Sorenson left all to charity
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The family of Utah inventor and billionaire philanthropist James LeVoy Sorenson said Monday that he willed his entire personal fortune to charity.
Sorenson died of cancer last month at age 86.
Last year, Forbes Magazine estimated his wealth to be approximately $4.5 billion.
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Measure targets undocumented
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A sweeping measure aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration passed its first legislative hurdle Friday, after its sponsor, Sen. Bill Hickman, R-St. George, said he wanted to “get the clock ticking.”
“It’s very important we address this issue today,” Hickman told the Senate Government Operations [...]
U.K. Prisons Are Struggling to Cope With Overcrowding (Update1)
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Jan. 30 (Bloomberg) — Prisons in England and Wales are
struggling to cope with overcrowding while suicides among
prisoners surged 40 percent last year, a government-commissioned
report said today.
The system is at “a crossroads, [...]
Hancock to seek Nailors seat
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From staff reports
Mike Hancock, a regional manager for Health Options and
Management Services, is seeking the Republican nomination
for a state House seat representing parts of the West Shore
in the April 22 primary.
Hancock, of Lemoyne, said he wants to help bring reform to
state government and make it more responsive and accountable
to the people of the [...]
9M FCC grant will expand Utahs telemedicine
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The Federal Communications Commission has given the University of Utah $9 million to expand the Utah Telehealth Network, which uses technology to connect doctors and patients in rural areas with medical specialists in the state’s urban hubs.
The existing network has more than 30 sites, including [...]
Illegal immigration in cross hairs
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A series of measures aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration are already working their way through the House. And now, those with a stake in the immigration debate are beginning to pore over a Goliath-size Senate measure.
Sen. Bill Hickman, R-St. George, promised a comprehensive [...]
Jittery employers cut jobs
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WASHINGTON In a shower of pink slips, U.S. employers cut jobs last month for the first time in more than four years, the starkest signal yet that the economy is grinding to a halt, if it hasn’t already toppled into recession.
Conditions are deteriorating, according to [...]
Students showcase research with posters on the Hill
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From cancer cells to tiny camera lenses to the prevention of buildings crumbling in an earthquake and the study of geometry, projects from Utah’s research institutions were on display at the State Capitol Building, giving lawmakers a taste of where funding dollars go.
“From the general [...]
State of the State Huntsman urges Utahns to aspire to reach higher
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Utahns “must aspire to reach higher,” Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. told his constituents Tuesday in his fourth annual State of the State address, the first to be delivered in the newly remodeled Capitol.
Huntsman, who is seeking a second term this November, delivered an upbeat assessment [...]
Push to fix health care starts
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Mark the date: Efforts to reform Utah’s health-care system began today at 8 a.m., Jan. 30, 2008.
The complete overhaul of the state’s health-care service system would be a meridian in history as necessary to the well-being of the next generations of Utahns as learning how [...]
