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Three U.S. Senate front-runners aim for 60 percent at GOP convention

Last updated Thursday, April 19, 2012 - 3:57pm

Republican delegates have 10 candidates for the U.S. Senate to choose from at the state Republican Convention on Saturday.

Of those 10, three are in the front battling to get 60 percent of the delegates' votes in order to avoid a primary in June.

The three are:

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Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, seen here in 2004, is confident Hill Air Force Base will survive upcoming BRAC hearings. (Standard-Examiner file photo)

Hatch, Bishop: Hill Air Force Base will survive

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, March 27, 2012 - 6:33am

LAYTON — The Falcon Hill public/private venture, the Utah Test and Training Range and the support and patriotism area residents demonstrate for the military are a few reasons Hill Air Force Base will weather $10 trillion in proposed military budget cuts.

That statement came Monday, courtesy of Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, and Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah.

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U.S. Air Force secretary tours HAFB

Bryon Saxton Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 12:25pm

LAYTON — The Falcon Hill public/private venture, the Utah Test and Training Range, and the support and patriotism area residents demonstrate for the military, are a few reasons why Hill Air Force Base will weather $10 trillion in proposed military budget cuts.

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GOP lawmakers tell White House to forgo military base closings

Trish Choate Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Thursday, March 1, 2012 - 6:02pm

WASHINGTON — Forty-two Republicans reached out to President Barack Obama this week, asking him to forego more military base closings and cuts.

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Experts: Think national impact over community in base closure rounds

Trish Choate Scripps Howard News Service

Last updated Monday, February 27, 2012 - 7:47am

WASHINGTON -- New rounds of military base realignment and closures proposed for 2013 and 2015 will look different from the last round of BRAC, especially for the Air Force, which has a base in Northern Utah.

The new effort will focus on completely shedding infrastructure, and the Air Force is likely to drive the process because of its excess facilities, raising questions about the future of some installations, including Hill Air Force Base.

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Showdown looms over Utah's public lands

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Saturday, February 25, 2012 - 9:43pm

SALT LAKE CITY — One expert on the legal right of the state to control land within its own borders says a potential court challenge by state lawmakers to federal land holdings in Utah comes down to a simple concept: control.

“He who controls the sod, controls the people,” Bill Redd said of a potential showdown over the 67 percent of the Beehive State owned by the federal government. Redd, a former San Juan County commissioner, said he has experienced firsthand the negative side of federal land control.

There are four bills now in front of the Utah House of Representatives that form the basis of a legal challenge to the federal government’s right to control approximately two-thirds of the land in the state. The bills invoke promises dating back to when Utah gained statehood in 1896.