Know before the vote.

Turn-by-turn directions for civic life.

Everyone says local politics matter. Almost no one can say how to make them matter. All politics is local, but the help to understand it no longer is.

Recent Iron County agendas have included:

• A 40-acre rezone near Parowan.
• A $71.5 million infrastructure bond proposal in Cedar City.
• A Parowan library bond hearing, for up to $500,000.

All of it public. All of it easy to miss until the vote is over. Civic Agent reads the agendas of 22 public bodies and tells you what touches your street, what it would cost your household, and how to be heard while it still counts.

What we believe

• Before the vote, not after. You should hear about it while there's still time to speak.
• Your street, your bill. Where it reaches on a map, and what it costs your household in dollars.
• Every side, no side. Contested decisions show each side's best case, checked against the record. The choice is yours.

Right now, in Iron County

• Type in your address. See who governs you, what's coming up, and what was just decided.
• One email a week. Only the decisions near you that matter most. Sign up free.
• For newsrooms. Maps and fact sheets any outlet can publish, free. See them.

And one more thing

The Utah Legislature sees about 1,000 bills a session. No one can follow them all. Every bill in 2027 gets a plain card, sorted so the few big or contested ones don't get buried. See an example card from last session: a data center water bill that failed in the Senate on the last night, then passed hours later.

What's next

Directions, not dated promises. You help set the order.

• Why do people disagree? Each side's case, who holds it, and what the record says. Same rules for both.
• Who's on record about this bill? Groups can link their own stated position, shown side by side.
• Has this been tried before? Similar bills from past years, and later other states, and what happened to them.
• Did the estimate come true? What it was supposed to cost, and what it did cost.
• Who's running for my seat? The 2027 city elections, by address.
• When is this coming to my county? Other Utah counties are next.

What won't change

No ads. No money from governments, campaigns, or developers. No tracking of readers. No side taken. Free for every resident and every newsroom. A person reviews each local decision page, anything not yet reviewed says so, and mistakes are fixed within two business days, in the open. It's all in the charter, and anyone who ever runs Civic Agent has to keep it.

Jeff Swift built Civic Agent in Cedar City so his neighbors can stay on top of the public decisions they care about while there’s still time to weigh in. What would help you show up? Tell him at hello@civicagent.org.

Last updated November 13, 2026.