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Lt. Gov. Greg Bell discusses illegals, housing and gasoline prices

I enjoyed hearing Lt. Gov. Greg Bell talk last week to a Bank of Utah gathering about Utah’s improving economy. Because there’s always more in such a talk than can fit into a news story, I thought I’d ponder a few leftovers:

• Someone asked if illegal immigration is costing Utah taxpayers a lot of money for schools. It is illegal for schools to ask for a child’s documentation, Bell said, adding that illegals are only about 4 percent of Utah’s population.

FILE - Tourists sit quietly as they view Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah, in August 2000. A federal appeals court in Denver was to hear arguments Thursday Jan. 19, 2012 on the Obama administration's decision to cancel Bush-era oil and gas leases near national parks in Utah. (AP Photo/Provo Daily Herald, Brian Fitzgerald, File)

Appeals court weighs energy leases near Utah parks

DENVER -- A federal appeals court must decide if the Obama administration gave energy companies enough notice that it was scrapping Bush-era energy leases near national parks in Utah, the auction for which prompted an environmental activist to drive up prices with his bidding in an act of civil disobedience.

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