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Public shooting range bill OK’d

Last updated Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 11:50pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A local lawmaker’s bid to open access for groups to publicly funded shooting ranges has passed legislative review and is now headed to the governor for further review.

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Herbert gets whistleblower bill

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 11:48pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Whistleblowers will be protected under guidelines finalized Thursday by the Legislature.

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New name for college in Price, associated with Utah State

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 11:46pm

SALT LAKE CITY — The College of Eastern Utah has a new name.

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Guest worker date moved out

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 11:42pm

SALT LAKE CITY — State representatives have voted to delay the trigger date for a guest worker program in the state for at least two years.

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House OKs modified prison relocation bill

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Wednesday, March 13, 2013 - 11:46pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Legislation moving review of a potential prison relocation project forward limped out of the House and was sent back to the Senate on Wednesday.

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Executive branch ethics panel proposed

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 11, 2013 - 9:14pm

SALT LAKE CITY — The Senate has voted to create a new ethics commission to deal with members of Utah’s executive branch.

Senators voted Monday to approve SB86, which would create the Independent Executive Branch Ethics Commission. Similar panels are already in place to deal with legislators, according to bill sponsor Sen. John Valentine, R-Orem.

Democrats issued a news release criticizing the bill, claiming it specifically created exemptions for Attorney General John Swallow.

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Bill deals with Big Brother and license plate scans

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner Standard-Examiner

Last updated Monday, March 11, 2013 - 9:09pm

SALT LAKE CITY — A bill addressing how government deals with information gained in scanning license plates has cleared the Senate.

The legislation, SB 196, imposes a nine-month limit on how long law enforcement can retain information gained through new license plate scanner technology. The measure now moves to the House for further review.

Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, ran the legislation after finding out law enforcement agencies are routinely scanning license plates in parking lots, in an attempt to find stolen cars, and the information is retained by the agency.

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Legislators change the way they get paid

Antone Clark Standard-Examiner

Last updated Friday, February 1, 2013 - 10:33pm

SALT LAKE CITY — State lawmakers have put the final touches on a new compensation package that will include more money for the Legislature as a body, but could result in some lawmakers actually taking home less pay.

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Utah State Legislature Convenes - January 28, 2013

Nick Short, Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, January 28, 2013 - 3:40pm

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Attorney general's strike force says stopping identity theft a top priority

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 7:32pm

SALT LAKE CITY — Identification theft is the No. 1 priority of the attorney general’s strike force.

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Lawmaker says cost of carrying out death penalty may not justify it in Utah

Loretta Park Standard-Examiner

Last updated Thursday, August 16, 2012 - 8:28am

SALT LAKE CITY — The cost of carrying out the death penalty may not justify its being used in Utah, one lawmaker says.

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Ariz. lawmakers revive Colorado City police bill

Contributed The Associated Press

Last updated Thursday, May 3, 2012 - 3:06pm

PHOENIX -- Arizona lawmakers are reviving a proposal to allow Mohave County officials to abolish the police department in a northern Arizona community with a polygamist enclave.

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Arizona House rejects bill to abolish police force in polygamist town

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Wednesday, April 25, 2012 - 2:24pm

PHOENIX -- A sharply divided Arizona House has rejected a bill to allow Mohave County officials to abolish the police department in a northern Arizona community with a polygamist enclave.

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Arizona may join Utah in demanding public lands

Paul Davenport The Associated Press

Last updated Monday, April 23, 2012 - 4:39pm

PHOENIX -- Arizona may join Utah in demanding that the federal government surrender control of millions of acres of public land to the state.

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NRA fights it out with FedEx over guns in parking lots

Richard Locker Memphis Commercial Appeal

Last updated Tuesday, April 17, 2012 - 3:23pm

NASHVILLE -- The National Rifle Association and gun activists won a skirmish with many of Tennessee's largest businesses and employers when lawmakers this week moved forward a measure that would allow gun owners to keep handguns in their cars in parking lots across the state.

Two guns-in-parking lots bills sailed out of a House committee Tuesday after a National Rifle Association lobbyist declared that FedEx's opposition "is a reason for this bill to be passed."

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