Credit unions might seek cap on loan interest rates
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After a weeklong scuffle on Capitol Hill between the Utah Bankers Association and the Utah League of Credit Unions, the credit unions say they may present the public with a ballot initiative that could cap interest rates on all loans.
Scott Simpson, president of the Utah [...]
School property tax reform proposed
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Two legislators are proposing a bill that would drastically change the way schools charge property taxes.
Rep. John Dougall, R-Highland, and Rep. Wayne Harper, R-West Jordan, are proposing to eliminate the 12 property taxes that school districts are allowed and mandated to charge and combine them [...]
Panel OKs tuitionlaw repeal
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For Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, it was deja vu all over again.
“Here we go again,” Moss, D-Holladay, said Tuesday before the House Education Committee voted 8-5 in favor of a measure that would repeal a 2002 law allowing undocumented immigrants to pay in-state tuition at [...]
Voucher fight may creep into session
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When 60 percent of Utahns voted down the Legislature’s private school voucher law in November, there was much talk about how the 2008 Legislature would react.
Vengeful?
Remorseful?
Indifferent?
It’s still only one week into the 45-day general session, but [...]
McCain wins Florida primary
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. After a grueling month of campaigning that began in Iowa, Florida voters have finally anointed a Republican front-runner in the race for the White House.
Arizona Sen. John McCain now stands with an open road ahead moving into next week’s Super Tuesday delegate-palooza [...]
Lawmakers try again to hike tuition for illegals
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On the outside, Elizabeth looks just like any other Utah teenager. She’s white, as is an estimated 83 percent of the state’s population, and she shares the majority LDS faith.
Yet, even though this Southern Utah University student never crossed the border illegally and her parents [...]
Kenya#39;s Kibaki Calls for Political Talks to End Riots (Update7)
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Jan. 2 (Bloomberg) — Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki said
political parties must meet immediately to halt post-election
violence in the east African nation that has killed hundreds of
people.
Kibaki, who was sworn in Dec. [...]
U.S. Says Malaysia Trade Pact at Risk Without Advance Next Week
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Jan. 11 (Bloomberg) — U.S. and Malaysian negotiators
meeting next week for the first formal round of free trade talks
in almost a year need to make “substantial progress or risk
delaying the pact indefinitely, a U.S. ambassador said.
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Russian Collectors#39; Heirs Seek Compensation for Artworks
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Jan. 21 (Bloomberg) — The heirs of the greatest
czarist-era collectors, Sergei Shchukin and Ivan Morosov,
called for compensation from the Russian government to
redress the 1918 confiscation of their ancestors artworks.
Their demand comes [...]
Clinton Obama Spouses Join the Fight for South Carolina Voters
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Jan. 25 (Bloomberg) — As Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama
clash head-on in their quest for the Democratic nomination,
their spouses have opened a second front: the war of the
pronouns.
Campaigning in South Carolina [...]
