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Utah senator introduces bill to keep ICE out of churches, hospitals Utah Sen. Nate Blouin introduced a bill to prevent ICE from entering churches and hospitals and wearing facial coverings.According to a press release, S.B.136,

Utah Sen. Nate Blouin introduced a bill to prevent ICE from entering churches and hospitals, and from wearing facial coverings.

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i’ll add that what substantively seems to annoy silver is the existence of people with principles

That’s another option, however that would definitely require a state code change. The beauty of this option is that it can in theory be implemented right now without waiting for the legislature to act.

I’m not a lawyer but I have workshopped this idea with a couple and they seem to agree that it is at least plausible that the County Assessor does have the authority to make this change. It’s certainly worth trying, and if it requires state code changes we should still do it in my opinion

By simply changing it so that only the portion of the property that is actually currently being used as a primary residence gets assessed at 55% you effectively raise property taxes on vacant units. The best part is that you could probably do this as an administrative change by the county assessor

Currently property taxes on primary residences are only assessed at 55% of the total value. This effectively means that businesses pay higher property tax than homeowners. Makes sense. But if a 100 unit apartment building has a single tenant then the entire complex gets assessed at only 55%.

I don’t think vacancy rates are that high across the board but it is still frustrating to see high vacancies and is often used as a reason to not build more housing. One potential solution is a kind of vacancy tax that can actually be implemented incredibly easily here in Utah! Here’s how:

Reminder that while Salt Lake County Council Member Aimee Winder Newton(GOP) is closing daycares, intimidating staff, banning fluoride, and closing senior centers she Reps a seat that voted for Kamala by 7pts

More of this nationwide please!

from a state party director

Do you know if Utah Railway will have to pay UTA for the disruption?

why on earth would you say this? Who does it serve?

Jeffries says not to expect Democrats to pursue Hegseth impeachment over boat strikes "Republicans will never allow articles of impeachment to be brought to the floor," he said.

For some reason Democratic leaders seem to prefer telling voters what they won’t be able to do, rather than what they’d like to do.

If Hegseth ordered a war crime and lied about it, shouldn’t Ds try for impeachment? Put Rs on the spot. They might get a few defections.

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City Weekly Best Politician: over the Hill: 1. Mitt Romney 2. Rocky Anderson 3. Ben McAdams Best Politician: Up and Coming 1. Caroline Gleich 2. Nate Blouin 3. Natalie Pinkney

Well this about sums it up #utpol
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Very disappointed people endorsing McAdams right after he announces and before most candidates have even declared.
When Natalie Pinkney ran the vast majority of Dem electeds had already endorsed her opponents before she announced. But she still won. And we can do that again.

Progressive state Senator Nate Blouin strongly considering a run for new Utah Seat

McAdams will not have an easy race for the nomination

Its like D+20 soo WelcomePAC very much jumped the gun

The coordinated nature of this—none are facing voters in 2026—means that either Schumer approved it or failed in his job as Senate Majority Leader to stop it.

Dems voting "no" get zero credit until they demand a change in leadership. Schumer out as Leader, Durbin out as Whip.

Like I fucking said.

Ya I saw Ken’s. If the party doesn’t act fast and with some real teeth then they are going to be the baby that’s thrown out with the bathwater and they will deserve it

If I had won the election to be the chair of the Utah Democratic Party I would be actively working with other members of the DNC to immediately censure the 8 Democrats who capitulated to Trump. I’d also draft a statement from the state party calling on Schumer to resign as leader. #utpol

We got Trump 2.0 because voters didnt know how bad Trump is bad at governing because Dems intervened to help during Covid and Trump got credit.

Stop helping him.