"This morning's committee meeting reminded me - kids in state custody are covered by Medicaid, but if the parents have private insu...

The senators might as well be writing for the tabloids as their accusations on waste in some departments have no truth and they are not requ...

I know there is talk about getting rid of the DPS helios. I however have seen those birds save lives. I vote keep the heilos and get rid of ...

Too late now, but did the state really need to pay for signs to notify us that the unshoveled, unsalted walkways at the Capitol are closed d...

SB 199 is a waste of tax payer money. Why are we even considering a piece of legislation that would potentially take money away from schools...

Tammi makes some good points. In 1996, before ramping up for TRAX, the bus system had a good growth rate and most of the valley had fair to ...

I support the Obama administration in recinding all of the last minute oil leases that the Bush administration approved in Dec. 08. It was m...

The "class" that needs to be gotten rid of is the homeroom class in middle school. Depending on the teacher, the kids are supposed...

Comparasions of utah budget vs ny states. NY spends a bit more than Utah does but provides more direct care services to more people. Why? ht...

A close look should be taken at the efficiency of road construction projects. e.g. - The project at 106th So. and State which ended last yea...

The TLC class that the legislature requires 7th graders to take is a waste of time. Get rid of this requirement so that real classes can be ...

How is it even remotely possible, in this day and age of budget cuts and cracking down on frivilous spending the Utah Army National Guard ca...

With the economy going the way it is....why doesn't Utah build a bigger better prison and then in turn take prisoners from other states ...

Yesterday morning I saw a legislator on the morning news and he said that we are cutting the frivolous programs and making the state budget ...

The centralization of IT in the state into DTS has been an absolute nightmare and a costly one at that. Programs are now paying a great deal...

I am amazed that a legislator would propose to break up a state department with little information. The Utah Department of Health has a very...

Before you finalize the budget cuts, you need to look in your own shop for waste as there is waste in the legislature. Examples I can think ...

I have a response to "Amy": One always has to remember that things are not always as they seem. Could it be that the person who su...

We need to get rid of the State Liquor Store system. It was dated back to prohabition. We do not need to employ state workers to be store ke...

Why are you looking at furloughs before you look at making every department lay off retired state employees who have gone back to work? Thes...

I have listened to several of the hearings, including the Health and Human Services Appropriations Committee. I haven't seen the level ...

We should not pay ill informed, self-serving legislators (the sponsors of this site included). I have lived all my life, and have never seen...

I think you should furlough state employees to save money. Maybe a couple days a month so they could take them on different days and our ser...

Why was the SCHIP van in Evanston over Labor Day weekend?

Why is it that "higher" education always needs to hire from outside the state? Do we have inferior schools? Most professors from o...

We don't need 15 police depts inSalt Lake Counry. We need a Sheriff to do civil and the jail as under the state constitution. We need a ...

Our elected legislature should have to follow the same rules for health insurance as all the other state employees. The legislature are part...

The war on drugs is a costly failure, and causes more harm than the drugs themselves.

You need to publicize this page. I saw it on the KSL website for one day and then it disappeared. How are you going to get good feedback if ...

We have wasted tax payers dollars far too long favoring illegal immigration on the backs of Utah taxpayers. With the economy worsening we ne...

UTA is trying to get other "ENTITIES" more involved in Public Transportation for the Disabled and the Elderly. With the Economy is...

Valley Mental health is a waste of money. They suck in the money and except for the rep payee program has not been substanial in helping any...

I'm concerned about the 'waste' in education in the substitute policy in the Jordan District. There are 900 substitutes that can...

I nominate THIS WEBSITE -- you should investigate this website's creation and maintenance for wasteful government spending. The reason I...

When asked about the money spent on new office furniture for legislators Sen. Valentine said, "It doesn't seem to be astonishingly ...

Who is funding this blog? And why was this made on January 21? Personally, I think it is irresponsible to provide a forum for public opinion...

Stop giving to illegal aliens and they will leave. Take away the reason for being here and they will leave. This should save a lot of money....

It is unbelievable that you are considering breaking up the Dept. of Health. 20 years ago it and Human Services became to large to keep as o...

You people seem to spend time passing laws that don't mean anything. Such as texting or email while driving. This isn't going to sto...

I saw a report in Box Elder County where a teacher took a Spanish class to SLC to a Mexican Restaurant so they could experience the culture....

I attended a Hunter Education Instructor class and was APPALLED by the fact that the Wildlife dept. is offering the Hunter Ed. Safety class ...

The Wildlife dept. (as well as most departments in the state) wastes money by having their own in house background checks. The BCI is better...

The Wildlife dept. is wasting thousands of dollars on helicopters moving animals around. Much worse they give animals to Mexico and do not e...

Stop sending money to farmers and ranchers to NOT grow or produce something.

I read an article in the Daily Herald about the lawmakers having $10,000.00 spent on their office furniture. It made me spitting mad!!!! Why...

To much is being wasted on charter schools for a few. To many public schools are not following spec ed laws and working with the state board...

What do we elect senators and representatives for when they dont listen to the people that voted them in and instead are swayed by lobbyists...

I'm fed up with both our local and federal government trying to coddle the illegal immigrant population and try to find ways to not step...

Utah's higher ed system is a joke. There VP's and assistants for everything. Most of them do absolutely nothing but create paper wor...

When does a Community College get too big to be student friendly? look at SLCC and you'll see it is way beyond that. Smaller schools del...