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         <title><![CDATA[Medication-disposal resolution clears Senate]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Utah Senate approved a resolution Tuesday aimed at curbing the growing problem of prescription-drug abuse. 
 SCR2, sponsored by Sen. Pat Jones, D-Salt Lake City, addresses educating prescription users about their potent medications and how to dispose of unused portions without harming the]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:50:18 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[House OKs bill to ban sale of nicotine candy]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The Utah House passed a bill Tuesday that would ban the sale of nicotine-laced candies. 
 Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, said that while the candies are not currently in Utah, he expects they are on their way and they pose a threat to children.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:38:18 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Bill would rename road after late Senator Suazo]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A stretch of Redwood Road between 2100 South and 1700 North would be named the Pete Suazo Memorial Highway to honor the late senator, under a bill passed Tuesday by the Senate and sent to the House.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;by Cathy McKitrick &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:06:37 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers shoot down school vending bill]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The same day President Barack Obama announced the creation of a task force to fight childhood obesity, Utah lawmakers again shot down a bill that would regulate what could be sold in school vending machines.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Lisa Schencker&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Feb 2010 15:04:30 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Legislators, guv agree to cut $70M to cover 2010 shortfall]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Legislative leaders have agreed with Gov. Gary Herbert to trim $70 million from the current year's budget, far less than legislators initially were targeting.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Robert Gehrke&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Feb 2010 13:14:22 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers seek to take PTA out of state law]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The PTA wouldn't have any more power than other parent groups under a bill the Senate Education Committee passed Tuesday morning. 
 SB147 would remove references to the PTA in several areas of state law and replace those references with "parent organization.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Lisa Schencker&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Feb 2010 12:08:16 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers discuss early high school graduation]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Sen. Chris Buttars isn't talking about dropping 12th grade any more. 
 Now, he's talking about making 12th grade optional for those students who finish their required credits early -- and some lawmakers are listening to the idea with interest.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Lisa Schencker &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:53:52 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Utah House panel favors bill relaxing child safety seat law]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Child safety concerns and states' rights collided Monday in the Legislature over Rep. Chris Herrod's proposal to relax requirements for some children to be strapped into child safety seats.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Trent Lowe&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 9 Feb 2010 09:52:16 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[State scholarships face another shortfall]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Higher education officials cautioned lawmakers Monday that they will have to substantially shrink the state's two popular merit-based scholarships next year absent an increase in funding beyond what the Legislature currently envisions.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Brian Maffly&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 23:17:47 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Provo lawmaker wants to monkey with ban on primates]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Want to buy a monkey? 
 Under Utah law, you're out of luck -- although Rep. Chris Herrod wants to change that. 
 The Provo Republican wants to repeal the state prohibition, after getting a request from his daughter's 13-year-old friend.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Robert Gehrke&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 23:09:16 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Depleted uranium: Both sides sound off]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The state's plans for stricter depleted uranium controls has sparked a war of words, with EnergySolutions Inc. calling the proposal a violation of state law and the company's critics saying Utah should close the gates to the stuff forever.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Judy Fahys&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:24:18 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Privatization a red ink remedy?]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/ci_14361262?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Lawmakers looking to balance the state parks' budget heard proposals ranging from a big-game hunt on Antelope Island to letting KOA campgrounds run some parks.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Robert Gehrke&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt; The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 20:26:24 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Panel advances 3 ethics bills]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A trio of ethics measures -- hailed by state senators as a huge step forward -- passed unanimously out of the Senate Government Operations Committee on Monday.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Cathy McKitrick&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 20:26:22 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[S.L. County poised to oppose N-waste]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Salt Lake County can't stop it, but it can send a message it doesn't want it. 
 The County Council will consider a resolution today opposing the shipment of thousands of tons of depleted uranium into Utah and, specifically, through the state's most-populous county.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Jeremiah Stettler&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:52:18 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Complaint targets Shurtleff campaign and PAC]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[The founder of a grass-roots group called The Peoples Right filed an elections complaint Monday against Attorney General Mark Shurtleff. 
 Kanosh resident Steve Maxfield, who helped draft "anti-bribery" and "anti-corruption" initiatives and then launched the state's first electronic signature]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Cathy McKitrick&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 19:02:37 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[LGBT to hold forum on gay-rights movement status]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/ci_14360458?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[A one-year moratorium on  pro- and anti-gay-rights legislation has produced mixed reactions among Utah's lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 18:32:22 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[States' rights weapons bill going great guns]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A bill challenging federal gun laws and asserting states' rights continued to roll through the Utah Legislature on Monday. 
 Already passed by the Senate, the proposal to exempt from federal control Utah-made guns that don't leave the state glided through a House committee on a nearly unanimous]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Brandon Loomis&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 17:12:13 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[House OKs change to reap $20M in federal stimulus money]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/ci_14359512?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[The House passed a bill Monday that would tweak the state's unemployment benefits, extending payments to 1,700 out-of-work residents. 
 It would be paid for by tapping into $20 million in federal stimulus money that the state would not get unless it makes the adjustments.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Robert Gehrke&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 16:28:23 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Wolf bill moves to full House vote]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/ci_14359592?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[A bill seeking to keep wolves out of Utah advanced Monday when a House committee passed it unanimously. 
 The latest version of SB36, sponsored by Sen.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 15:44:17 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Utah House panel favors bill relaxing child booster seat law]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Child booster seats and states' rights collided Monday in the Legislature over Rep. Chris Herrod's proposal to relax requirements for some children to be strapped in safety seats.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Trent Lowe&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 14:44:26 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Mobile home advocates to lobby lawmakers]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Utah mobile home owners are slated to converge at the state Capitol on Tuesday for the third annual Manufactured Homeowners Housing Day on the Hill.  
 Seen by some as the last stronghold of nonsubsidized affordable housing, mobile home parks have dwindled in numbers as mobile home park land]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Cathy McKitrick&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 09:42:12 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Rolly: Manners lessons needed at Capitol]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/ci_14343405?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Those attending the Legislature's Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee meeting last Wednesday couldn't hear the report from the Utah Association of Conservation Districts because the presenters were interrupted by two committee members loudly talking to each other.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Paul Rolly&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Tribune Columnist&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 06:55:17 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Initiative efforts may face obstacle]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A bill that would remove the time constraints under which the Utah Supreme Court must act when dealing with citizen initiatives and referendums is on its way to the House floor after unanimously clearing the House Judiciary Committee last week.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Cathy McKitrick&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Mon, 8 Feb 2010 06:32:36 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Ethics initiative battle heats up]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[As ethics-initiative backers scramble to gather enough signatures to place their measure on November's ballot, opponents hope to make it easier for some of those names to disappear.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Cathy McKitrick&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sun, 7 Feb 2010 23:29:31 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Legislators hold off studying expansion of anti-bias rulings]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Anti-discrimination ordinances adopted by Salt Lake City and Salt Lake County are safe -- at least for 2010. 
 But lawmakers won't be diving into a yearlong study of whether to expand such protections in housing and employment statewide to gay and transgender Utahns in 2011.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Rosemary Winters&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 6 Feb 2010 07:39:59 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[U.S. attorney seeks to block another DeChristopher defense]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Just because other bidders have failed to pay for oil and gas leases without facing federal prosecution doesn't mean the U.S. attorney for Utah discriminated against monkey-wrencher Tim DeChristopher by indicting him, new court papers say.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Patty Henetz&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 6 Feb 2010 07:39:24 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Panel OKs bill to let guv pick chief justice]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[Despite opposition from the courts, the Utah State Bar and the American Civil Liberties Union, a Senate committee on Friday advanced a bill that would empower the governor to pick the chief justice of the Utah Supreme Court.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Stephen Hunt&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Sat, 6 Feb 2010 00:18:33 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Lawmakers say vending machine items a local school board decision]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/ci_14342001?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[Schools may be able to hold onto unhealthy snacks a little longer. 
 The Senate Education Committee extracted the teeth out of a bill Friday morning that would have required schools to sell healthier drinks and snacks in their vending machines.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Lisa Schencker&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 5 Feb 2010 23:01:36 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Oklahoma ruling could affect Utah immigration law]]></title>
         <link><![CDATA[http://www.sltrib.com/utahpolitics/ci_14343868?source=rss]]></link>
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         <description><![CDATA[A court ruling on an Oklahoma immigration law isn't a clear victory for opponents or supporters, but it may eventually lead to changes in Utah's immigration law.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;By Sheena McFarland&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 5 Feb 2010 23:00:32 MST]]></pubDate>
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         <title><![CDATA[Matheson has new challenger]]></title>
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         <description><![CDATA[A grassroots group of progressives bent on unseating Rep. Jim Matheson, D-Utah, has a new candidate: retired teacher Claudia Wright 
 Wright accepted the mantle Friday after the candidate chosen by the group last week withdrew unexpectedly.]]></description>
         <dc:creator>&lt;p&gt;Kristen Moulton&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The Salt Lake Tribune&lt;/p&gt;</dc:creator>
         <pubDate><![CDATA[Fri, 5 Feb 2010 21:24:19 MST]]></pubDate>
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