May 06, 2010 (Deseret News) - Look at this editorial, which originated in the Twin Falls, Idaho Times-News. It argues that Utah is more successful at attracting business than Idaho because its workforce is more educated.
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May 06, 2010 (Deseret News) - Ensuring public education is properly funded during the recession is of utmost importance — and something Utah will regret for a long time if neglected, a national education economist told lawmakers, state education leaders and other dignitaries Thursday.
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May 05, 2010 (KUED TV) - KUED will air a special Hinckley Institute of Politics forum co-sponsored by the Utah Foundation on Thursday, May 6 at 11:00 p.m. The forum was taped April 27 in the Hinckley Caucus Room on the University of Utah campus.
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May 04, 2010 (Deseret News) - More than half of the 3,500 state GOP delegates meeting in convention Saturday support the tea party states rights movement, a Deseret News/KSL-TV survey shows.
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May 04, 2010 (Deseret News) - The current bashing of Sen. Bob Bennett, R-Utah, by some GOP state delegates apparently will be part of the official Republican state convention agenda Saturday.
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April 30, 2010 (Deseret News) - A new poll shows that U.S. Sen. Bob Bennett could be eliminated in the May 8 state GOP convention. Bennett believes he will survive the convention and win the June 22 closed party primary. But the survey of state Republican delegates, by Dan Jones & Associates for the Deseret News, KSL-TV, the Utah Foundation and the Hinckley Institute of Politics, is still striking.
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April 27, 2010 (KSL TV) - Women are disproportionally under-represented in Utahs political process, especially on the Republican side. That is one of the key findings of a new Dan Jones poll for KSL and the Deseret News, in partnership with the Utah Foundation and the Hinckley Institute.
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April 27, 2010 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Ponder this: Just 2,100 people could — for all intents and purposes — pick a senator to represent nearly 3 million Utahns. That is the crux of a long-standing debate given new life as of late over whether the method Utah uses to select its political candidates ultimately produces office holders elected by the fringes of both parties who fail to represent the interests and desires of mainstream Utahns.
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April 27, 2010 (Deseret News) - Does Utahs system of choosing candidates to represent political parties need to be overhauled to boost voter participation? That question was raised repeatedly Tuesday during a discussion held at the Hinckley Institute of Politics and based on the latest Utah Priorities Project survey.
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April 26, 2010 (Deseret News) - You have probably heard the adage before. During a dinner party, on the golf course or at the grocery store. It does not matter which political party is in power, nothing ever changes. The chasm that divides the parties in Utah, however, is a lot broader than one might guess, according to the results of a new survey of voters and party delegates.
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April 26, 2010 (Deseret News) - Facing the strong possibility of elimination at the upcoming state GOP convention, Sen. Bob Bennetts campaign pulled out all the stops and spent a huge $271,000 in just the first 18 days of this month.
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April 25, 2010 (KSL TV) - Utahs political conventions are just weeks away. Delegates elected in caucus meetings will choose who is on the ballot, but do they represent their grass roots? And is Utahs hybrid system of selecting candidates fair? These topics are explored on Sunday Edition with guests Randy Shumway from Dan Jones and Associates, the director of the Hinckley Institute of Politics, Kirk Jowers, and consultant and founder of the Exoro Group, LaVarr Webb.
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April 25, 2010 (KSL TV) - Utah Sen. Robert Bennett knows his opponents are not just an idle threat right now, and a new study for KSL and the Deseret News has the research to back that up.
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April 25, 2010 (Deseret News) - Are state Republican and Democratic party delegates politically out of step with both their party rank-and-file and most other Utahns?
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April 25, 2010 (Deseret News) - Alyson Heyrend has been around Utah politics for a long time, first as a newspaper and TV reporter, then a public activist, and now as a staffer for U.S. Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah. But she was not expecting the reception she got at Skyline High School last month.
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April 24, 2010 (Deseret News) - Sen. Bob Bennetts 18-year career in the U.S. Senate could well end in the state GOP convention in two weeks, a broad-ranging new poll of Republican state delegates by the Deseret News and KSL-TV shows.
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April 23, 2010 (Deseret News) - Republican candidates for the U.S. Senate sharply disagree on earmarks, term limits, banning the importation of foreign radioactive waste to Utah and even whether to buy state convention delegates dinners to woo them.
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April 15, 2010 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Utah bankruptcy filings are steadily climbing as the recession continues to take a toll on the financial well-being of more and more people.
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March 26, 2010 (Deseret News) - There were no fireworks Thursday during the first joint campaign appearance of GOP Gov. Gary Herbert and Democratic Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon. Instead, the major gubernatorial candidates focused on many of the same voter priorities identified through a survey funded by the Utah Foundation, Deseret News and KSL to kick off the 2010 Utah Priorities Project.
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March 26, 2010 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Should Utah score high marks for its handling of education dollars — or find itself with a failing grade? The answer to that question separated Republican Gov. Gary Herbert and Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon, a Democrat, on Thursday as the two candidates for Utahs highest political office met face-to-face for the first time this season to deliver opposing campaign pitches.
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March 25, 2010 (Deseret News) - Jobs and the economy top the list of issues facing the state, according to a new poll that also found many Utahns believe their quality of life is declining.
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March 25, 2010 (KSL TV) - The non-profit organization Utah Foundation released a new study of Utahs priorities, taken from a citizen survey. But the issues are already playing a part in the political season — especially in the race for governor.
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March 25, 2010 (Fox 13 News) - Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday there is no reason for his fellow Republicans to question U.S. Sen. Bob Bennetts conservative credentials, but he stopped short of saying the three-term incumbent should be re-elected. [Includes coverage of speeches at Utah Foundation annual meeting].
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January 13, 2010 (Salt Lake City Weekly) - Want to be a real ‘nowhere man?’ Try being carless in Salt Lake City on weekends, beginning April 4. Reduced sales-tax revenues are forcing the Utah Transit Authority to consider eliminating or reducing Saturday service on a number of routes.
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December 10, 2009 (Salt Lake Tribune) - Gov. Gary Herbert plans to issue an executive order Friday, directing state agencies to make immediate 3 percent across-the-board spending cuts to help cover a shortfall in the current budget year.\r\n \r\n The order will give broad latitude to department heads to implement the cuts, necessary because the recession has driven down tax collections by as much as $190 million.
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