Category: Utah

This short report involves lobbyist spending in Utah.

The Utah legislature is considering a number of proposals related to campaign finance and ethics. On the heels of a campaign season rocked by allegations of bribery and influence-peddling, Utah lawmakers are crafting a bevy of bills to address campaign-finance reform, lobbyist gifts and the Legislature’s rarely used ethics investigations. 

The Salt Lake City Tribune reports on a complaint against an alleged lobbyist. “I’m not registered as a lobbyist because I’m not a lobbyist,” said Johnson.  She said the group’s partners, like the Utah Education Association and PTA, have their own legislative agendas they lobby for, but Utahns For Public Schools does not. “I’m not […]