Reading Time: 3 minutes Every two years, cities in Utah County hold municipal elections for their respective City Councils. Orem’s municipal primary elections will take place Aug. 10 with the general election on Nov. 2. Provo’s municipal elections will occur on the same dates; for more information on Provo’s elections, see this article. One can check voter registration, track […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Well, the biggest news this week is still about Andrew Cuomo, so let’s start there, shall we? Andrew Cuomo and the terrible, horrible, no-good really bad week, part 2 You may remember that last week we talked about the myriad of scandals surrounding Governor Andrew Cuomo of New York. Since then, at least two more […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Howdy all! Long one this week – I’ll be shifting gears a bit and talking more about exactly what’s happening with the Russian government right now and how it’s affecting studies at UVU. There have also been some recent reports on a couple of big developments around NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Russia and UVU Earlier […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Hello dear reader! I thought about skipping this week and doing a bigger column next week, but then big things happened, so let’s get to it! Airstrike in Syria On Thursday, President Biden launched his first military action as president, bombing Syrian facilities used by Iranian-back militia groups. The strike was ordered after U.S. intelligence […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Noted political scientist and diplomat Graham Allison spoke to UVU students and faculty on Thursday regarding the relationship between the United States and China. Allison is the director of the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. He’s also worked as an advisor in the Department of Defense for every administration since […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes Welcome back! This week is loaded with political news, so I’m gonna try something different. For the ongoing impeachment trial of former President Trump, I’m going to section this out day-by-day to make it more readable and straightforward. Tuesday The majority of Tuesday was spent deciding whether or not the trial itself is constitutional. House […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hey all! Bit of a slow week this week, so I’ll keep things brief. Covid Relief On Thursday, Congress began the process of passing President Biden’s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package. Since democrats were unable to win over the ten senate republicans needed to pass the bill, they will be using a process called budget […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Hey all, welcome back to another week of Politics in Review! This week has somehow been super weird and super boring at the same time. What’s going on with Gamestop? (Power to the players indeed) Apparently there’s one thing that can make Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, and Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas agree, and it’s the […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Welcome back to Politics in Review! Your weekly one-stop shop for all the biggest political news of the week! Not Your Mama’s Inauguration Well for what it’s worth, it really wasn’t your mama’s inauguration. There was no crowd, only certain people – primarily public servants – were allowed at the event, and the whole area […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Welcome to Politics in Review, a rundown of the biggest political news of the week in one place with no fluff! Second Impeachment On Wednesday, the House of Representatives voted to impeach President Donald Trump for the second time for inciting the insurrection at the capitol on Jan. 6. While introducing the single article of […]