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Utah Government News

Local, regional, and statewide news continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.

17 hrs ago | Deseret News

Utah piece of federal pie: dinky

In dividing its fat budget pie, the federal government spends less per resident in Utah than it does in any other state except Nevada, according to data the U.S. Census Bureau released Thursday.

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Related Topix: Utah, Medicare, Health, Social Security, Personal Finance

Sat Oct 04, 2008

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah senators support bailout

A big majority of Senators - including Utah's Bob Bennett and Orrin Hatch - backed the $700 billion bailout Wednesday, putting more pressure on the fractious House to fall in line.

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Related Topix: Utah, US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Chris Cannon, Jim Matheson, Rob Bishop, Democrat

Fri Oct 03, 2008

KTVX

Emotions flare at Utah alcohol hearing

Utah's liquor laws are being both hotly criticized and defended. Monday, the DABC held a huge public hearing on how booze is sold here.

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Thu Oct 02, 2008

Standard-Examiner

Health department to study drug-related deaths

The Utah Department of Health says it will soon begin a yearlong study into why record numbers of people are dying from prescription drug overdoses.

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Wed Oct 01, 2008

WAAY

Baby Vanesa returned safely to Utah

Child-welfare authorities say an infant taken cross-country by her mother in violation of a custody order has been safely returned to Utah.

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Related Topix: Utah, Tennessee Government, Tennessee

Deseret Morning News

Sex offender can remain anonymous online

A convicted sex offender fighting the state over his Internet screen names has won the right to remain anonymous.

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Tue Sep 30, 2008

ABC 4

Utah wildlife officials warn of increasing mercury levels in fish

The state Department of Health has issued fish consumption advisories for six fishing areas because of elevated levels of mercury in the waterways.

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2News Local News

Judge allows sex offender to keep his screen name from registry

A federal judge says Utah's law requiring sex offenders to reveal their Internet screen names and passwords violates the rights of one offender.

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Mon Sep 29, 2008

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah budget chop shop

As nurse Pat Kane watches the operation on a video monitor, Dr. Majid Moshirfar , with the assistance of surgical technician Matt Newman, performs the first artificial Cornea transplant in Utah.

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Related Topix: Santa Clara, UT, Watches, University of Utah, Utah, Healthcare Law, Law, Jon Huntsman, Jr., US Governors

Sun Sep 28, 2008

Salt Lake Tribune

Activist at center of Utah gay rights battles to depart

Laura Milliken Gray, a Utah lawyer and gay-rights activist, packs her house in Sugarhouse to move to England.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Utah

Sat Sep 27, 2008

KSL TV

4. Financial crisis could cost Utah ...

The global financial crisis could take a toll on Utahns in the form of lost jobs.

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Related Topix: Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT

Fri Sep 26, 2008

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah delegation dubious about $700B bailout

Republicans and Democrats in Congress voiced their complaints Tuesday about a Treasury Department plan to bail out distressed financial firms, saying it is too big, hands over too much authority and is moving ...

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Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, US News, US Treasury, Utah, US Politics, Orrin Hatch, US Senate, Republican, US House of Representatives, Rob Bishop

Thu Sep 25, 2008

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah attractive to distributors

Stock controller Kareem Spencer retrieves goods at an Overstock.com warehouse at 3800 W. 955 South in Salt Lake City on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Salt Lake City Metro, Salt Lake City, UT, Utah, Sundance Film Festival

Wed Sep 24, 2008

Steve Urquhart

How Your Government Works

As a member of the Health and Human Services Sub-Appropriations Committee, I just now received an email from Lisa Michelle Church, Director of Human Services.

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Related Topix: Utah

Tue Sep 23, 2008

The Heartland Institute

Utah Cigarette Tax Is More than Meets the Eye

In an effort to vilify the legal act of smoking, anti-tobacco groups in Utah are pushing a $2 per pack cigarette tax, with the help of very provocative and misleading statistics on health care costs.

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Related Topix: Utah, Healthcare Law, Law

Mon Sep 22, 2008

Medical News

Utah preferred prescription drug list savings less than projected

Utah's Medicaid preferred prescription drug list in its first year has reduced spending by nearly $546,000, but the savings fell about $2.75 million short of original estimates by the Utah Department of Health ...

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Related Topix: Utah, Medicaid, Health, Healthcare Law, Law

Sun Sep 21, 2008

2News Local News

Utah's Health Care Reform In Trouble

Utah child health care may be in trouble. Utah's health-care-reform plan is sick, and poor children may feel the pain.

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Related Topix: Utah, Health Insurance, Health

Sat Sep 20, 2008

KTVX

Tax increase could inflate cost of cigarettes in Utah

Attention Utah smokers: a pack of cigarettes may soon pack a wallop at the cash register.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Utah

Fri Sep 19, 2008

Gay news blog

Utah philanthropist kicks in $1M to fight California gay-marriage ban

Utah philanthropist kicks in $1M to fight California gay-marriage ban With the LDS Church prodding its members to give of their "means and time" to help eliminate same-sex marriage in California, many Utahns ...

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Related Topix: Utah, Wedding, Gay/Lesbian, Religion, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

2News Local News

Drug list savings not as much as expected in Utah

Medicaid's new list of preferred drugs has saved Utah money, but not as much as expected.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Utah

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