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Brigham Tomco

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Brigham Tomco

@BrighamTomco

Politics reporter @Deseret News. Reach me at [email protected].

Salt Lake City, UT

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Joined April 2020

Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Mar 12, 2025
.@DataRepublican drew the attention of @elonmusk, @BasedMikeLee & others by developing AI tools to reveal NGOs receiving billions in taxpayer funds. 2 weeks ago she was doxxed. In a @Deseret exclusive she explains why gov transparency is still her mission.
Doxxed by Rolling Stone, Utah’s ‘DataRepublican’ tells us what she’s discovered
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Feb 4, 2025
A new Utah bill would implement a Tennessee-style ban on "Adult-oriented performances" in public. It would create a new criminal offense for sexually suggestive acts committed in a public space accessible by children.
Utah bill mirrors Tennessee ban on sexual performances in public
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Feb 13, 2025
Nearly 50% of serious crashes in West Valley involved an unlicensed driver in 2023. In 2024 nearly 50% of solved hit&run cases involved an unlicensed driver. Rep. MacPherson's new bill requires police to impound vehicles driven by someone w/o a license.
Utah lawmakers want to impound vehicles of unlicensed drivers
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Mar 27, 2025
The chiefs of staff for Utah's governor, Senate & House all made over $300,000 in 2024, w/ each position receiving a 40% raise over the previous two or three years, making their salaries higher than those of their counterparts in CA, TX, FL, & NY. Why?
deseret.com
Utah Capitol paychecks: Why top government staffers make more than big state counterparts
Utah leadership have approved large raises for chiefs of staff in recent years.
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Nov 6, 2024
Utah appears to be a total outlier in swinging from Trump to Harris compared to 2020, according to Financial Times charts. #utpol
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Oct 15, 2024
BREAKING: A performance audit of Utah's signature verification process recommended multiple improvements after finding Gov. Spencer Cox may have not initially met threshold of valid signatures to qualify for the primary election ballot. #utpol
Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Oct 15, 2024
Legislative audit finds Gov. Cox likely fell short of 28,000 signature threshold for primary qualification due to incorrectly validated signatures. This won't impact Nov ballot. Cox submitted 28 days early & could have gathered more signatures if invalid ones hadn't been counted.
Audit on Utah primary finds errors in signature verification for Cox, Curtis and Brown
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Feb 20, 2025
Rep. MacPherson's bill allowing police to seize a car if the driver doesn't have a driver’s license, permit or privilege card passed the House, 55-14, along party lines. In 2023, 50% of 2,000 serious crashes in West Valley involved an unlicensed driver.
Utah lawmakers want to impound vehicles of unlicensed drivers
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
May 20, 2025
Gov. Cox said on Monday that President Trump's agenda would be "more successful" if he adopted a "Disagree Better" approach. Utah's GOP national rep. Brad Bonham pushed back: “I strongly believe that being ‘nice’ has become the enemy of what’s right."
Utah Gov. Cox’s one piece of advice for Trump to be ‘more successful’
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Mar 21, 2025
Reps. Mike Kennedy & Celeste Maloy said they wanted to show the rest of the country that Utahns can have tough conversations. Instead they got an angry crowd of 300 mocking the opening prayer & shouting down both representatives for an hour.
deseret.com
Utah congressional town hall goes off the rails
Audience members shouted down the lawmakers over the Trump administration's actions on DOGE and deportation
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Jan 3, 2025
EXCLUSIVE: @GovCox sent letter to Border Czar Tom Homan asking him to replace SLC ICE Director Mike Bernacke: "We have no confidence in Mr. Bernacke’s leadership." Bernacke authored a quickly retracted memo labeling Utah a "sanctuary state" in May 2023.
Exclusive: Gov. Cox calls on Trump administration to remove ICE obstacles to deportations
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Nov 4, 2024
I am a single-issue voter. I will support whoever gets rid of the daylight savings time change. My 3 1/2 year old & 18 month old woke up at 5AM today for the 2nd day straight. Do presidential candidates not care about the parent demographic? End this abomination!
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Oct 15, 2024
Legislative audit finds Gov. Cox likely fell short of 28,000 signature threshold for primary qualification due to incorrectly validated signatures. This won't impact Nov ballot. Cox submitted 28 days early & could have gathered more signatures if invalid ones hadn't been counted.
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Dec 6, 2024
.@GovCox said deporting illegal immigrants in Utah prisons will result in cost-savings for the state. How much? $153 per day for 285 inmates totals $16 million per year. Of the 285, 181 were convicted of sex offenses and 59 were convicted of murder.
Gov. Cox says deporting criminals will save Utah money
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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Nov 26, 2024
Housing illegal immigrants in Utah prisons costs Utahns $16 million per year. They make up around 4.6% of Utah's prison population. Illegal immigrants were behind more than half of drug-related crimes committed along Jordan River Trail this year, the press release said. #utpol
Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco
Nov 26, 2024
.@GovCox announces Utah will work w/ Trump admin. to deport illegal immigrants who have committed crimes/pose threat to public safety, including by passing new legislation associated with migrant crime. #utpol
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