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Archive of Utah on Wednesday July 01, 2009
UT: Grieving family joins UDOT in urging motorists to tie down loads
MURRAY, Utah -- The driver may not know it, but he or she killed a woman and gave her family a new mission in life. Last December Meredith Deckard swerved on Interstate 15 in Ogden to miss a box that flew off the back of a pickup. Her Geo Prizm bounced off of a median rail and sideways into traffic, where a tractor-trailer struck it. Read More
UT: Utah faith leaders urge repeal of SB81
Catholic, Greek Orthodox and Protestant leaders gathered Tuesday evening in a Lutheran Church to pray, preach, plead and lament the passage of an immigration bill. They even called for it to be repealed. Their words cannot stop Senate Bill 81 from taking effect today, but they hoped to provide comfort and express solidarity with Utah's undocumented immigrants. Read More
US: Colorado the least obese state
WASHINGTON—Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers. Read More
Financial crisis torments states
(Updated 11:29 a.m. EDT, July 1, 2009) California may begin issuing IOUs this week because of the state’s unresolved budget crisis. But government disruptions were averted at least temporarily in five other states that missed a July 1 deadline for closing billion-dollar budget gaps. Read More |
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