As the summer continues on, I hope all of you have been able to stay cool. I have been very busy these past two months. At the end of May I was able to stand with different representatives from the Workers Compensation Fund, the Utah AFL-CIO, UDOT, UTA, AGC, the Labor Commission, and the Lieutenant...
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Transportation bill: McEntee
Salt Lake Tribune article by Peg McEntee: Democrat has her reasons to buck colleagues
It was pretty much a Republican sweep as the Utah Senate voted to override Gov. Gary Herbert’s veto of a transportation bill that would have earmarked as much as $60 million a year for road construction.
The anomaly came when Democratic Sen....
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Salt Lake Tribune Article: Women find good living in construction trades
By Peg Mcentee
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Mayne, a lifelong labor supporter, had joined in with the AFL-CIO of Utah and others in establishing Utah Women in Trades. “I always wanted my daughter to be an electrician,” she told me dryly. “She’s an accountant.” Last week, Mayne hosted a Utah Senate reception for tradeswomen such as Leslie and Burquez, along with other...
West Valley Journal Article
A recent article in the December West Valley Journal:
State Senator Karen Mayne invests in west side
By Raili Jacquet
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With the needs of her state senate district in mind, Sen. Karen Mayne decided to donate her political action committee funds to the municipalities in which she serves - Taylorsville, Kearns and West Valley City. "I have come...