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Legislative three-card Monte: Roads win, everyone else loses

Last updated Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - 12:56am

We ran a scary story last week about how much highways are going to cost Utah over the next 30 years. The tab is $69 billion, a chunk of that just in the Top of Utah.

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Farr West council hears positive audit results

Terrie L. Stephenson Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, December 19, 2011 - 11:47pm

FARR WEST — The city earned an unqualified opinion on its financial statements following an audit of the 2010-11 fiscal year by Wood Richards & Associates.

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Bountiful council candidates' priorities: Tax base, high service standards

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Tuesday, October 18, 2011 - 10:49pm

BOUNTIFUL -- Three incumbents and one former councilman are among the six candidates vying to fill three city council seats in the Nov. 8 election.

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Economic issues on the minds of Layton council candidates

Jasen Asay Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, October 17, 2011 - 9:45pm

LAYTON -- A majority of the candidates vying for three open seats on the city council have common beliefs about the biggest issue this community faces.

Incumbents F. Renny Knowlton, Joyce Forbes Brown and Scott Freitag, along with challengers Jory Francis and Dawn Fitzpatrick, point to low revenue from sales tax as the biggest issue facing Layton. L.T. Weese said the crumbling housing market and rising number of foreclosures is the big issue.

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Overstock.com severs ties in Conn. over sales tax

The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 8:59am

HARTFORD, Conn. -- Online discount retailer Overstock.com Inc. says it has canceled ad contracts with Connecticut affiliates rather than collect the state's sales tax recently extended to online sales.

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Legislators override veto; Herbert says 'big loser is education in Utah'

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Friday, May 6, 2011 - 10:11pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah legislators voted Friday to override a veto by Gov. Gary Herbert and allow the state to earmark a growing percentage of certain sales tax proceeds for transportation.

The Senate voted 21-3, and the House voted 50-18, on Friday to override Herbert's veto of Senate Bill 229, sponsored by Sen. Stuart Adams, R-Layton.

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Food tax may rise; general sales tax may drop

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Monday, February 28, 2011 - 11:54pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- The general state sales tax on such items as furniture, clothes and automobiles may be slightly lower in the future, dropping from 4.7 percent to 4.35 percent.

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Construction work, shown on Wednesday, on the new Walmart store in Ogden is going as planned. The store should be ready to open for business by mid-May.

New Walmart in Ogden right on schedule

Scott Schwebke Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, February 28, 2011 - 10:36pm

OGDEN -- Finishing touches are being applied to a 150,000-square-foot Walmart supercenter at the intersection of 20th Street and Wall Avenue in preparation for the store's mid-May opening.

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Audit: Morgan finances in good order, but city should lower garbage rates, increase water fees

Deanne Winterton, Standard-Examiner correspondent

Last updated Saturday, November 20, 2010 - 12:43am

MORGAN -- Morgan city's finances are in good order, according to a recent independent audit of its $1.3 million budget.

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Davis County counting on tourism revenue, across-the-board pay hike for 2011 budget

Dan Weist, Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

Last updated Tuesday, October 26, 2010 - 10:48pm

FARMINGTON -- A good tourism year in 2011 is one of the ways Davis County plans to stay financially afloat in the next budget year.

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Bill would boost Utah sales taxes to aid education

The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 12:26pm

SALT LAKE CITY -- State Sen. Stuart Adams has drafted a bill for the 2011 Utah Legislature that would boost sales taxes to pay for education and require school districts to cut property taxes.

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