HB 416 sent to governor
Bill aims to end economic diversification spending program early
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Tourism tax reform bill drafted
HB416 targets economic diversification spending, worrying local government
Letter to the Editor: “We’ll have another chance to unseat Lyman in 2024”
Phil Lyman is proposing harmful legislation against Grand County with a bill to reverse the TRT funding profiles.
Letter to the Editor: “A response to Phil Lyman’s Jan. 27 Letter to the Editor”
Economic diversification is a vital need in Grand County.
Letter to the Editor: “Phil Lyman doesn’t yet have a good grasp of Grand County’s needs”
Representative Lyman’s threat to shift tourism impact costs from tourists to Grand county tax payers cast a sharp light on one of the perils of gerrymandering.
Possible tourism tax reform casts shadow over local budgets
Lyman says concerns center on grant program
Letter to the Editor: Phil Lyman responds to article last week
After reading the Jan 19, 2023 article in the Sun News entitled, “Lyman says he will move to reverse TRT reform”, I concluded that a brief note may be helpful. House bill 247…
Lyman says he will move to reverse TRT reform
Property tax raises a likelihood if repeals pass
As election approaches, a redistricting reminder
This year’s Election Day is November 8, 2022.
San Juan school board set after redistricting; Complaints from all sides about inadequate public input
Some San Juan County residents may raise their eyebrows at the school board ballot later this year, following a tumultuous redistricting saga. The redistricting process was riddled with conflict over geographic representation and…
Redistricting officials want to hear from you: Submit maps for local and state districts
At the Oct. 5 Grand County Commission meeting, Commissioner Kevin Walker led a demonstration of how to use the county’s redistricting portal to submit district maps for the commission’s consideration in the up-coming,…
Letter to the Editor: Urge Haaland to support the monuments
The current unbridled growth of the tourism industrial complex in Moab and much of southeast Utah points out the need for urgent protection of our nearby county, state and federal public lands. Locally,…
Trump pardons Rep. Phil Lyman for UTV ride
On Dec. 22, the Trump Administration announced it would pardon Utah State Rep. Phil Lyman, who was convicted of federal charges for leading a 2014 procession of UTV riders through a San Juan…
Updated: Four positive for COVID-19 in Utah’s San Juan County
Update 3/28: this article was updated to reflect a second confirmed case in San Juan County, a clarification to the public health order issued the following day, as well as a statement issued…
BLM moves ahead on Bears Ears, ignoring ongoing lawsuits
Despite ongoing litigation, the Bureau of Land Management has released management plans for the two units of the Bears Ears National Monument, along with plans for each unit of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National…