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Month: February 2023

Bill To Eliminate Food Tax Passes House

Bill To Eliminate Food Tax Passes House

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would eliminate Utah’s sales tax on food is on its way to the state Senate. House Bill 101 was approved on a 57-15 vote yesterday. The bill would eliminate the tax on food, but only if Utah voters approve a constitutional amendment […]

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Cox Argues For Increased Immigration To Fill Open Jobs

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox says states should be allowed to sponsor immigrants from other countries to fill essential jobs. Cox and Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb co-authored an editorial in the Washington Post on Tuesday to lobby Congress for action on immigration visas. The two governors […]

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Senate Passes First-Time Homebuyer Bill

Senate Passes First-Time Homebuyer Bill

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill to help Utah’s first-time homebuyers is moving to the State House of Representatives after overwhelming approval by the Senate. Senators passed the measure on a 28-to-1 vote Wednesday afternoon. Senate President Stuart Adams’ bill would create a 50-million dollar program that would allow […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 2/23

Prep Sports Roundup: 2/23

Boys Basketball 3A State 1st Round @ Southern Utah University CEDAR CITY, Utah-Sherlock Padmore II posted 14 points and 9 rebounds and the No. 6 Summit Academy Bears upset No. 3 Emery 48-42 Thursday at the America First Event Center on the campus of Southern Utah University in the state […]

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Internal chaos plagues Bannon-fronted $FJB cryptocurrency, critics say

Internal chaos plagues Bannon-fronted $FJB cryptocurrency, critics say

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — When former Trump White House strategist Steve Bannon and Trump adviser Boris Epshteyn took control of a MAGA-branded cryptocurrency in December 2021, the venture seemed poised for success. A white-hot crypto market had set the stage for high returns. And in an industry that relies on […]

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More than 2,500 flights canceled as winter storms slam large part of nation

More than 2,500 flights canceled as winter storms slam large part of nation

IronHeart/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — More than 2,500 commercial flights were cancelled and nearly 9,000 others were delayed as of Thursday morning, with snow, sleet and hail forecasted for a large swath of the country. About 800 of the scrubbed flights were within, into or out of the United States […]

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Power outages top one million as 25 states face monster winter storm

Power outages top one million as 25 states face monster winter storm

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Power outages have topped one million throughout the U.S. as 25 states from California to Connecticut are on alert for blizzard conditions, heavy snow, strong winds and ice. The vast majority of the outages are in Michigan, where more than 732,000 customers are waking up […]

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Ohio train derailment: Residents confront officials as Norfolk Southern announces new cleanup plan

Ohio train derailment: Residents confront officials as Norfolk Southern announces new cleanup plan

Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — Residents of an Ohio village upended by a hazardous train derailment confronted officials about their health and safety concerns on Wednesday night. “I don’t feel safe in this town,” said one resident, Jim Stewart. “You took it away from me. You […]

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US investigators to release preliminary report into East Palestine train derailment

US investigators to release preliminary report into East Palestine train derailment

Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal investigators are set to release a preliminary report into the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chairwoman Jennifer Homendy and Director of the NTSB’s Office of Railroad, […]

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Scoreboard roundup — 2/22/23

Scoreboard roundup — 2/22/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Detroit 3, Washington 1 Montreal 5, New Jersey 2 Carolina 4, St. Louis 1 Tampa Bay 6, Anaheim 1 Toronto 6, Buffalo 3 Minnesota 2, Los Angeles 1 Nashville 5, Vancouver 4 (SO) Chicago 3, […]

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