<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Governor Herbert Archives - The Utah Statesman</title> <atom:link href="https://usustatesman.com/tag/governor-herbert/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://usustatesman.com/tag/governor-herbert/</link> <description>USU's Student Newspaper</description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 14 Oct 2021 01:06:39 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <image> <url>https://usustatesman.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/cropped-screen-shot-2017-10-19-at-4.33.29-pm-32x32.png</url> <title>Governor Herbert Archives - The Utah Statesman</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/tag/governor-herbert/</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <item> <title>New System of higher education emerges in Utah, new appointments confirmed</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/new-system-of-higher-education-emerges-in-utah-new-appointments-confirmed/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Karcin Harris]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2020 05:02:29 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[All]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Bridgerland Tech College]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Commissioner Woolstenhulme]]></category> <category><![CDATA[education merger]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Governor Herbert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[rural utah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Scott Theurer]]></category> <category><![CDATA[University of Utah]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah Legislature]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah State University]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Utah system of higher ed]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://usustatesman.com/?p=22110114</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>On July 1, the Utah System of Higher Education merged with the Utah System of Technical Colleges to create one…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/new-system-of-higher-education-emerges-in-utah-new-appointments-confirmed/">New System of higher education emerges in Utah, new appointments confirmed</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400">On July 1, the Utah System of Higher Education merged with the Utah System of Technical Colleges to create one education system for Utah. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Earlier in the summer, the senate also confirmed Gov. Gary Herbert’s </span><a href="https://ushe.edu/wp-content/uploads/pdf/misc/Senate_Confirms_Governor%e2%80%99s_Appointments_Higher_ed_Governance_Board.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400">appointments</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> to the new Higher Education Governance Board. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">David Woolstenhulme, who became Commissioner of Higher Education on July 1, elaborated on what the merger will mean for college students. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“One of the critical things of the two systems coming together is now we have both technical education and two PhD programs at Utah State University and the University of Utah,” he said. “Now we’re meeting the needs of industry. Before, with two systems, it worked fairly well, but with one board we’re really making sure all workforce needs are being met.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Woolstenhulme said the merger will determine who should be providing what in regards to education. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“Each institution will be providing whatever it is in their expertise,” he said. “For instance, we wouldn’t want USU to be providing the programs that Bridgerland Tech is providing and vice versa. So it’s really going to help us align the programs to where they’re best suited.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">In a </span><a href="https://ushe.edu/wp-content/uploads/pdf/reports/issue_brief/2020/2020_New_Combined_System.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400">press release</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400"> from the Utah System of Higher Education, “meeting the rapidly changing needs of a growing workforce” was listed as one of the advantages of this new, merged system. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Woolstenhulme said the board asked themselves how Utah education can meet the needs of future industry.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“The answer is providing our students with what they need. That was to have one system,” he said. “It was better aligned with industry and filled the needs of students and industry partners.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The press release also listed addressing capacity needs in rural Utah as a goal. Woolstenhulme said that duty falls on USU. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“Utah State University, where it’s the land grant institution, has the responsibility of providing education throughout the state and they do a really good job of doing that,” he said. “So they’ve asked us to look at technical education as well as the degree granting institutions to make sure students across the state have access to these programs.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Online class options are being used to deliver technical education to smaller communities in Utah, he said. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">As far as efficiency, Woolstenhulme said combining the systems has already proven to be more cost effective due to sharing resources between the 16 colleges and universities in Utah. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“For financial aid, as far as the Pell Grant and government aid, it won’t affect students,” Woolstenhulme said. “Hopefully we’ll be able to create more scholarship opportunities when money is saved and keep tuition at a responsible and reasonable rate for students in the future.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Woolstenhulme said the discussion of merging the two systems has been in the works for a couple of years. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“The legislature hired an outside consultant who looked at education across the state and gave the state planning commission three options. This was the option the commission and legislature chose,” he said. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Woolstenhulme added that there was little opposition to the merger. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“The legislature wanted to take their time to do it right and make sure they had input from stakeholders,” he said. “They really wanted to vet it and make sure it was going to best fill the needs of Utah for the future.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The Utah Board of Higher Education is composed of 18 members and includes two college students. Woolstenhulme said the student names are submitted to the governor, who makes all of the board appointments. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">The two current student members are Candyce Damron from Utah Valley University and Glen Rivera from Bridgerland Technical College.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">Woolstenhulme said the data and results of the merger will be available to the public. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">“We always release our data,” he said. “Our board is going to put together a strategic plan which will identify our state attainment goals. All of that information will be available to the public as we move along.” </span></p> <p> </p> <p><a href="mailto:-karcinrose@gmail.com"><span style="font-weight: 400">-karcinrose@gmail.com</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400">@harriskarcin</span></p> <p> </p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/new-system-of-higher-education-emerges-in-utah-new-appointments-confirmed/">New System of higher education emerges in Utah, new appointments confirmed</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Cache Council hears public opinion on roadless regulations</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/cache-council-hears-public-opinion-on-roadless-regulations/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Carter Moore]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 18:56:24 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cache County Council]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Governor Gary Herbert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Governor Herbert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Roadless]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">https://usustatesman.com/?p=22096799</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>The Cache County Council collected comments from concerned constituents concerning roadless regulations in national forest land Tuesday evening. Of the…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/cache-council-hears-public-opinion-on-roadless-regulations/">Cache Council hears public opinion on roadless regulations</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><code></code></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Cache County Council collected comments from concerned constituents <a href="https://usustatesman.com/utah-public-lands-office-holds-public-meeting-on-roadless-rule-petition/">concerning roadless regulations</a> in national forest land Tuesday evening. Of the nine people who gave an opinion, seven spoke against Gov. Gary Herbert’s</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> petition</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> to deregulate the roadless designation. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Our governor is using forest fires as a reason to penetrate our public lands and roadless areas,” said Kari Prescott, the president of the Bridgerland district of the Backcountry Horsemen. “But the roadless area regulations already allow exceptions for wildfire management.”</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ninety percent of Utah’s wildfires in the past five years have been outside of roadless designated areas, Prescott said. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Herbert’s proposal focuses on wildfire mitigation through prescribed burns and underbrush clearing. </span></p> <p> </p> <p style="margin: 12px auto 6px auto; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 14px; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; -x-system-font: none; display: block;"><a style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Utah Policy Objectives for Land Management on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/document/394996449/Utah-Policy-Objectives-for-Land-Management#from_embed">Utah Policy Objectives for Land Management</a> by <a style="text-decoration: underline;" title="View Utah Statesman's profile on Scribd" href="https://www.scribd.com/user/371080251/Utah-Statesman#from_embed">Utah Statesman</a> on Scribd</p> <p><iframe id="doc_93379" class="scribd_iframe_embed" title="Utah Policy Objectives for Land Management" src="https://www.scribd.com/embeds/394996449/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-oXmzwMNwbzBQFy12SVnZ&show_recommendations=true" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" data-auto-height="false" data-aspect-ratio="0.7729220222793488"></iframe></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The original </span><a href="https://www.fs.fed.us/emc/nepa/roadless/2001RoadlessRuleFR.pdf"><span style="font-weight: 400;">roadless rule</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> does allow for exceptions in the case of “imminent danger of fire” but said that “building roads into inventoried roadless areas would likely increase the chance of human-caused fires due to the increased presence of people.”</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Any roads that were to be cut into the forest would have to be temporary, explained </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">Josh Runhaar</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">, the Cache County</span><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Development Services Director for planning and zoning. Roads would be built on an as-needed basis, mostly for forest management in relation to fire prevention, he said. </span></p> <p> </p> <p>Tires<span style="font-weight: 400;"> will not be hitting pavement anytime soon, as the public hearing was just to establish opinions before submitting proposals to Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’s office. Herbert will then submit a petition to the federal government. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Multiple complaints focused on </span>plant<span style="font-weight: 400;"> and animal life. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“Anytime I mess with the dirt, Canadian thistle pops right up; I hate that stuff,” said Bryan Lundahl, owner of the Beaver Creek Lodge. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Council Chairman David Erikson was quick to correct Lundahl’s taxonomy.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“If it were Canadian thistle, we’d be able to send it back,” he said, stressing that the invasive plant is actually called Canada thistle.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nathan Zollinger, chairman of the Top of Utah Snowmobile Association, said his organization supports the state’s petition. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“We see all the bureaucratic red tape in the way of public access,” Zollinger said. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Runhaar said any roads built will not be open for public access. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“It will just be another tool for the forest service to use,” Runhaar said.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Runhaar said the petition would not remove the lands from roadless rule, but would relegate it to the “1C” class, making it “not prohibited” to build temporary roads. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Runhaar showed attendees the county’s suggestions for </span><a href="http://cacheut.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=d248edf7788744549e7ad64cb2b97e77"><span style="font-weight: 400;">locations</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that will be relegated if the rule is passed. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The council will decide on how to respond to Gov. Herbert’s petition Dec. 11. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">“I hope we are not just selfish of our own little backyard,” Erikson said.</p> <p></span></p> <p class="p1"><i>—carter.moore@aggiemail.usu.edu</i></p> <p class="p1"><i>@carterthegrreat</i></p> <p> </p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/cache-council-hears-public-opinion-on-roadless-regulations/">Cache Council hears public opinion on roadless regulations</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> </item> <item> <title>Support for Proposition 2 wanes week before midterm elections</title> <link>https://usustatesman.com/support-for-proposition-2-wanes-week-before-midterm-elections/</link> <comments>https://usustatesman.com/support-for-proposition-2-wanes-week-before-midterm-elections/#comments</comments> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Erick Graham Wood]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2018 17:17:40 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[All]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Cache Valley Elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[News]]></category> <category><![CDATA[aggies]]></category> <category><![CDATA[elections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Erick Graham Wood]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Governor Herbert]]></category> <category><![CDATA[proposition 2]]></category> <category><![CDATA[USU]]></category> <category><![CDATA[usu votes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[utah votes]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Voting]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://usustatesman.com/?p=22094941</guid> <description><![CDATA[<p>Next week, Utahns will officially know the results of the midterm elections. This year’s ballot includes a medical marijuana initiative…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/support-for-proposition-2-wanes-week-before-midterm-elections/">Support for Proposition 2 wanes week before midterm elections</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Next week, Utahns will officially know the results of the midterm elections. This year’s ballot includes a medical marijuana initiative called Proposition 2. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A “yes” vote for “Prop 2” supports legalizing the medical use of marijuana for individuals with qualifying medical illnesses. A “no” vote opposes the legalization of medical marijuana.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> According to The Tribune-Hinckley poll conducted by the Hinckley Institute of Politics, support for Proposition 2 has waned in the last month despite what they describe a strong summer campaign. The poll, released in mid-October, indicates that public support is at about 51 percent, with three percent of voters still undecided. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Cache Valley resident Ross Davis has had a “#PatientsNotCriminals” sign in his front yard since spring. He said it is important to him to make his voice heard and vote in the midterm elections, adding that he hopes to see this initiative passed.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “The fact that there is a drug that can help people when nothing else does says enough about the cause for me,” Davis said. “We shouldn’t be criminalizing something that has the power to do good.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Davis said while he has already voted and has spent much of the year advocating for Proposition 2 he recognizes that there are people against the initiative and that he needs to stay “optimistically-cautious.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been a strong opponent of Proposition 2 going as far as emailing Utah members in August to urge voters to vote “no” on the ballot. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “As a member of the coalition, we urge voters of Utah to vote NO on Proposition 2,” read the email from religious leader, Craig C. Christensen. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> It continued.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “And join us in a call to state elected officials to promptly work with medical experts, patients and community leaders to find a solution that will work for all Utahns, without the harmful effects that will come to pass if Proposition 2 becomes law.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Despite campaigning against the initiative, on Oct. 4, just before the religion’s bi-annual conference, the church repositioned their views on medical marijuana calling for a compromise between state lawmakers and their authorities. The announcement, made in front of an audience at the Utah State Capitol, explained that lawmakers would introduce a bill to legalize medical cannabis whether Proposition 2 is passed or not. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> The church’s proposal says that there could be a total of five privately operated dispensaries in Utah and one publicly controlled one. This differs from Proposition 2 which would allow one dispensary per 150,000 residents. Proposition 2 also allows marijuana to be grown in homes, while the compromise restricts it. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This type of deal isn’t new for the church, which has had its say in many other laws in the state, including the sale of alcohol. For example, the “Zion curtains” liquor law separates bartenders preparing alcoholic drinks from the customers who order them in Utah restaurants.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “It’s not fair,” Davis said. “We all live in this state and yet even if Proposition 2 is passed, what we are voting for could be extremely different from what actually becomes law. I think people just fear what they don’t know.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Some of these fears include the idea that more people will be driving while under the influence of marijuana. However, medical marijuana does not contain enough tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the chemical compound responsible for the “high” found in recreational marijuana. Instead, medical marijuana contains cannabidiol (CBD), which does not produce a “high.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Matthew Wappett, the director of the Utah State University Center for Persons with Disabilities told Utah Public Radio that he believes many adults make the choice to become a criminal because their only other option is to go on living with their conditions. This has been the predominant argument from supporters of the proposition, claiming that not passing it would continue to criminalize medical patients. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Peter Grinspoon, MD of Harvard Medical School, said </span><a href="https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/cannabidiol-cbd-what-we-know-and-what-we-dont-2018082414476"><span style="font-weight: 400;">in an article</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> that medical marijuana helps relieve insomnia, anxiety, spasticity and pain in patients. It can also be used to treat life-threatening conditions like epilepsy.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Senator Jim Dabakis (D-Salt Lake) tried marijuana in Las Vegas for the first time before the state legislature convenes to address the compromise. While streaming his experience in a Facebook Live video, he said that he thought it was “about time that at least one legislator knew a little bit about marijuana.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dabakis went on to say that he “survived the experience” and endorsed Proposition 2.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> If Proposition 2 passes, individuals with qualifying medical conditions would be able to receive a medical marijuana card and purchase two ounces of unprocessed marijuana or 10 grams of THC at dispensaries across the state in a 14-day period. Individuals would be prohibited from smoking marijuana but as of January 1, 2021, would be able to grow up to six marijuana plants for personal use if there are no dispensaries within 100 miles. Marijuana sales would be exempt from local and state sales taxes.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Whether the initiative passes or not, Utah Governor Gary Herbert has called for the state legislature to create a medical marijuana policy for Utah in November. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> “Whether it passes or fails, we’re going to arrive at the same point and conclusion, which is going to be of benefit to the people of Utah,” Herbert said in Salt Lake City while discussing what he called a “shared vision.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Proposition 2 is estimated to cost the state $3.6 million in one-time setup costs. Annual revenue is expected to cover the initiative’s expected annual cost of $2.1 million. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Governor Herbert and The Utah Medical Association have both argued against Proposition 2, the latter claiming that it is “paving the way for recreational use of cannabis in Utah” and slammed the supporting side for using images and stories of suffering patients to “disguise their true aim.”</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Utah State alumnus John R. Miller is one of the top donors to the oppositions campaign, donating $100,000 of the over $960,000 raised. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Currently there are only four states that have no laws supporting medical marijuana or cannabis oil. Surrounding Utah, with the exception of Idaho, are states that have passed laws legalizing or decriminalizing medical marijuana. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> To vote in Utah, residents must be over the age of 18 and registered online or in person. Polls close at 8 p.m. on Nov 6 for registered voters and early voting is currently underway across the state. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">— erickwood97@gmail.com</span></em></p> <p><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">@GrahamWoodMedia</span></em></p> <p>The post <a href="https://usustatesman.com/support-for-proposition-2-wanes-week-before-midterm-elections/">Support for Proposition 2 wanes week before midterm elections</a> appeared first on <a href="https://usustatesman.com">The Utah Statesman</a>.</p> ]]></content:encoded> <wfw:commentRss>https://usustatesman.com/support-for-proposition-2-wanes-week-before-midterm-elections/feed/</wfw:commentRss> <slash:comments>3</slash:comments> </item> </channel> </rss>