Utah on Tuesday October 27, 2009

UT: Utah lawmakers dislike Reid's public-option proposal
By James Thalman and Bob Bernick Jr., The Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)
The only good thing about Sen. Harry Reid's proposed health-care reform compromise is that states can opt out from federal reforms, several Utah lawmakers and health-reform advocates said Monday.
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UT: State health department unveils flu campaign
By Lisa Rosetta, The Salt Lake Tribune
Utah's H1N1 outbreak may be just weeks away from peaking, marking the halfway point of this fall wave of influenza, health officials say.
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UT: Utah wants 'Flu Fighters'
By Lynn Arave , The Deseret Morning News (Salt Lake City)
Utah Jazz forward Paul Millsap is one. So is Gov. Gary Herbert. And the Utah Department of Health wants you to be a "Flu Fighter," too.
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UT: Laura Bush wows Utah women
By Cathy Mckitrick, The Salt Lake Tribune
Former first lady Laura Bush wowed the 1,700 women who gathered in Salt Lake City Monday for the wrap-up of Sen. Orrin Hatch's 25th annual Women's Conference.
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CA: Western lawmakers focus on regional collaboration
By Ben Neary, The Associated Press, The San Diego Union-Tribune
JACKSON, Wyo. — Lawmakers from many western states agreed Monday that they should consider collaborating on developing technology to capture and store the carbon gas that's generated from burning fossil fuels.
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WY: Wyo. governor talks energy with Western lawmakers
By Ben Neary, The Associated Press, The Idaho Statesman (Boise)
JACKSON, Wyo. -- Wyoming Gov. Dave Freudenthal on Monday warned western state lawmakers that despite easy platitudes about working together, competition among the states often blocks interstate cooperation.
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