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Bishop, delegation call for more state energy development

Last updated Thursday, January 10, 2013 - 5:37pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Four members of Utah’s congressional delegation reiterated calls on Thursday for the federal government to give states greater freedom to develop energy.

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

Charles F. Trentelman Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 6:14pm

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.

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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

Colleen Slevin The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, January 19, 2012 - 2:07pm

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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