Politics in Review: Sanders Wins Battle for Utah loses the war on Super Tuesday

March 4, 2020

Reading Time: 2 minutes One day after addressing a crowd of supporters in Salt Lake City, progressive Senator Bernie Sanders handily won the battle for the Utah Democratic Presidential Primary on Tuesday. As of late Tuesday night, Sanders gained 34.6% of the vote, leading second place candidate Joe Biden by almost 30,000 votes. Though his popularity among Utah Democrats pushed […]

Presidential Candidate Tulsi Gabbard speaks in Provo

February 27, 2020

Reading Time: < 1 minute Unity and overcoming divisiveness was the theme when Democrat and presidential candidate Tulsi Gabbard spoke Saturday afternoon in Provo, coming after two Salt Lake town halls on Friday.  Addressing a room of roughly 200 supporters, the candidate from Hawaii started by hitting one of her campaigns central planks. “The divisiveness in this country right now […]

Politics In Review

February 8, 2020

Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome back to Politics in Review, our column to explore the latest in national news and politics. This week we look at the 2020 Democratic nominating race in Iowa, President Trump’s annual State of the Union Address, and the end of the Senate impeachment trial. Iowa On Monday night Iowa Democrats gathered in schools, community […]

Presidential candidates face fresh scrutiny

September 7, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes With less than three months and three debates left to go, many people are frustrated with the two main choices for president that they have been presented with. Both of the major party candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, seem to be consistently mired in new scandals with each passing day. Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton […]

Meet Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson

September 7, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes Gary Johnson, former governor of New Mexico and Libertarian presidential candidate, wants to make America sane again. The major obstacle to overcome in his quest to do so is that nobody seems to know who he is. So, without further ado, meet Gary Johnson. Johnson is the founder and former CEO of Big J Enterprises, […]

Trump using campaign money to fatten his own wallet

August 31, 2016

Reading Time: 2 minutes A new report shows that Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has spent nearly $7.7 million on his own companies since May of this year. According to Federal Election Committee filings, the cost of rent for the Trump Tower, Trump’s campaign headquarters, went from $35,458 in March to $169,758 in July. He has also spent $260,000 […]