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Despite the fact that our State has the second largest gender wage gap in the U.S., Utah lawmakers refused to allow a study to see just how much pay inequality exists between male and female state employees.

Democratic Utah Senator, Luz Escamilla, presented the request to fellow lawmakers yesterday in the Senate Business and Labor Committee. The male-dominated committee quickly shot the proposal down, without even so much as a vote.

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MEDIA ALERT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 14, 2018

We began 2018 hopeful that real substantive changes to education policy and practice will again come to our schools and children this year. We renewed our focus on ensuring that America is prepared to deliver on its promise of opportunity so that every child - and learners at all levels - especially the underprivileged and those in greatest need, have access to every innovation and opportunity they need to set them up to become truly global citizens, and to be ready for anything they decide to take on in the future!

Washington’s Advice Rejected by both Parties

By Harold Pease, Ph. D

Avoiding national debt was one of George Washington’s greatest admonitions yet neither liberals nor conservatives have paid much attention to it.  It would be well to reflect on his advice this President’s Day.

The trillion dollar Republican proposal will raise overall spending caps by about $300 billion over the next two years and will make interest on the debt the largest growing part of the federal budget.  This expenditure of the people’s hard-earned taxes purchases nothing—simply vanishes.

New White House Budget Would Bail Out Obamacare

Feb. 14, 2018

3 Tactics To Help 
Your Child Face Down Bullies

Childhood bullying has become such a widespread problem that one Wisconsin community even proposed levying $1,000 fines against the parents of bullies.

In most cases, though, bullied children can’t count on help from their city councils, so it’s often up to their parents to help them find solutions. In extreme situations, fighting back might be the answer, but that should be a last resort, says a martial arts instructor who has taught young people how to face bullies.

Situational awareness - February 14, 2018

Good Wednesday morning from Salt Lake City. Happy Valentine's Day! It's also Ash Wednesday.

Lawmakers reach the halfway point of the 2018 election. Legislators still have to set the budget next year, but they still don't know how much money they'll have to spend. The White House is still reeling from the fallout of abuse allegations against a top aide.

Prices in the West region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), were up 0.5 percent in January 2018, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. Over the last 12 months, the CPI-U rose 3.1 percent in the West.

How High Schoolers Can Boost American Business
By JD Hoye

Finding skilled workers is an ongoing challenge for American businesses.

Media reports tend to focus on the lack of science, tech, and math skills. But more than four in 10 business executives complain that too many job applicants lack "soft skills" like creativity, teamwork, and communication. Indeed, a full half of the nation's hiring managers say the college graduates they meet are short on "critical thinking and problem solving" skills and the ability to pay adequate "attention to detail."