Huntsman gone but is still in charge

By Lisa Riley Roche, The Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)

Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. has made only a single public appearance, at a brief ceremony more than a month ago, since announcing in mid-May he would resign as soon as he's confirmed as U.S. ambassador to China.
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Utah bars crawl to mark end of liquor restrictions

By Brock Vergakis, The Associated Press, The Daily Herald (Provo)

Bartenders in Utah threw open their doors Wednesday as the state ditched a 40-year-old requirement that customers fill out an application, pay a fee and become a member of a private club before setting foot in a bar.
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Stimulus eases community college troubles

By Kimberly Leonard, Special to Stateline.org

States are digging into their federal stimulus money to help finance community colleges, where rising tuition, soaring enrollment and budget cuts threaten to shut students out of the system. Read More

Weekly wrap: Report questions states' use of stimulus road funds

By John Gramlich, Stateline.org Staff Writer

States are spending too much stimulus money on new road construction and not enough on public transit projects, a national advocacy group claims in a report issued Monday (June 29). Meanwhile, Michigan and California consider teaming up to solve their prison problems and North Carolina and Rhode Island face off with Amazon.com over taxes. Read More

Rocky Mountain Power seeks another rate increase in Utah

By Steven Oberbeck, The Salt Lake Tribune

Rocky Mountain Power has notified state regulators it wants to increase its electricity rates by $67 million beginning in February 2010. Read More

Utahns raise a glass to demise of private club restrictions

By Robert Gehrke, The Salt Lake Tribune

For the first time in four decades, bar patrons were able to walk in the door of most any Utah watering hole, pull up a stool and order a drink without passing the quiz: "Are you a member?" Read More

Coming to 25 states -- higher taxes

By Mark Trumbull, The Christian Science Monitor

More than half of US states are responding to budget challenges with an answer that's often unpopular with their residents: tax hikes. Read More

Mississippi tops obesity rankings; Colorado is leanest state

By The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal

WASHINGTON -- Mississippi remains at the top of the list in this year's national annual obesity rankings, with Alabama coming in second. Outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. Read More

Gov. Jon Huntsman, Jr. (R)
Elected: November 2004, 2008
Term expires: January 2013

	State capital: Salt Lake City
	State nickname: The Beehive State
	Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert (R)
	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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