Jul 23, 200825-year-son of GOP senator gets $80,000 state-funded job
Kanab economic development officials say everything was above board in their hiring of a state senator's son for an $80,000 a year job after the Legislature funded the position. Kelly Stowell, son of Sen. Dennis Stowell, R-Parowan, was hired last week as a special consultant/executive director...
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Jul 22, 2008Q&A with Morgan Bowen: David vs. Goliath
Morgan Bowen, the Democratic candidate for Utah’s 1st Congressional District, says he feels like David going up against Goliath. In this case, the giant is incumbent Congressman Rob Bishop, who has been re-elected to the seat in 2004 and 2006. Bowen, 42, is campaigning on three major issues:...
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Jul 17, 2008Bishop's cozy ties to EnergySolutions keep getting cozier
WASHINGTON - EnergySolutions Inc. and its executives have poured money into Rep. Rob Bishop's re-election campaign in recent months. The company, which is fighting a bill in Congress that would block its attempt to import foreign radioactive waste to Utah, has given Bishop nearly $25,000 since...
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Jul 14, 2008Infighting splinters GOP at the Capitol
The House is on fire, and Republican factions are busy dousing each other in gasoline. Long-running feuds and tension in the Utah House of Representatives have erupted recently in name-calling, ethical charges and countercharges, and claims of retribution and character assassination.
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Jul 10, 2008Matheson seeks end to oil-price manipulation
As the U.S. House Agriculture Committee considers ways to fight high oil prices, Rep. Jim Matheson on Wednesday asked the committee members to support a middle-ground bill he introduced to close loopholes that he says allow speculators to unfairly manipulate prices.
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Jul 8, 2008Independent, nonpartisan ethics commission should be seated
What's truly shocking about is the fact that a member of the Capitol Hill gang was about to be investigated by his colleagues. The Walker case, amazingly, would have marked just the fourth time that a lawmaker's actions have been scrutinized by his peers in the past 22 years. Blame it on an...
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