Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Utah House opening address spotlights transportation, homelessness response and opioid action
Summary
The Speaker of the Utah House used the opening address to highlight education gains, push for multimodal transportation planning and governance changes, and to press continued action on Operation Rio Grande, resource centers and opioid litigation and treatment expansion.
The Speaker of the Utah House opened the 2018 session with a broad policy call that placed transportation, homelessness and the opioid crisis at the top of the chamber’s agenda.
In remarks that ran more than 400 segments of the record, the Speaker credited recent reforms in public education and juvenile justice, and called for members to focus on long-term infrastructure solutions. “We're a growing state,” the Speaker said, stressing the need for multimodal planning and at-scale governance…
Already have an account? Log in
Subscribe to keep reading
Unlock the rest of this article — and every article on Citizen Portal.
- Unlimited articles
- AI-powered breakdowns of topics, speakers, decisions, and budgets
- Instant alerts when your location has a new meeting
- Follow topics and more locations
- 1,000 AI Insights / month, plus AI Chat
