State and National

Utah claims top ranking in Rich States, Poor States index for 7th consecutive year

Beehive State has still never scored best than top spot in ALEC-Laffer State Economic Index                                                                                                     

Low Pay, Commute Top Reasons 80% of Americans Stressed at Work
 
--Everest College’s Fourth Annual Survey Finds Workplace Anxiety Levels Remain High When Compared to 2013; Disparities in Income, Education
Play Major Role in What Stresses Workers Out--
 

White House’s Wage Gap Argument Gets Demolished

April 9, 2014

An Open Letter in support of Nevada Rancher, Cliven Bundy,

This is a day that was sure to come when the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) would show its unconstitutional intent to have complete control of the land.  Government ownership of the land is socialism.

WASHINGTON – Attorney General Eric Holder engaged in a tense exchange with Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, at a House hearing Tuesday in which the congressman confronted him with the Justice Department’s refusal to turn over documents related to the prosecution of an Islamic charity.

Gohmert reminded Holder of repeated requests for records given to defense lawyers in the case of the Richardson, Texas-based Holy Land Foundation, whose founders were convicted of funneling $12 million to the Palestinian terrorist group Hamas.

Lee’s Opening Statement at Comcast-Time Warner Hearing

WASHINGTON – Senator Mike Lee, Ranking Member of the Antitrust Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, delivered the following remarks at the start of the hearing regarding the merger of Comcast and Time Warner Cable:

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BOMA Keeps Utah’s Commercial Real Estate from Overuse of Power

Salt Lake City, UT- BOMA Utah hosted a panel of energy conservation experts from Rocky Mountain Power, Questar Gas, and Utah Clean Energy at the April Luncheon. The panel consisted of:

Hatch Opening Statement at Finance Committee Hearing Examining Effective Ways to Protect Taxpayers from Unethical Tax Preparers

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today delivered the following opening statement at a committee hearing examining effective ways to protect taxpayers from incompetent and unethical tax preparers:

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Two Ways to Hurt Women in the Workplace

04/08/2014

Today is “Equal Pay Day” for those who believe that The Man is keeping women down.

Convincing people that injustice is taking place is a great way to push your policy agenda—and that’s where “Equal Pay Day” comes from. It’s the left’s claim that women in America are paid only about 77 cents on the dollar compared to men.