The Deseret News has a story on recent lobbyists’ gifts in Utah. Lobbyists gave Utah legislators nearly $16,000 worth of gifts during the third quarter, for a total of more than $166,000 so far this year, according to disclosure forms filed Friday. That averages to nearly $1,600 in gifts for each of Utah’s 104 legislators […]
In light of recent reports, Utah may change its laws regarding the use of campaign funds. More than a dozen legislators signed a pledge Wednesday, vowing to support ethics legislation next session that would strengthen lawmakers’ disclosure requirements and prohibit using campaign contributions for things like clothes and car repairs.
Ballot Access News covers a recent opinion on Utah’s campaign finance rules. The decision says that these disclosure requirements can only be applied to groups whose major purpose is to influence elections. The plaintiff organization is quite old, and has always existed to assist individual union members when a union member has a dispute with […]