We're a nonprofit that holds politicians accountable and advocates for progressive policies that make Utah an even better place. https://linktr.ee/betterutahhttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mwu3j4o6eu2gIf you have ANY election question at all, you can contact your county clerk by calling, going in-person during regular office hours, or emailing them. Here is the county clerk directory for the entire state of Utah: buff.ly/pYCYvPj02 Oct 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwu3j4o6eu2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mwthfetmop2v🚨 PROTECT THE RIGHT TO BALLOT INITIATIVES! Amendment B would change Utah's constitution so that citizen initiatives that raise taxes need 60% of the vote instead of a simple majority. Lawmakers, meanwhile, could keep raising taxes with a simple majority. Volunteer to help spread the word! https://buff.ly/WPfLavV01 Oct 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwthfetmop2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mwt5oaesqa2gCredit where it's due: Curtis is saying out loud what too many in his party won't. However, one senator's letter is a start, not accountability. Utahns should watch whether Curtis delivers on his promise that "you'll hear more from me later on." https://buff.ly/aT4otfb01 Oct 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwt5oaesqa2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mwrl26cmmo2dFaith, community, and peer support have carried many Utahns through recovery, and giving people with lived experience a seat at the table is a real strength. But when the first pillar of a recovery plan runs through the criminal justice system, the line between treatment and punishment blurs fast. https://buff.ly/fb6bwtV01 Oct 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwrl26cmmo2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mwqwwhrtdq2oOften described as “the best idea we ever had,” our national parks are treasures and should be treated as such. Needed repairs aren’t going away on their own; they’re only going to get worse. https://buff.ly/6rhsepI30 Sep 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqwwhrtdq2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mwqmweb7372kThere’s only less than a month until ballots are mailed to voters and we all need to spread the word of how Constitutional Amendment B would limit our constitutional right to determine our future through the ballot initiative process when the Legislature refuses to act. buff.ly/pVf2eSN https://buff.ly/K2nkw3V30 Sep 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwqmweb7372khttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mwp2lazhhu2kIt’s not too surprising that Utahns support their own data privacy, oppose spreading data center construction, and oppose increasing taxes. https://buff.ly/oHguhDH30 Sep 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwp2lazhhu2khttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mwoghkfbes22The fact that residents spoke up about missing ballots, that the investigation was quick, and that charges have been filed are proof that our justice system is working as intended. & that our elections can continue to be safe and secure. https://buff.ly/QkvURa929 Sep 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwoghkfbes22https://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mw5hcswjat2fWe should continue to push back against the wholesale gathering of our private data for unknown purposes. Even if the original intent is altruistic or beneficent, we have seen throughout history too many examples of mission creep shrouded in secrecy at our expense. https://buff.ly/ynOWo0m23 Sep 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw5hcswjat2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mw4tifam4q26Utah’s elections are safe and secure. Our public servants can and always must be better in performing essential government functions, but we should also recognize that our county clerks are asked to perform gargantuan tasks, often with shoestring budgets. https://buff.ly/zyH1uz222 Sep 2026 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4tifam4q26https://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mw4jatvtzq2aLt. Gov. Henderson has been and deserves to be widely commended and defended for standing up to the Trump administration on this issue. 🔗 Utah News Dispatch: buff.ly/9eGhLIR https://buff.ly/4lfzguP22 Sep 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw4jatvtzq2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mw3avr4vqp24It’s not surprising that President Trump and his cronies at the DOJ would seek to end this commonsense policy, but it should be surprising that his anti-immigrant views are permeating to such a degree in a state that historically has been pro-immigrant. 🔗 Salt Lake Tribune: buff.ly/pQrPtXj https://buff.ly/pQrPtXj22 Sep 2026 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw3avr4vqp24https://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mw2wtv4ghc23Utah now has a seven-member high court, stemming from the Legislature’s temper tantrum thrown in response to a string of losses on hot button issues brought before the state’s judiciary. 🔗 Utah News Dispatch: buff.ly/csXmJDG https://buff.ly/ZpE8EeY22 Sep 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw2wtv4ghc23https://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mtzkpwy2hb2eWe need change on housing development across Utah to deal with the ongoing housing crisis in our state, but that shouldn’t come by means of an authoritarian strongman who reacts to policy disagreements by stripping counties of transportation funds or other needed resources. buff.ly/MS9D5vx https://www.kpcw.org/wasatch-county/2026-08-21/counties-who-openly-declare-war-gov-threatens-to-pull-funding-over-wasatch-back-development-clash?link_id=13&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingmonday-august-17&email_referrer=email_3371847&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-monday-august-24&&27 Aug 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzkpwy2hb2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mtw46zakij2zIn 2022, Utahns asked a simple question: is the air in our state making us sick? 4 years later the answer is still "we're working on it." This sort of delay has real consequences and residents deserve to have the facts. buff.ly/YKmlUgt https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/08/10/utah-upgrading-system-to-track-great-salt-lake-dust/?link_id=9&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingtuesday-august-11&email_referrer=email_3362651&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-monday-august-1725 Aug 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtw46zakij2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mtuttwlx4u2cUtah's Truth in Taxation system was designed to make tax hikes visible and deliberate. Data centers completely evade that and make things significantly more complicated, and, as found in this newly published analysis, they often become an automatic increase down the line. buff.ly/W5mWJ47 https://kslnewsradio.com/utah/data-centers-property-taxes-utah/2316530/?link_id=4&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingtuesday-august-11&email_referrer=email_3362651&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-monday-august-1725 Aug 2026 03:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtuttwlx4u2chttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mtujs4faad27An audit is the bare minimum of what should be required here. Warrants, hard retention limits, and real consequences for misuse are long overdue. buff.ly/kzz7iP8 https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2026/08/14/weber-county-license-plate-camera-data-searched-by-out-of-state-law-enforcement/?link_id=1&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingtuesday-august-11&email_referrer=email_3362651&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-monday-august-1725 Aug 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtujs4faad27https://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mt2jldyv6h2eCheaper power, cleaner air, and Utah jobs: proof that the smart-growth path isn't just possible here, it's already winning months on the scoreboard. buff.ly/JdMhCNt https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/solar-becomes-utahs-top-producer-of-energy?link_id=13&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingmonday-august-3&email_referrer=email_3355540&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-tuesday-august-11&&14 Aug 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2jldyv6h2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3msyunydtpb2mCharter schools are public schools, and State Auditor Tina Cannon, who has spent nearly a year in court demanding transparency, is right when she insists "the public has a right to know how its tax dollars are spent." buff.ly/Fz8vDXf https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2026/08/04/utah-charter-american-preparatory/?link_id=9&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingmonday-august-3&email_referrer=email_3355540&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-tuesday-august-11&&14 Aug 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyunydtpb2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3msyakbmp5a2uThe mechanism here is worth understanding: the port authority captures a share of the new property taxes a development generates ("tax differential") and routes it into incentives for business instead of the schools, roads, and services those taxes normally fund. buff.ly/G2DGOvS https://www.sltrib.com/news/2026/08/05/utah-inland-port-authority/?link_id=8&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingmonday-august-3&email_referrer=email_3355540&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-tuesday-august-11&&13 Aug 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3msyakbmp5a2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3msxwt4qyom2dCox is right that reform is decades overdue. But a visa pilot doesn't help the DACA recipient or asylum seeker losing status right now, and letting states manage work permits only works if it's paired with due process and real protections, not just labor on demand. buff.ly/hRP5Xtx https://www.deseret.com/politics/2026/08/03/governors-ask-congress-to-grant-states-authority-to-issue-migrant-work-visas/?link_id=3&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingmonday-august-3&email_referrer=email_3355540&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-tuesday-august-11&&13 Aug 2026 15:17 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxwt4qyom2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mswe6zibvq2zWhen leaders shrink shared land for the public and misstate the basic facts to do it, the loss isn't only acreage, it's trust. 🔗 The New York Times: buff.ly/xBH2ErH https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/03/climate/trump-bears-ears-monument-recreation.html?link_id=7&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingmonday-august-3&email_referrer=email_3355540&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-tuesday-august-11&&13 Aug 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mswe6zibvq2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3msvq3dve7d24Here's the contradiction Utah keeps living with: our economy is short of workers (roughly 96 available for every 100 job openings) yet federal policy is making it harder to work legally while pouring resources into enforcement that spreads fear through neighborhoods and workplaces. buff.ly/XAy9GAZ https://www.kuer.org/politics-government/2026-08-04/from-daca-to-asylum-its-becoming-harder-for-immigrants-to-work-legally-in-utah?link_id=2&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingmonday-august-3&email_referrer=email_3355540&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-tuesday-august-11&&12 Aug 2026 18:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvq3dve7d24https://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3msvg3beyj227Cox gets to reshape the court... again. Once he makes his picks to fill these two Utah Supreme Court vacancies, he will have appointed 6 of the court's 7 justices. 🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune: buff.ly/dquIPgg https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2026/08/06/utah-supreme-court-9-men-3-women/?link_id=6&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingmonday-august-3&email_referrer=email_3355540&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-tuesday-august-11&&12 Aug 2026 15:12 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvg3beyj227https://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3msttq6fcu42aSenate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla is drafting a bill to let Utahns sue ICE agents who violate their constitutional rights, which gets at the deeper issue: power without oversight is a danger to citizens and noncitizens alike. 🔗 Axios SLC: buff.ly/5xniWVZ https://www.axios.com/local/salt-lake-city/2026/07/31/utah-democrat-bill-ice?link_id=1&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingmonday-august-3&email_referrer=email_3355540&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-tuesday-august-11&&12 Aug 2026 00:11 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3msttq6fcu42ahttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mssvo4qj7p27Every quarter, we track how Utah’s members of Congress are representing you in Washington—what they’re voting for, what they’re saying, and how their work aligns with Utah values. Our focus for this quarter? The cost of the Iran War. Read the full report here: buff.ly/USNdbff11 Aug 2026 15:13 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssvo4qj7p27https://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3mse527plm72rEnforcement is quietly expanding into parts of Utah that never used to see it, and the numbers puncture the "worst of the worst" talking point: most of those detained have no convictions at all. -> 🔗 KUER: buff.ly/PA3FXZe https://www.kuer.org/politics-government/2026-07-27/st-george-ice-flights-signal-increased-southern-utah-enforcement-activity?link_id=9&can_id=cdb1564d79aa9211f518da7fb0c098d2&source=email-the-beehive-briefingmonday-july-27&email_referrer=email_3345341&email_subject=the-beehive-briefing-monday-august-3&&05 Aug 2026 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3mse527plm72rhttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3msba2bqwju2sUtah budgeted $16.5 million just to administer these hurdles; that money could keep people covered instead of building a maze designed to make them fall out. 🔗 Utah News Dispatch: https://buff.ly/aG0dmbi04 Aug 2026 14:30 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3msba2bqwju2shttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3ms7o3yozha2tThis is Utah's growth-at-all-costs reflex meeting its most fragile resource. We're told the lake is a top priority, yet project after project asks the public to absorb the water, the waste, and the risk while the details stay fuzzy and the benefits accrue elsewhere. https://buff.ly/1wI2lzZ03 Aug 2026 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7o3yozha2thttps://bsky.app/profile/betterutah.bsky.social/post/3ms7dokz3u22gRecusal rules exist precisely so no one has to wonder whether a judge decided the case before hearing it. Nielsen recused when the conflict involved gerrymandering; consistency should mean recusing when it involves abortion, too. [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Aug 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:udjaqkthofhdx2e5kvgaco67/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7dokz3u22g