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• New Blog Sites

  By Ric Cantrell
  Chief Deputy of the Senate
  
  Want to make history today? A few fledgling blog sites have emerged in Algeria (a little background here). If you are reading this you likely have healthy interest & perspective from Utah's unique bloghive. Any insight, encouragement, [...]
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  Posted: April 29, 2008, 8:34pm EDT
  

• Time Commitments

  By Lyle Hillyard
  Utah State Senator, District 25
  
  The other day, while speaking to the Estate Planning Council for Weber-Davis County about the legislature’s actions this past session, I was asked a very interesting question: How much time does it really take to serve in the legislature? [...]
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  Posted: April 25, 2008, 4:28pm EDT
  

• Discipline pays off

  Jennifer Toomer-Cook in the Deseret News: Utah in good fiscal health compared to other states
  
  Is it a recession or just a period of slower growth? Either way, Utah is set to weather the storm. Here's the NCSL release, and a little piece of the DNews [...]
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  Posted: April 25, 2008, 1:58pm EDT
  

• States Innovate / Feds ... not so much

  Good old-fashioned federalism seems to inspire innovation. From Brookings:
  

  The design of a more robust federal innovation policy must consider, respect, and complement the plethora of energetic state and local initiatives now underway. While the federal government has taken only very limited steps to promote innovation, state governments and [...]

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  Posted: April 24, 2008, 4:38pm EDT
  

• Bud Bowman

  Thank you Representative Bowman, from the Spectrum. [...]
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  Posted: April 24, 2008, 10:35am EDT
  

• JayCee Carroll

  By Lyle Hillyard
  Utah State Senator, District 25
  
  For the past 4 years it has been fun to watch JayCee Carroll show us all that hard work does pay off and locals can make good. I remember first seeing JayCee and thinking he must still be in high [...]
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  Posted: April 23, 2008, 5:27pm EDT
  

• The Lions are here

  
  
  This just in from the Capitol Preservation Board . . .
  

  Lions Arrive at the Utah State Capitol
  
  Many Utahns remember the four lions posted at the east and west entrances to the Utah State Capitol. The Capitol Preservation Board is pleased to announce the arrival [...]

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  Posted: April 21, 2008, 9:00am EDT
  

• "Their flag to April's breeze unfurled"

  April 19th, 1775. The inscription on the monument near the Concord Bridge reminds us
  
  HERE
  
  On the 19 of April 1775 was made the first forcible resistance to British aggression
  
  On the opposite Bank stood the American Militia
  
  Here stood the Invading [...]
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  Posted: April 19, 2008, 12:57pm EDT
  

• Algiers 2008

  By Ric Cantrell
  Chief Deputy of the Senate
  
  NCSL invited Utah to join the faculty of an intense four-day workshop with the Algerian Parliament - part of an initiative created by Colin Powell's State Department to build partnerships with North Africa and the Middle East.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: April 17, 2008, 9:50pm EDT
  

• New Judge

  Yesterday, the Senate confirmed Kevin K. Allen as Utah's newest judge. First District Court.
  
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  Posted: April 17, 2008, 3:44pm EDT
  

• Delta Merger

  By Curt Bramble
  Senate Majority Leader
  
  Good news. [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2008, 8:59pm EDT
  

• Add your candlepower to Health System Reform

  The newly formed Health System Reform Task Force will hold their first meeting this Thursday. 8:00 a.m. W020.
  
  Find official info (agenda, committee membership, etc.) here.
  
  Pig & Webb make predictions in the DMNews.
  
  Senator Killpack and Representative Clark talk about the [...]
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  Posted: April 14, 2008, 4:16pm EDT
  

• Tax Changes Made Simple

  By Wayne Niederhauser
  Utah State Senator, District 9
  
  A recent Tribune article ("Many Utahns see taxes jump with new flat rate," April 2) highlighted concerns among some taxpayers about the impact of recent changes to the state individual income tax. Unfortunately, the article did little to clarify [...]
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  Posted: April 07, 2008, 8:05am EDT