Record Funding for Education: A Conversation with Rep. Dee

Click on this link to listen to a discussion on education with Rep. Brad Dee, House Assistant Majority Whip:

http://www.senatesite.com/audio/RepDee07.MP3

Statement from House and Senate Republicans

Legislative Republicans have agreed to fund an unprecedented $527.9 million for education in Utah. Public education will receive $459.5 million and higher education will receive $68.4 million. Combined, education in Utah will receive about one-third of the states $1.6 billion surplus.

Health Care Cost is Not a Game – Heal or No Heal!

Representative Eric Hutchings
District 38

Utah is moving into a new era where health care is growing to dominate political debates and is becoming the hottest topic in company boardrooms across the state. Trying to get a handle on the increasing costs of health care is rendered nearly impossible when providers are not prepared to provide those costs, especially to the uninsured and underinsured who have to cover these costs directly out of their own pockets.

Answering Paul Rolly’s Questions

Representative Becky Lockhart
District 64

There has been much interest and speculation with regards to House Bill 391. I was recently asked by Paul Rolly,a reporter with the Salt Lake Tribune, many of the common questions surrounding the issue. Here is the exchange.

Its About Putting Choice Back in Parents’ Hands

David Clark, House Majority Leader

The debate over vouchers and public education has been circling Capitol Hill for the past several sessions. This year, the education voucher bill, HB148, has passed through House committee hearings and will be voted on after it is debated today on the floor of the House.