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Stories by Robert Gehrke

Gehrke: After a string of deaths, legislators are leaning on the county jails to cough up their policies

Gehrke: After a string of deaths, legislators are leaning on the county jails to cough up their policies

By Robert Gehrke • 2d ago

Gehrke: A horse-racing aficionado in the Senate wants Utah to legalize playing the ponies

Gehrke: A horse-racing aficionado in the Senate wants Utah to legalize playing the ponies

Gehrke: A horse-racing aficionado in the Senate wants Utah to legalize playing the ponies

By Robert Gehrke • 3d ago

Gehrke: The tax task is looking like it will be a bigger lift than lawmakers are able to muster

Gehrke: The tax task is looking like it will be a bigger lift than lawmakers are able to muster

Gehrke: The tax task is looking like it will be a bigger lift than lawmakers are able to muster

By Robert Gehrke • 5d ago

Gehrke: Legislators and landlords have kept Utah cities from keeping apartments livable; now residents are forced out

Gehrke: Legislators and landlords have kept Utah cities from keeping apartments livable; now residents are forced out

Gehrke: Legislators and landlords have kept Utah cities from keeping apartments livable; now residents are forced out

By Robert Gehrke • February 14

Gehrke: Here’s quite possibly the best bill Utah’s lawmakers will see in 2019. It expands college access and helps the economy.

Gehrke: Here’s quite possibly the best bill Utah’s lawmakers will see in 2019. It expands college access and helps the economy.

Gehrke: Here’s quite possibly the best bill Utah’s lawmakers will see in 2019. It expands college access and helps the economy.

By Robert Gehrke • February 13

Gehrke: All of us may end up paying for San Juan County’s litigious streak

Gehrke: All of us may end up paying for San Juan County’s litigious streak

Gehrke: All of us may end up paying for San Juan County’s litigious streak

By Robert Gehrke • February 11

Gehrke: Utah’s cities should abide by the same gift rules as legislators and that means no more Jazz tickets or expensive meals

Gehrke: Utah’s cities should abide by the same gift rules as legislators and that means no more Jazz tickets or expensive meals

Gehrke: Utah’s cities should abide by the same gift rules as legislators and that means no more Jazz tickets or expensive meals

By Robert Gehrke • February 7

Gehrke: Utah lawmakers warn that Medicaid has busted other state budgets, but has it really?

Gehrke: Utah lawmakers warn that Medicaid has busted other state budgets, but has it really?

Gehrke: Utah lawmakers warn that Medicaid has busted other state budgets, but has it really?

By Robert Gehrke • February 6

Gehrke: If we want to reduce suicide in Utah, this red flag bill is a good place to start

Gehrke: If we want to reduce suicide in Utah, this red flag bill is a good place to start

Gehrke: If we want to reduce suicide in Utah, this red flag bill is a good place to start

By Robert Gehrke • February 4

Gehrke: After the State of the State does Utah Gov. Gary Herbert live up to his promises? We checked.

Gehrke: After the State of the State does Utah Gov. Gary Herbert live up to his promises? We checked.

Gehrke: After the State of the State does Utah Gov. Gary Herbert live up to his promises? We checked.

By Robert Gehrke • January 31

Gehrke: We can refine Utah’s Medicaid expansion without undermining the will of voters

Gehrke: We can refine Utah’s Medicaid expansion without undermining the will of voters

Gehrke: We can refine Utah’s Medicaid expansion without undermining the will of voters

By Robert Gehrke • January 30

Gehrke: If I wrote Speaker Wilson’s opening-day speech, it would be more entertaining and go something like this

Gehrke: If I wrote Speaker Wilson’s opening-day speech, it would be more entertaining and go something like this

Gehrke: If I wrote Speaker Wilson’s opening-day speech, it would be more entertaining and go something like this

By Robert Gehrke • January 28

Gehrke: That birth certificate bill? It’s a punitive swipe at Utah’s transgender community and it must be rejected.

Gehrke: That birth certificate bill? It’s a punitive swipe at Utah’s transgender community and it must be rejected.

Gehrke: That birth certificate bill? It’s a punitive swipe at Utah’s transgender community and it must be rejected.

By Robert Gehrke • January 24

Gehrke: Utah film incentive could help rural communities benefit from their spectacular backdrops

Gehrke: Utah film incentive could help rural communities benefit from their spectacular backdrops

Gehrke: Utah film incentive could help rural communities benefit from their spectacular backdrops

By Robert Gehrke • January 23

Gehrke: Utah taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay the cost of pointless abortion bans

Gehrke: Utah taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay the cost of pointless abortion bans

Gehrke: Utah taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay the cost of pointless abortion bans

By Robert Gehrke • January 21

Gehrke: Utah’s medical marijuana law will have a test case. Bryan Melchior shouldn’t be it.

Gehrke: Utah’s medical marijuana law will have a test case. Bryan Melchior shouldn’t be it.

Gehrke: Utah’s medical marijuana law will have a test case. Bryan Melchior shouldn’t be it.

By Robert Gehrke • January 17

Gehrke: It’s time to end this stupid, pointless government shutdown

Gehrke: It’s time to end this stupid, pointless government shutdown

Gehrke: It’s time to end this stupid, pointless government shutdown

By Robert Gehrke • January 16

Gehrke: Millcreek is turning to the Legislature for help as it fights with Salt Lake City over Brickyard Plaza

Gehrke: Millcreek is turning to the Legislature for help as it fights with Salt Lake City over Brickyard Plaza

Gehrke: Millcreek is turning to the Legislature for help as it fights with Salt Lake City over Brickyard Plaza

By Robert Gehrke • January 14

Gehrke: This is why Utah needs to tax things like cosmetic surgeries and landscaping, just not newspaper subscriptions or houses

Gehrke: This is why Utah needs to tax things like cosmetic surgeries and landscaping, just not newspaper subscriptions or houses

Gehrke: This is why Utah needs to tax things like cosmetic surgeries and landscaping, just not newspaper subscriptions or houses

By Robert Gehrke • January 10

Gehrke: Sen. Mike Lee’s criticism of the governor could be laying the groundwork to strip power from Utah voters

Gehrke: Sen. Mike Lee’s criticism of the governor could be laying the groundwork to strip power from Utah voters

Gehrke: Sen. Mike Lee’s criticism of the governor could be laying the groundwork to strip power from Utah voters

By Robert Gehrke • January 9

Gehrke: The old boys network in San Juan County isn’t going to give up power without a fight

Gehrke: The old boys network in San Juan County isn’t going to give up power without a fight

Gehrke: The old boys network in San Juan County isn’t going to give up power without a fight

By Robert Gehrke • January 7

Gehrke: I have crafted the definitive 2018 news quiz for Utah. Can you select the right answers?

Gehrke: I have crafted the definitive 2018 news quiz for Utah. Can you select the right answers?

Gehrke: I have crafted the definitive 2018 news quiz for Utah. Can you select the right answers?

By Robert Gehrke • January 3

Gehrke: Who wields the power in Utah politics? Some familiar faces and some new ones make the 2019 list.

Gehrke: Who wields the power in Utah politics? Some familiar faces and some new ones make the 2019 list.

Gehrke: Who wields the power in Utah politics? Some familiar faces and some new ones make the 2019 list.

By Robert Gehrke • January 2

Gehrke: After pretty much nailing my 2018 predictions, here’s what I say will happen in 2019

Gehrke: After pretty much nailing my 2018 predictions, here’s what I say will happen in 2019

Gehrke: After pretty much nailing my 2018 predictions, here’s what I say will happen in 2019

By Robert Gehrke • December 31, 2018

Gehrke: What BYU’s David Magleby learned in his four decades studying Utah politics, and why he thinks we live in a scary time

Gehrke: What BYU’s David Magleby learned in his four decades studying Utah politics, and why he thinks we live in a scary time

Gehrke: What BYU’s David Magleby learned in his four decades studying Utah politics, and why he thinks we live in a scary time

By Robert Gehrke • December 27, 2018