Policy News Utah Treasurer Marlo Oaks announces $36 million in unclaimed cash returned to Utahns in FY2021 Utah State Treasurer Marlo Oaks today announced the Utah Unclaimed Property Division reunited $36 million in unclaimed property with rightful owners in fiscal year 2021 (July 2020 â June 2021). When a business owes money to an individual it cannot find, it remits those funds to the stateâs Unclaimed Property Division after three years of non-contact with the owner. Last year, the division received 449,998 unclaimed properties totaling $52.1 million. Unclaimed property comes from sources like dormant bank accounts, overpaid medical bills, uncashed checks, safe deposit box contents and unpaid insurance benefits. Read More Becky Edwards hits early fundraising goal with over $500,000 in contributions Former Utah House representative Becky Edwards reported raising $504,881 after her first quarter as a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Utah. This major milestone indicates that Edwards achieved her first fundraising goal after only 35 days on the campaign trail. These contributions were the result of a true grassroots effort that brought together more than 269 individual donors, many chipping in $22 for the campaignâs #22for2022 initiative. Contributions were made before June 30, the end of the campaign finance reporting period set by the Federal Election Commission. Read More Utah Independent Redistricting Commission launches new interactive website for Utahns to participate in the redistricting process The Utah Independent Redistricting Commission (UIRC) today launched its new website (uirc.utah.gov) to allow Utahns to participate first-hand in the redistricting process for the first time in the stateâs history. Prior to Utah Proposition 4 being passed in 2018 and compromise legislation passed in 2020, Utahâs citizens relied solely on their state elected officials to create political boundaries. The increasing desire of citizens to have more say in Utahâs redistricting process resulted in the creation of the seven-member, bipartisan UIRC that acts independently from the Utah State Legislature, whose mission is to gather input Utah citizens, and use that information to develop new, proposed political boundary maps for the state of Utah. This website is critical in this independent process. (Read More) Utah hosting NCSL redistricting conference More than 450 people are expected this week in Salt Lake City as the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) will host its final âGet Ready to Redistrictâ seminar from July 14-16. âRedistricting is front and center on the minds of legislators throughout the nation right now as we wait for the U.S. Census Bureau to release the detailed data required to do the job,â said Wendy Underhill, NCSLâs elections and redistricting director. âWeâre lucky to have the nationâs experts on this exciting and sometimes contentious topic gathered in Salt Lake City. Read More C.W. Urban to construct affordable housing in Park City C.W. Urban, an innovative Utah real estate developer, announces a new affordable housing project called The Village, located in Silver Creek, a master planned development in Park City. The project consists of 38 condominiums including a mix of studio, 1-bedroom, 2-bedroom, and 3-bedroom dwellings. Of that number, 24 of the units will be sold as workforce housing to households earning 55% to 80% of the Summit County Area Median Income. The remaining 14 units will be sold at market prices. The affordable units will be integrated with the market rate units and C.W. anticipates having all units completed within 18 months. (Read More) Dane Ishihara named director of the Office of Regulatory Relief The Utah Governorâs Office of Economic Opportunity is pleased to announce Dane Ishihara as the director of the newly formed Utah Office of Regulatory Relief. âDane is going to do awesome work in this new role, and weâre excited to have him be the first-ever director of the Office Regulatory Relief,â said Dan Hemmert, the Economic Opportunity officeâs executive director. âI am confident Dane has the experience and capabilities to lead this new Legislative initiative.â (Read More) | 