📬 Mike Lee votes yes on the Big Billionaires Bill—despite railing against it online After weeks of blasting the GOP’s budget package as too bloated and mismanaged, Sen. Mike Lee quietly voted for it—along with Sen. John Curtis. The final bill slashes Medicaid and SNAP, jeopardizes clean energy investments, and threatens healthcare coverage for an estimated 188,000 Utahns.
The hypocrisy isn’t subtle: Utah’s far-right leaders talk a big game about “fiscal responsibility,” but they’ll always make room to punch down at low-income communities and working families. 🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune |
⚛️ Shadowy nuclear firm wants to build in Emery County
Valar Atomics—a brand-new, virtually anonymous energy company with zero public safety track record—wants to build a small modular nuclear reactor in rural Utah. They’ve offered few details on nuclear safety, environmental planning, or waste storage. But state lawmakers are already rolling out the red carpet.
Utah’s obsession with looking “innovative” often means prioritizing buzzwords over community input, environmental safety, and transparency. 🔗 Utah Investigative Journalism Project, in partnership with Utah News Dispatch |
🗳️ Redistricting reformers hit the road to fight gerrymandering Better Boundaries is taking its message statewide, including a stop in St. George, where organizers laid out the damage from the Utah Legislature’s undemocratic redistricting maps. The organization expects a decision from the district court in its yearslong litigation any day now. Remember: Utah voters passed Prop 4 in 2018 demanding fairer districts. GOP lawmakers then gutted it—because they know their grip on power depends on rigging the rules.
đź”— St. George News |
🚧 Building Salt Lake reveals AI-generated “report” helped gut city street control
A bombshell report shows the Legislature used a supposedly AI-written paper to justify stripping Salt Lake City’s authority over its own streets. As a reminder, during the latest legislative session, the Utah Legislature passed a bill that requires consultation and approval from the Utah Department of Transportation regarding “highway reduction strategies” within Salt Lake City. This wasn’t policymaking; it was a power grab by car-centric culture warriors who hate anything that looks like progress. If you’re wondering why Utah’s “local control” crowd never seems to mean it, here’s Exhibit A.
đź”— Building Salt Lake |
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