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Everybody that you, I mean, ask anybody if there's really a distinction and they'll all just laugh at you.

I actually did an op-ed in the Deseret News and I ended the op-ed.

I was kind of being cheeky, but I said, look, you know, I'm being asked, am I going to do something? What am I going to do? Am I going to do anything about this online gambling proliferation? And I just said, you know, my response, you can bet on it.

And it was the next day that Kalshi sued me and the governor and others.

Kalshi kept taking bets from Utahns anyway.

That is illegal, and we're putting a stop to it.

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Do I vote for somebody who I think will vote and do things they agree with? but who appears to be a terrible human being.

A new analysis from the Deseret News got us thinking about this today.

The role morality plays in our elections and in overall politics.

New polling shows that voters care about corruption, but does that really translate into how they'll vote?

So we have with us Brigham Tonko, Deseret News political reporter.

Thanks for joining us in studio,

Brigham.

arguing that spending $1.4 billion to serve ski traffic on 30 peak winter days is an outrageous priority.

Meanwhile, a recent Deseret News piece framed our state budget with a brutal question.

The question was, the Great Salt Lake or a gondola? So is this the right framing for this

issue? The gondola versus the Great Salt Lake? Like a billion dollars?

California's Prop 40, if passed, would impose a single-year wealth tax on the billionaire who live in the state.

Now, a Deseret News report says that proponents of Amendment B say that ballot measures in California have become the topic of policy discussion there.

A Salt Lake City couple has been sentenced to prison for their role in the escape of an ICE detainee from custody.

KSL's Cameron Elliott tells us more.

Those who support Utah's Amendment B say that ballot measures have become the center of policy discussions in California, and that's why they want to pass Amendment B. Kristen Fors from the Libertas Institute says that citizen initiatives are an easy way to get unwise ideas on the ballot.

Speaking to the Deseret News, Utah Senate Minority Leader Liz Escamilla says that Utah doesn't need Amendment B, and citizen initiatives are already much more difficult to get on the ballot here in Utah than in places like California.

Amendment B would increase the threshold of getting a citizen-led ballot initiative dealing with taxes passed from a simple majority to 60%.

First Look traffic now in the 8 o'clock hour, and here is Cormac Bone.

Those who support Utah's Amendment B say that ballot measures have become the center of policy discussions in California, and that's why they want to pass Amendment B. Kristen Forrest from the Libertas Institute says that citizen initiatives are an easy way to get unwise ideas on the ballot.

Speaking to the Deseret News, Utah Senate Minority Leader Liz Escamilla says that Utah doesn't need Amendment B, and citizen initiatives are already much more difficult to get on the ballot here in Utah than in places like California.

Amendment B would increase the threshold of getting a citizen-led ballot initiative dealing with taxes passed from a simple majority to 60%.

First look traffic now in the 8 o'clock hour, and here is Cormac Bone.

Those who support Utah's Amendment B say that ballot measures have become the center of policy discussions in California, and that's why they want to pass Amendment B. Kristen Forrest from the Libertas Institute says that citizen initiatives are an easy way to get unwise ideas on the ballot.

Speaking to the Deseret News, Utah Senate Minority Leader Liz Escamilla says that Utah doesn't need Amendment B, and citizen initiatives are already much more difficult to get on the ballot here in Utah than in places like California.

Amendment B requires future ballot initiatives that create new taxes or increase tax rates to get a yes vote from at least 60% of the voters in order to pass.

A man was killed at a construction site in Iron County.

Like how is even 400 manageable? Now we're sporting 95,000.

So the first article actually on this to pop out was Deseret News.

Gives us a little bit of insight here.

We're going to analyze what they have to say really fast.