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Help clean the air this inversion season!
'Tis the season for inversions along the Wasatch Front, with at least one bad air day that made the news [...]
Share ACA healthcare enrollment deadlines – coming right up!
Open enrollment for health care is ending soon! Have you signed up or renewed your coverage yet? Enrollment for the [...]
Carrie Butler: Reporting to Utah on complex care
As a public health and policy nerd working to understand the health care landscape in Utah and across the country, [...]
What We Do
The Action Utah Way
OUR MANDATE
The reality is that both here in Utah and across the nation, a majority of us agree on most issues. At Action Utah we seek to bring people together to find common ground on the issues in order to arrive at solutions that represent the beliefs and needs of more people.
Action Utah works on the issues that data shows a majority of Utahns care about most and takes the stance of the majority on those issues. Our data sources include Dan Jones and Associates, Envision Utah, Hinckley Institute, Utah Foundation, Kem C. Gardner Institute, and Utah Policy.
What we’re working on:
With An Emphasis On:
- Healthcare
- Suicide Prevention
- Addiction
With An Emphasis On:
- Air Quality
- Water
- Public Lands
- Energy
- Climate
With An Emphasis On:
- Education
- Affordable Housing and Homelessness
- Immigrants/Refugees
- Family Economic Prosperity
- Rural Economy
With An Emphasis On:
- Elections
- Voting Policy
- Crime & Safety
- Infrastructure & Transportation
- Taxes and Government Spending
ACTION UTAH IN THE NEWS
In an age of voter apathy, can’t there be a better way to decide a winner?
There is a lack of competition in many races and voters don’t know enough about the candidates or they may not even know how to vote to begin with, said Andrea Himoff, executive director of Action Utah.
What You Need To Know Ahead Of Election Day
Election Day is less than two weeks away. To find out what people need to know in order to cast their ballots, KUER’s Caroline Ballard spoke with Andrea Himoff, Executive Director of Action Utah.
Victims advocates pushing for ‘red flag’ gun law in Utah
According to Action Utah, the people allowed to file an [Extreme Risk Protective] order would be the following: A family member, an individual who has lived with the respondent within the past six months, and law enforcement.
Legislators Field Questions From Park City Constituents
This article by Carolyn Murray originally appeared on KPCW.org. Read it in its entirety here. Action Utah is a bipartisan [...]
ACTION UTAH IN THE NEWS
Representative To Again Propose ‘Red Flag’ Gun Bill
Carrie Butler of Action Utah, explains that if an individual of concern is taken into police custody or to the hospital for observation, they are often released within 24 hours. When released, they have access to their firearms once again.
KRCL’S RadioActive – 11.04.2019
KRCL’s RadioACTive with Action Utah’s Andrea Himoff and Carrie Butler talking about Action Utah [...]