Daniel Thatcher

“The public really loves this idea of getting extremism out of politics,” said party chair Michelle Quist. “The public loves the idea of collaborating on political solutions. They can see the nastiness in politics, and they don't like it.”

El programa de eliminación automática de antecedentes penales de Utah está actualmente en pausa para hacer frente a un retraso.

Utah’s automatic expungement program is currently paused to address a backlog.

The bill requires Utah voters to opt-in to vote by mail and to provide the last four digits of valid identification on their ballot. It’s off to the governor for his signature.

HB269 sets guidelines on where transgender students can live based on their sex at birth, not their gender identity. There are no exceptions included in the bill, even if they have received gender-affirming surgery and changed their birth certificate.

Majority Leader Kirk Cullimore promised a substitute bill to allow for collective bargaining under certain circumstances. Senators took an initial vote without seeing the alternative.

Less than 10% of Republican voters participated in the Super Tuesday presidential preference poll. Lawmakers were slated to hear what went wrong before they voted to nix it from the agenda.

The campaign, organized by Better Boundaries, urges Utahns to vote against a constitutional amendment to give lawmakers the power to alter and repeal voter-approved ballot initiatives.

Lawmakers called a special session following a Utah Supreme Court ruling that affirmed the ability of voter-approved ballot initiatives to reform the government without interference.

During a special legislative session, lawmakers approved two resolutions that could jeopardize federal education funding.

The party candidates seem to be getting more diverse, including more women and people of color winning their convention races.

A day after softening the bill, Sen. Dan McCay added another substitution that returned many of the House version’s restrictions.