Investors buying homes, zoning barriers, luxury-only development, STR pressure, and a huge supply shortage all got us here.

We can fix it: build starter homes, legalize more housing types, support first-time buyers, and protect rural communities.

If you slow down international travel, rural Utah towns feel it immediately.

So why the silence from Utah’s GOP leaders?

Utah deserves leadership that protects our privacy, our economy, and our communities — not leadership that stays quiet to avoid crossing Trump.

This is a massive expansion of government surveillance, and it directly threatens one of Utah’s biggest economic engines: international tourism. Nearly 40% of visitors to Zion and Bryce have come from abroad in past years.

This gives lawmakers more time for another appeal attempt on the maps.
Posting the graphic with all the details.

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MLK Day and Juneteenth honor the long struggle for equality. Replacing them with a personal holiday dismisses that history entirely.

If we care about who we are as a nation, we have to care about the days we choose to honor.

#MLKDay #Juneteenth #NationalParks #CivilRights #HistoryMatters

Legislators: le.utah.gov

Gov. Cox: governor.utah.gov/contact

#FairMapsUtah #UtahPolitics #HB267

Prop 4 created independent oversight before lawmakers dismantled it.

HB 267 will be repealed after 320,000 Utahns demanded it.

Contact your legislators and Gov. Cox and tell them you support fair maps, independent redistricting, and repeal of HB 267.

It protects partisan advantage.

All 75 Utah House seats and 15 Senate seats are up in 2026, which means accountability is now on the line.

A resolution challenging judicial authority is also planned, despite polling showing almost no public support for giving the Leg. full redistricting control.

#Healthcare #HealthcareForAll #UtahPolitics #CostOfLiving #MedicalDebt #WorkingFamilies #BlueUtah

This system isn’t working. Every other developed country has universal healthcare and pays less than we do. We should start with Medicare for all pregnant women, nursing mothers, and young children.

Healthcare shouldn’t be a gamble. It’s time to fix it.

Zoom out: family premiums rose from $13k to $23k, deductibles tripled, insulin went from $25 to $300+, and medical debt is the #1 cause of bankruptcy. Meanwhile, wages flatlined.

I was told my colonoscopy wouldn’t be covered… then told it might be… and now I’m waiting while someone calls Aetna to figure it out. That confusion is exactly what’s broken. We’re told to get preventive care, but many of us can’t afford to use the very insurance we pay thousands for.

The poll doesn’t support repealing Prop 4 — it reinforces it. Utahns want fair maps and real oversight.

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40% — Legislature should have no role
27% — choose from commission-approved maps
24% — draw maps with an advisory commission
9% — Legislature has sole authority

That means 51% want a commission-led process, 40% want lawmakers out entirely, and only 9% want full legislative control.

Wages are the missing half of the conversation, and we need to start saying that out loud.

#Utah #UtahPolitics #FairWages #RaiseTheWage #WorkingFamilies #LivingWage #CostOfLiving #LaborRights #DemocratsDeliver #WhyImADemocrat

We need wage growth tied to inflation.
We need stronger unions and better worker protections.
We need an economy where work actually pays enough to live on.

Affordability isn’t just about lowering costs. It’s also about ensuring people earn enough to live with dignity.

I’m not opposed to private-sector solutions — when they work, great — but unregulated capitalism has a clear downside: corporations can freeze wages indefinitely while prices keep rising. Without guardrails, workers fall further behind no matter how hard they work.

We need a living wage.

• Family health insurance premiums rose from $13,375/year to $23,968/year
• Public college tuition grew from about $3,500/year to more than $9,000/year

Yet a full-time minimum wage worker still earns $15,080 a year before taxes.

The math doesn’t work. It hasn’t worked for a long time.