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The empire strikes out

By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer

Speaking of StatesNew York Governor David Paterson replaced a governor caught up in a scandal. Now Paterson is accused of wrongdoing himself and has declined to run for election. Facing a myriad of challenges, including a $9 billion budget shortfall, Paterson is finding it difficult to be effective in his final months in office.
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Poorer girls not getting HPV vaccine for cervical cancer



A cervical cancer vaccine is not getting to many of the girls who need it the most, a new study shows.
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An alternative to 'alternative' assets


Public pensions are increasingly asking a question that has haunted investors since the financial crisis: When is an alternative investment really more of the same?   Read More
Utah counting on you to send in census form


Utah could have been $900 million richer during the past decade if everyone in the state had returned the U.S. census forms in 2000, according to members of Salt Lake City's Complete Count Committee.   Read More
$1,050 for a voter list?


State Records Committee members sympathized with Steve Maxfield Jr. After all, charging more than $1,000 for a public record that takes the state all of 20 minutes to compile seems a bit steep.   Read More
WVC wants UTA to delay rail designs for 5600 West


West Valley City officials are concerned that, with no guarantee that light rail will travel along the 5600 West corridor in the near future, the Utah Transit Authority wants to acquire too much right of way in that area for mass transit.   Read More
Joblessness in Utah at 26-year high


Utah's unemployment rate jumped to 7.1 percent last month, its highest level since February 1984.   Read More
Former Utah Senate Majority Leader Sheldon Killpack DUI hearing rescheduled


A Thursday pretrial conference hearing for former Utah Senate Majority Leader Sheldon Killpack, who is facing a DUI charge, has been rescheduled for April 12.   Read More
Utah's job losses 'more moderate' in February


Utah's economy is slowly improving, with more moderate job losses in February, according to an employment summary issued Thursday by the state Department of Workforce Services.   Read More
GOP plots strategies to nullify health bill


WASHINGTON—Republicans are looking beyond Sunday's expected vote on the Democrats' health-care overhaul to focus on strategies for striking back should it pass, ranging from challenges to the measure by individual states to a national repeal campaign.   Read More
Governor Photo
 
Gov. Gary Herbert (R)
Sworn in: August 2009
Term expires: Nov. 2010
Special election: Nov. 2, 2010

 

State capital: Salt Lake City
State nickname: The Beehive State
Lt. Gov. Greg Bell
Utah has no secretary of state position
Attorney General Mark Shurtleff (R)
Senate President: Michael Waddoups (R)
House Speaker: David Clark (R)
  
  


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