Utah on Monday June 29, 2009

UT: Medicaid changes Alzheimer's meds for new Utah patients
By Staff Writers, The Daily Herald (Provo)
A popular drug to treat Alzheimer's will not be available to new Medicaid patients as of July 1.
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UT: Nearly 90 major medical mistakes logged at Utah hospitals in 2008
By Heather May, The Salt Lake Tribune
One full-term infant died. Four healthy patients passed away unexpectedly after surgery. Another patient committed suicide. And dozens more left hospitals sick not from their illness but from their stay: They fell down, were given the wrong drug, became infected from surgical equipment left inside their bodies.
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Tracking the recession: Budget deadline looms
By Stephen C. Fehr, Stateline.org Staff Writer
Unlike the federal government, states have to balance their budgets. But several states still have not completed spending plans for the fiscal year that begins July 1.
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UT: Huntsman mistaken for scandal-tarred senator
By Thomas Burr, The Salt Lake Tribune
WASHINGTON -- For a brief moment on national television Sunday, Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. was mistaken for Sen. John Ensign, a Nevada Republican who admitted recently to cheating on his wife with a married staffer.
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UT: Utah coal operators face heavy regulation
By Paul Foy, The Associated Press, The Daily Herald (Provo)
HELPER, Utah -- Two years after a Utah mine collapsed, entombing six miners more than 2,000 feet under a mountain and also killing three members of a rescue team, the state's coal operators are backing away from rich coal reserves held deep under the ground.
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UT: Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff and friend share views on Israel, I.D. theft
By Cathy Mckitrick, The Salt Lake Tribune
When not inadvertently twittering his plans to run for U.S. Senate, Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff waxes philosophical in patriotic and prayerful 140-character tweets during his recent visit to Israel.
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MO: Illegal drugs such as Ecstasy showing up as cartoon-shaped pills in KC
By Joe Lambe, Kansas City Star
Drugs shaped like Snoopy, Transformers and President Barack Obama's head recently showed up on Kansas City area streets, adding to a trend that worries police and health experts.
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US: National sex offender registry delayed a year
By The Associated Press, Argus Leader (Sioux Falls)
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. - U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder Jr. has given states and American Indian tribes another year to feed a national Internet database set up to protect children by showing where possible predators live and work.
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