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Ranked-Choice Voting Gains Momentum Nationwide New York City’s June mayoral primary will be the largest test for the voting method. Matt Vasilogambros, Stateline.org   |   March 17, 2021   |  Analysis In a few months, New York City residents won’t just vote for their favorite candidate in the June mayoral primary. They will choose their second, third and fourth favorites, as well. Two years after New Yorkers voted to change the way they cast a ballot in municipal elections, voters in America’s most populous city will participate in ...

Deseret News Share this story Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Guns once again were a contentious issue on Capitol Hill during the Legislature’s 45-day session that ended March 5, and after several tries through the years, lawmakers succeeded in ending the permit requirement for carrying a concealed weapon in Utah. HB60 lets any Utah resident who is 21 years or older and can legally possess a firearm to carry their weapon concealed without needing a permit. It received final legislative approval in early February, and Gov. Spencer Cox signed the bill Feb. 15. During debate...

By IAN DUNCAN AND JOE FOX | The Washington Post | Published: March 12, 2021 Bruce Starr spotted the problem right away: The hydrogen-powered cars General Motors was showing off on the Oregon Capitol grounds wouldn't need gas. And if they didn't need gas, drivers wouldn't be paying gas taxes that fund the state's roads. It was 2001, and the problem seemed urgent. GM predicted the cars would be on the market in a few years. Starr, then a Republican state representative, created a task force to figure out the future of transportation funding. "There's no asphalt fairy out there that sprinkles...

| Updated: March 8, 2021, 7:52 p.m. The Utah Legislature has given final approval to a bill that would allow more cities to try ranked choice voting in their local elections, beginning this year. HB75, sponsored by Rep. Jeff Stenquist, R-Draper, would broaden an existing ranked choice voting pilot project that the Legislature passed in 2018. The program allows municipalities to give the alternative kind of election a try before ranked choice voting is adopted more widely, if at all. Ranked choice voting is an electoral system that allows voters to rank candidates by preference instead of onl...

Bill on changing Dixie State University’s name gets final approval from Utah lawmakers Courtney Tanner © Chris Caldwell (Chris Caldwell | AP)"DIXIE" is painted on a sandstone rock formation in St. George, Utah, near Dixie State University. The school can now move forward with possibly changing its name after a final vote from the Legislature on March 3, 2021. A bill that will allow Dixie State University to move forward with plans to possibly change its controversial name has gained final passage in the Utah Legislature — wrapping up a wild path for the measure that saw...