The Salt Lake Tribune provides an overview of reports filed under Utah’s new lobbyist disclosure rules. “I guess where it’s changed the way we do business, I have [the $25 limit] in mind when I’m scheduling lunch and I try to go places where it’s easy to get a meal under $25, and frankly that […]
Category: Utah
Utah’s “F” for Campaign Finance
Utah gots its “report card” from the Center for Public Integrity on the state’s campaign finance rules. “We have a ways to go, especially for a state that prides itself on personal integrity,” said Kirk Jowers, director of the University of Utah’s Hinckley Institute of Politics, who also heads Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr.’s special public […]
Absolute Gift Ban Endorsed
This Salt Lake Tribune editorial endorses an absolute gift ban. “If someone wants to go and have a dinner with a lobbyist, that’s fine,” [bill sponsor Rep. Brad] Dee said. We agree. But they should go Dutch. And if lawmakers don’t want to pay their own way, and they still feel it’s essential to hear […]