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People head to their respective meetings Saturday during the Weber County Democratic Convention at the Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College in Ogden. (NICHOLAS DRANEY/Standard-Examiner)

Democrats turn out to select delegates, hear candidates

Last updated Monday, March 26, 2012 - 2:45pm

OGDEN — More than 300 Democrats turned out Saturday to choose their state delegates, listen to candidates’ speeches and get revved up for November.

“We’re going to go out and change this state,” said Jim Dabakis, Utah State Democratic Party chairman.

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Governors say students must prepare for global marketplace

Josh Loftin The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 15, 2011 - 10:26pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Funding higher education aimed at meeting the needs of a more demanding and global marketplace will be a key focus of the National Governors Association meeting this week in Utah, Washington state Gov. Chris Gregoire said Friday.

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Utah Gov. Gary Herbert holds up a Chinese newspaper as he addresses the audience prior to a luncheon hosted by Herbert for the Chinese governors delegation Thursday, July 14, 2011 at the Governor's Mansion in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/The Deseret News, Scott G. Winterton)

Governors talk economy during gathering in Utah

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Friday, July 15, 2011 - 10:17am

SALT LAKE CITY — Governors from around the country are meeting for three days in Salt Lake City to discuss ongoing economic challenges and how to compete in a global market.

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National Governors Association coming to Utah

The Associated Press The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, July 13, 2011 - 5:16pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Gov. Gary Herbert says he's looking forward to the National Governors Association gathering set for Salt Lake City later this week.

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Western governors turn focus to wildfires

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Last updated Thursday, June 30, 2011 - 3:21pm

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho -- Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer said Thursday that one of her biggest fears when she became chief executive of the state two years ago was a devastating wildfire.

That concern came to life this year as nearly 1 million acres of Arizona burned in wildfires that included the largest such blaze in the state's history.

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(CRAIG RUTTLE/The Associated Press) Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, seen here Feb. 17 in New York, is the subject of a leaked book the paints an unflattering picture of the former vice presidential candidate. She is quote in the book as saying "I hate this damn job" shortly before she resigned as Alaska's governor in July 2009, less than three years into her four-year term.

Aide’s manuscript paints unflattering picture of Sarah Palin

Kyle Hopkins, McClatchy News Service, Sean Cockerham

Last updated Saturday, February 19, 2011 - 7:00pm

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — A leaked manuscript by one of Sarah Palin’s closest aides from her time as governor charges that Palin broke state election law in her 2006 gubernatorial campaign and was consumed by petty grievances up until she resigned.

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Students help decorate Governor's Christmas tree

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Wednesday, April 27, 2011 - 9:34am

SALT LAKE CITY — A tree with hand-colored paper ornaments is one of five trees visitors to the Governor’s Mansion will see in the next two weeks.

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Voters likely to hand GOP big governorship wins

The Associated Press, Tom Raum

Last updated Monday, November 1, 2010 - 4:07pm

WASHINGTON -- Republicans are anticipating major gains in governorships across the nation's industrial heartland and in several vital presidential swing states.

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