Deseret News, 05/10/2008, Ellsberg denounces lies of Vietnam, Iraq wars
Several awards were presented, including the Torch of Freedom award to state Sen. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake City. The group lauded Romero as "an indispensable ally of civil liberties who eloquently and passionately speaks out against racism and abuse of power."
UtahSenateDemocrats.org, 04/22/2008, Senator Romero Receives Justice Award
Senator Ross Romero received a Peace and Justice Award from the Utah Coalition of La Raza....
UtahSenateDemocrats.org, 04/21/2008, City Weekly’s Best Legislator
Senator Ross Romero is third runner-up for Best State Legislator.
ABC 4 News, 03/29/2008, State and city employees get firefighter training
“It's truly admirable to understand what they have to do and the pressures they're under and the effort they take to make sure we're safe,” said Senator Ross Romero.
Deseret Morning News, 03/31/2008, GOP had 9-1 edge in bills passed
Deseret Morning News, 03/31/2008, Some vote-skippers in the Legislature had excuses; others didn't
Nobody had a perfect voting participation rate on the House or Senate floor, where bills receive their final votes in each chamber. A few came close. Sen. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake, was at 99.4 percent...
Deseret Morning News, 03/05/2008, Omnibus ed bill draws flak
"I find myself disappointed having to debate this bill in its omnibus forms ... disappointed that we have to pass bad bills tethered to good bills — it's not the best way to be conducting the people's business and we owe it to the people to take time and deliberate these bills instead of lump them all together without input," said Sen. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake.
Salt Lake Tribune, 03/07/2008, Lawmakers expect showdown Wednesday on education bills
"There are very good bills that have been tethered to bad bills, or bills we shouldn't be supporting at this time," said Sen. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake City....
Deseret Morning News, 03/04/2008, Additional education money clears Senate, but may face House fight
Sen. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake, echoed other union concerns. "I'm also concerned we are implementing a pay difference before we have committed to study it...
Deseret Morning News, 03/03/2008, Senate approves domestic partner registries sans hospital visitation
"I'm concerned we keep picking on Salt Lake City," Sen. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake, said, describing the bill as part of "an ever increasing effort encroach on and micromanage" local governments, especially the capital city.
Deseret Morning News, 03/03/2008, Amended driver privilege card passes Senate
...However, Sen. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake, questioned whether a person would be notified if for some reason the card wasn't issued....
KSL 5, 02/25/2008, Comprehensive anti-illegal immigration bill passes Senate
Those who oppose the bill are passionate about a lot of issues. "There will be racial profiling. There will be discrimination that results from these things, from the passage of this bill, and I don't mean only those that may be here in an undocumented status," said Sen. Ross Romero.
08/23/2007, Todays Local News for Logan Utah and Cache County
... then we should penalize those individuals very severely so we can protect human life later," said Sen. Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake City. ...
The Daily Utah Chronicle, 08/22/2007, Tuition increase provides benefits
But Senator Ross Romero, D-Salt Lake City, said there isn't a simple analysis of tuition-a lot of the decision-making comes from making sure there are ...
Deseret News, 04/01/2007, A01, Vote rates on Hill tallied
Senator Ross Romero voted 98.6% of the time during the 2007 Legislative Session. This places him second among all state senators.
Deseret News, 02/26/2007, B01, Juneteenth Day bill a long shot
Senator Romero supports Juneteenth Day bill.
Utah Business Magazine, 02/2007, Forty Under 40
Ross Romero named one of Utah Business Magazine's 40 under Forty business leaders in the state of Utah.
Deseret News, 01/27/2007, A01, Partisan races for school boards?
Senator Romero does not believe that “school board or school board races need to be partisan or should be partisan.”
