Utah Legislature to Vote on New Congressional Map
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The Utah legislature will meet in special session on Monday to debate a redistricting map adding a fourth congressional seat to the stateÃ¢ÂÂs delegation as part of a deal to give the District of Columbia its first voting representative in Congress.
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By Amelia Nielson-Stowell and Lisa Riley Roche Deseret Morning News  Real is here to stay -- for real this time.  Now that lawmakers agreed Thursday to set aside $35 million to keep Real Salt Lake from leaving Utah for St.
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Hoping to keep a team in Major League Soccer's smallest market, the Utah House endorsed a $35 million plan Thursday that pays for a parking garage and land for a stadium in Sandy, ending days of debate over whether the project deserves public aid.
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The Bureau of Land Management is asking Utahns interested in managing and conserving federal land to try out for a place on an advisory resource council.
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California's governor wants to reform the way Congressional districts are drawn. Does he have a good idea?
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John Nixon, director of the Governor's Office of Planning and Budget, will talk about "Balanced Scorecard and Performance Measures" during the next monthly training/luncheon meeting for the Northern Utah Association of Governmental Accountants.  The meeting will run from 11:30 a.m.
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Republican leaders in the U.S. House  of Representatives, who will yield to a Democratic majority in  January, on Friday agreed to allow a vote on a limited offshore  oil and natural gas drilling bill, which would open 8.3 million  acres in the Gulf of Mexico off Florida.
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By Joe Bauman Deseret Morning News  A Utah congressman wants to know why the U.S. Department of Energy is taking so long to clean up the Moab uranium mill tailings. "I just want to make sure that this project doesn't get delayed and really just sort of slip through the cracks," Rep.
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Believe it or not, Democrats in the Utah Senate fared better Tuesday than their counterparts in the US Senate. Democrats in the state added a seat, while the national party lost four.
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Politically interested voters in Colorado's Democratic-leaning 2nd Congressional District may be checking their calendars. The primary in the race to succeed five-term Democratic Rep. Mark Udall, who is running for the Senate, is not until Aug. 12. But the recent spate of infighting among the three leading Democratic candidates for the seat has been more typical of an election being held next week.
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By Paul Beebe, The Salt Lake Tribune  Dec. 14--Utah House and Senate leaders have sent a letter to U.S.  Attorney General Alberto Gonzales urging him to consider what might happen to  Utah and consumers if US Airways' unsolicited bid for Delta Air Lines is  completed.
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By Amelia Nielson-Stowell Deseret Morning News  The Legislature is meddling more and more in local government -- but who's asking for it?  Lawmakers have pushed dozens of bills this session that change the way cities and counties operate.
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Rep. Carl Duckworth, D-Magna, looks over the various kinds of Aggie Ice Cream at the Utah Legislature on Thursday. Utah State University representatives brought the treat to promote two bills affecting higher education.  (c) 2007 Deseret News (Salt Lake City).
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Utah hopes to rely on a more conventional approach against Air Force this year.
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By Nicole Warburton Deseret Morning News  A bill that would earmark the money from a $10 vehicle registration-fee increase, approved last year in Salt Lake County to buy land for the proposed Mountain View Corridor, has surfaced in recent days on the Hill.
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By Nicole Warburton and Josh Loftin Deseret Morning News  Salt Lake County residents will get to vote this November on a sales tax hike to pay for new road, airport or transit projects, while the rest of the state will get the option next year.
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By Mark Havnes, The Salt Lake Tribune  Sep. 11--The powerful Outdoor Industry Association has weighed in against  a controversial growth plan for Washington County, just days before a  congressional subcommittee is scheduled to take up the matter.