Posts From Michael Jolley
The unintended consequences for Utah Republicans of not passing a meaningful medical cannabis bill
Will citizen initiative for medical cannabis make 2016 the year of the Democrats in Utah? Utah Senator Mark Madsen’s Medical Cannabis Act (SB73) hit a bump in the road when
Countering (some of) Dan Liljenquist’s 2016 predictions
In his Deseret News column, former Utah state senator Dan Liljenquist laid out 20 predictions for 2016. Below I’ll go through each of his predictions and add some commentary of my
45 Podcast ep. 9 – Utah Access +, Democratic debate, GOP presidential race, 2016 Utah elections
In episode 9 we talked about the death of Medicaid expansion in Utah (but it could be resurrected soon), the Democratic presidential debate, the GOP candidates for president, 2016 Utah elections,
How Medicaid Expansion hurts Utah’s most vulnerable
With a special legislative session addressing Medicaid expansion in Utah expected to take place next month, a lot has been written about the “gang of 6” plan (the gang of
45 Podcast ep. 8 – Ashley Madison hack, prison relocation, Jonathan Johnson, Planned Parenthood
In episode 8 of the FortyFive politics podcast things got a little crazy as we talked about Ashley Madison, prison relocation, Jonathan Johnson’s run for governor, 00:00-1:03 – Intro 01:04-27:12 –
Herbert’s latest Medicaid expansion plan is as bad as the last
Utah’s “Gang of Six” (Gov. Gary Herbert, Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, Senate President Wayne Niederhauser, House Speaker Greg Hughes, House Majority Leader Jim Dunnigan and Sen. Brian Shiozawa) has come
45 Podcast ep. 7 – New Medicaid expansion framework, Doug Owens announces another run
In episode 7 of the FortyFive politics podcast we talked about the Utah Medicaid expansion compromise from the “Gang of Six” and we also discussed Democrat Doug Owens’ second bid for
45 Podcast ep. 6 – Jason Chaffetz online sales tax, guest Senator Margaret Dayton
In episode 6 of the FortyFive politics podcast we talked about Jason Chaffetz online sales tax proposal and we spoke with Senator Margaret Dayton about a federal takeover of Utah water.
45 Podcast ep. 5 – Sean Reyes campaign donations, guest Billy Hesterman of Utah Taxpayers Association
In episode 5 of the FortyFive politics podcast we talked about Attorney General Sean Reyes’ connections to Etagz and we had special guest Billy Hesterman of the Utah Taxpayers Association on
Utah women on the ten dollar bill
The U.S. Treasury Department announced recently that they will put a woman on the $10 bill starting in 2020. Since they haven’t decided yet who will go on the currency, I
