Obamacare Repeal
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) issued the following statement after the Senate passed a measure to repeal Obamacare using the budget reconciliation process:...
Salt Lake Tribune
Op-ed: Healthy Utah still looks like best solution to Medicaid dilemma
Op-ed: Don’t renew Export-Import Bank to protect U.S. business
Hatch: Obamacare is failing, and my repeal bill will fix it
Editorial: Utah representatives play good cop, bad cop
Editorial: If Utah can help Mexican wolves recover, we should let them in
Utah may license drug treatment centers to crack down on fraud
Mormon church real estate firm plans to bring thousands of new homes to Riverton
Utah officials: Mexican wolf is ‘bullet’ that could destroy West
State school board wants land swap if new monument named in Utah
Former Gov. Olene Walker remembered as leader, mother, role model
Utah’s Hatch praises highway bill passage, Lee denounces it
Salt Lake City joins in defending Obama’s immigration actions
UTA reversed contract stance to allow bid by Swiss rail company
Utah envisions refugees as savvy programmers
Edward Snowden talks about NSA’s Utah Data Center and more in Park City digital address
Deseret News
Frank Pignanelli & LaVarr Webb: A few political issues to contemplate on cold and smoggy days
Derek Monson: Wisdom of not expanding Medicaid becomes ever clearer
Editorial: Utah's congressional delegation confronts a changing Washington environment
Editorial: Time for Utah to develop comprehensive plan to address inequality in public education
State School Board adopts new middle school science standards
Former Gov. Olene Walker remembered as 'devoted to the public good'
Libertarian group ranks Salt Lake as least free city in Utah
Will pipeline weigh down your wallet or buoy your future?
‘Sickest of the sick’: Caring for patients who account for lion's share of costs
UTA changed bidding process to make room for Swiss rail company
Davis, Weber roads to reap from Prop 1 while state's 2 biggest counties lag behind
Other
Editorial: Is Utah County better prepared for a mass shooting? (Daily Herald)
Provo looks at new urbanism, pocket neighborhoods at zoning summit (Daily Herald)
SITLA ignores property rights, tells Saratoga Springs how to plan a city (Daily Herald)
Rural schools offer challenges and rewards (Standard-Examiner)
It's not 'Little House on the Prairie,' but similarities exist (Standard-Examiner)
Rural students leave home to finish school (Standard-Examiner)
County to add another public defender due to legislation and state scrutiny (Logan Herald Journal)
Transit talks to move Kamas Valley (Park Record)
Christie: ‘Every place in America is a target’ (The Hill)
Dems threaten Reid tax deal (The Hill)
Attacks put new focus on Obama's anti-terror tactics (Politico)
Trump pumps siege mentality in Iowa (Politico)
Jimmy Carter announces he is cancer-free (CNN)
Clinton explains why she won't say 'radical Islam' (CNN)
Clinton says U.S. is ‘not winning’ the war against the Islamic State (Washington Post)
Trump on fighting terrorism: 'What's too far?' (CNN)
Ben Carson Calls Transgender Military Members A Distraction (Huffington Post)
Rubio Questions Legitimacy Of Terror Watch Lists (Huffington Post)
Uneasy calm in markets about upcoming U.S. rate increase, BIS says (Reuters)