Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
One more place in Tooele County has joined the Miller Motorsports Business Park on the short list of relocation sites for the Utah State Prison. A 4,200-acre parcel located in a Grantsville City industrial park was added...
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
Prison Relocation Commission leadership may be moving away from an idea they floated last week that they be given final authority to make the site selection for a new Utah State Prison. The commission adopted an official...
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Tuesday, March 3rd, 2015
A proposal by a senator from South Jordan may bring more money to Tooele County Schools if it is approved by the Legislature. But the proposal comes with a price: a statewide property tax increase. Republican Sen....
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The Utah Foundation claims to have found out where the state came up with the money to lower taxes and reduce the state’s tax burden during the last two decades — public school funding. The percentage of...
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Thursday, February 26th, 2015
Trena Atherley was laid off from the Tooele Chemical Agent Disposal Facility in October 2013. She found a new job in March 2014 and started commuting from her home in Tooele to the Chevron Refinery in North...
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Rep. Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, surprised the House Republican caucus Tuesday on Utah’s Capitol Hill. He suggested the Prison Relocation Commission should be given the authority to make the final decision on the location for the new state...
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President Barack Obama invited Sen. Mike Lee and several members of Congress to the White House this week to discuss how over-criminalization, over-incarceration and over-sentencing can be reduced. “After a generation of tough-on-crime policies helped make communities...
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Thursday, February 26th, 2015
Raquel Scariot can speak English. But don’t tell her students. They’ve never heard her utter a word that isn’t Portuguese. Scariot is a native of Brazil. She is the Portuguese half of the dual language immersion program...
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Despite being bottled up in the House Rules Committee, Rep. Merrill Nelson, R-Grantsville, claims his prison relocation bill has been an effective tool in shaping prison relocation discussion. Nelson’s bill, House Bill 262, requires the PRC to...
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2015
After 16 days of the 2015 Legislative session, two different approaches to generate additional revenue for transportation infrastructure have emerged. Both may lead to an increase in the price of gas at the pump. Senate Bill 160,...
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