Miami Herald - A proposal that would have forced the Legislature to take another look at the idea of taxing services died Tuesday, and two tax swap plans stalled after economists said one of them would have cost Florida 53,000 jobs a year. Virtually unanimous ...

Daily Herald - What the Utah League of Cities and Towns (ULCT) has done is convince the legislature to draft legislation creating two NEW forms of government based on the TOTALLY UNCONSTITUTIONAL (as far as I'm concerned) council-manager by ordinance form. So, what ...

Daily Herald - The federal government is considering several land-use plans in Utah. One of these, which comes out of the Price field ... The federal government has no Constitutional authority to buy land (or own) without the consent of the legislature of a state ...

Miami Herald - The speaker of Iraq's fragmented parliament threatened Tuesday to disband the legislature, saying it is so riddled with distrust it appears unable to adopt the budget or agree on a law setting a date for provincial elections. Disbanding parliament ...

Dear Roger, I am very disappointed to see your name among the "yeas" on HB 239 denying driving privilege cards to my friends.

Miami Herald - He sent the letter on behalf of the voters in Michigan and especially Florida, where the Republican-controlled legislature and governor changed the state's primary date. ''It struck me as making the voters, including minority voters in Florida ...

International Herald Tribune - She persuades the US legislature to help the starving islanders but has to fight hard to get support from the Republicans who believe that there are more important matters. She has trouble because she does not have enough support from the Democrats ...

Blogroll Archives Category: Posted on: February 12, 2008 9:16 AM, by Ed Brayton The terminally ridiculous Utah state Sen.

Aclash in the state Senate threatens to derail a long-overdue move to clarify the structure of most municipal governments in Utah.

Forbes - In 2006, the Utah legislature voted to invest significantly in university research at the University of Utah and Utah State University by enacting the $400 million legislative USTAR Initiative. The funding, which is administered by a state-appointed ...

The federal economic stimulus package that is meant to bolster a faltering economy likely will result in a $65 million hit to the state's education fund, legislative leaders said Monday.

Bit by bit, tobacco has been squeezed out of American public life. Smoking in places of work, on airplanes, in public buildings and restaurants has been virtually eliminated due to changes in the law and ...

Robert Malcolm, 16, of Park City and Russell Babb, 14, of Highland today were named Utah's top two youth volunteers for 2008 by The Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, a nationwide program honoring young ...

PR Inside - Chloe Dauwalder, 18, of Alpine, a senior at Lone Peak High School in Highland and a member of the Girl Scouts of Utah in Salt Lake City, spearheaded the introduction of a bill in the Utah State Legislature to require motorists to turn on their ...

The Eaglets were getting restless. While the matrons of the Eagle Forum looked on, state senators debated the doomsday consequences of Salt Lake City's domestic partnership registry - the stuff of conservative ...

Salt Lake Mayor Ralph Becker speaks before the Senate Health and Human Services Commitee Monday morning about Senator Buttars' bill .

The gay marriage war is raging once again on Utah's Capitol Hill. This time the battle is being waged over Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker's new Domestic Partnership Registry.

Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. says he will veto a Senate bill that would restrict his ability to make interstate agreements - like he did last year with California Gov.

Twin Falls resident Barbara Barnes was shocked when she received the notice stating $25 of her much-needed child support money would be taken by the feds each year.

Utah House GOP leaders, saying an "experiment" with a more accommodating House Rules Committee has failed, are going back to a more controlling, partisan route to the handling of hundreds of proposed bills this ...