Interim Committee Approves Bill to Add Liquor Licenses
Utah may be getting 90 new liquor licenses. The State Legislature is expected to vote this afternoon on a bill that would allow 50 full-service and 40 limited-service restaurants to obtain licenses.
View ArticleKUER News Pod: Wednesday June 20, 2012
Utah’s revenue projections appear to be on target, the Department of Corrections is worried about overcrowding, and Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Peter Cooke calls for ethics reform. That and more...
View ArticleSocial Media Recap: Special Session of the Utah Legislature
KUER News has a new twitter account (@KUERnews) and yesterday's special session of the Utah Legislature proved to be a great way to break it in. We sent three reporters to the capitol and throughout...
View ArticleKUER News Pod: Thursday June 21, 2012
In a special session, the Utah legislature approves 90 new liquor licenses, fixes a $25 million dollar gap in the education budget, and discusses the potential cost of the medicaid data breach.
View ArticleLawmakers Decide on Benchmark Health Insurance Plan
The state’s Health System Reform Task Force has decided on essential health benefits that all insurance companies must cover. Lawmakers argued that the benchmark plan should cover the bare minimum to...
View ArticleKUER News Pod: Thursday September 20, 2012
Salt Lake County mayoral candidate Ben McAdams lays out his plans to fix the county’s inefficiencies, an interim committee at the legislature looks at banning smoking in cars with children, and I-15...
View ArticleLegislature Considers Sex Education Training for Parents
State legislators debated the merits of creating training courses for parents on how to teach sex education to their children Wednesday during the Education Interim committee meeting.
View ArticleGOP Welcomes Former Democratic State Representative to Their Ranks
The Utah Republican party is welcoming former Democratic state representative Christine Watkins with open arms after her recent decision to join the GOP. Watkins, who has served her district near Price...
View ArticleKUER News Pod: Monday January 28, 2013
The Utah State Legislature begins today with many new faces, clean air advocates files a lawsuit against the EPA, and Congressmen Jim Matheson introduces legislation to limit kids’ access to violent...
View ArticleNew Utah Senate President Calls For Fiscal Responsibility
Newly elected Utah Senate President Wayne Neiderhauser opened the 2013 Legislative session by urging senators to be fiscally responsible.In his opening remarks Senate President Wayne Neiderhauser...
View ArticleRemote Mental Health Care a Possibility with New House Bill
The Utah House Health and Human Services Committee gave a favorable recommendation to a bill that would allow mental health and substance abuse counselors the ability to provide therapy remotely.
View ArticleKUER News Pod: Wednesday January 30, 2013
Utah Democrats call for increased education funding, the Utah House passes a bill that makes legislator pay more transparent, and Governor Gary Herbert declares today Fred Korematsu day.
View ArticleCongressman Jim Matheson Addresses Immigration, Economic Development with...
Democratic Congressman Jim Matheson made a visit to the legislature Thursday where he shared a list of things that he believes will help economic development.He says the first task in encouraging...
View ArticleKUER News Pod: Friday February 1, 2013
A Utah legislator tries to give more control to individual schools, speed limits on I-15 and I-80 could be getting higher, and Senator Orrin Hatch proposes a high-skilled immigration bill.
View ArticleBill to Add New Students to U Med School Moves Ahead
The Utah Senate is ready to spend ten million dollars to expand the number of medical students at the University of Utah. Senate Bill 42 would let the University of Utah medical school add 40 slots...
View ArticleHouse Democrats Propose Six New Air Quality Bills
A group of Democratic legislators are introducing six new bills in an effort to help tackle Utah’s poor air quality.The content of the proposed bills ranges from offering free passes for UTA Buses and...
View ArticleSalt Lake City, Ogden Mayors Propose Air Quality Measures
Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker joined Ogden Mayor Mike Caldwell at the State capitol today in announcing their ideas on how government on both the local and state level can help improve air quality.
View ArticleUDOH Cost/Benefit Report on Medicaid Expansion Delayed
The Utah Department of Health says that the privately contracted cost/benefit analysis of the optional Medicaid expansion is still not complete. The Social Services joint appropriations committee had...
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