1/ Nomi Health, Domo and Qualtrics leveraged their connections to then-Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and other Republican leaders to secure millions of dollars in no-bid contracts during the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic response #utpol
4/ The audit also found then-Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox "had a relatively close relationship" with Silicon slopes and other related companies #utpol
7/ The tests furnished by Nomi proved to be problematic.
Tennessee health officials found the Nomi tests were "4-fold less sensitive" than the tests provided by the CDC. Further evaluation found Nomi's testing system was "unreliable" #utpol
Election conspiracy cranks "Two Red Pills" are doing an interview with a local right-wing podcast.
Let's see what falsehoods and fabrications they come up with today!
Jen Orten and Sophie Anderson are talking about how they've been invited to an event with "True the Vote," which is the people who helped Dinesh D'Souza with his garbage "documentary" 2000 Mules.
Buttigieg-a-palooza (TM) has moved from the Capitol to a Unified Fire Station in Emigration Canyon as we prepare for a roundtable discussion with Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson and others about firefighting efforts and improving transportation infrastructure #utpol
SLCO Mayor Jenny Wilson and Secretary Pete Buttigieg join several other people for the roundtable discussion.
"This is an important time for our nation, and it's an important time for our county," Wilson says to start #utpol
Wilson recounting 2020 with the start of the COVID pandemic followed by the Salt Lake earthquake and the BLM protests in Salt Lake City and the massive windstorm.
I'm sure this will tie into transportation issues, but it's a long way to get to the point #utpol
Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is in town to announce a new $7.3 billion program to help states and communities prepare for and respond to extreme weather events #utpol
The funding is available to states over five years to make transportation infrastructure more resilient to extreme weather and natural disasters.
The funds can be used on highway and transit projects, port facilities and improving evacuation routes #utpol
Gov. Cox is up first.
He praises the program noting that "many of our communities are up against the mountains, making them vulnerable to wildfires" #utpol
Once again, the Utah County Commission is discussing the topic of "election integrity" and taking public comments from election conspiracy enthusiasts.
It's a lot of the same people who show up every time to yell about non-existent election fraud #utpol
One woman just said she could not believe that nearly "every patriotic America First candidate" lost in the primary election.
Once again, for the people in the back: GOP primary voters are MUCH MORE MODERATE than candidates favored by the convention crowd #utpol
Oh dear, a woman just said Commissioner Bill Lee should have had a sheriff accompany him to get election records he requested.
2/ Billings and his supporters point to a post-recount audit where the county randomly selected just under 3% of the ballots to see if they matched up with the machine count.
The votes in that random sample favored Billings 61-39% #utpol
1/ This @USATODAY investigation of Nomi Health is damning.
The company, with zero public health experience, leveraged relationships with GOP officials in five states into a $219 million payday during the COVID pandemic #utpol