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Click HERE to see Washington County’s Most Wanted!!!
THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 2012
GOVERNOR GARY HERBERT ISSUED A GLOWING REPORT ON UTAH’S ECONOMY IN HIS STATE OF THE STATE ADDRESS AND SAID THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NEEDS TO GET OUT OF OUR WAY. THE GOVERNOR TOOK SEVERAL SHOTS AT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, DRAWING CHEERS AND A STANDING OVATION FROM FELLOW REPUBLICANS. REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS HAVE PUSHED FOR YEARS FOR STATE SOVEREIGNTY. AS FOR OUR ECONOMY, THE GOVERNOR SAYS ALMOST EVERY SECTOR IS ONCE AGAIN GROWING. THE ONE THAT ISN’T IS STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE GOVERNOR SAID THAT IS GOOD. THE GOVERNOR SAYS HIS TOP LEGISLTIVE PRIORITY THIS YEAR IS TO FUND GROWTH AND INNOVATION IN OUR STATE’S EDUCATION SYSTEM. HE’S PROPOSING AN ADDITIONAL 111-MILLION DOLLARS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INCLUDING A “MODEST” PAY RAISE FOR TEACHERS.
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THE BATTLE HAS BEGUN OVER UTAH’S CONTROVERSIAL GUEST-WORKER IMMIGRATION LAW. STATE REPRESENTATIVE CHRIS HERROD IS EXPECTED TO INTRODUCE A 53-PAGE BILL THAT WOULD GUT PROVISIONS OF THE EXISTING LAW AND REQUIRE CONGRESSIONAL PERMISSION BEFORE LETTING IT GO INTO EFFECT. THE LEGISLATION IS BACK BY MEMBERS OF THE TEA PARTY GROUP. THE PROPOSAL WOULD NOT ALLOW UTAH TO ISSUE WORK VISAS AND WOULD ONLY CREATE A PATHWAY TO LEGAL STATUS FOR THOSE WHO OVERSTAYED VISAS AND NEVER PREVIOUSLY WORKED IN THE STATE. HERROD, A REPUBLICAN LEGISLATOR WHO IS ALSO A CANDIDATE FOR THE SENATE SEAT HELD BY ORRIN HATCH, CALLS THE LEGISLATION A COMPROMISE AND COMPASSIONATE BILL.
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AS THE BATTLE OVER IMMIGRATION REFORM CONTINUES IN UTAH AND MANY OTHER STATES, ARIZONA BUSINESS AND CIVIC LEADERS HAVE TEAMED UP TO DRAFT A DOCUMENT THAT ADVOCTES FOR PRINCIPLE-BASED IMMIGRATION REFORM. THE DOCUMENT IS BASED ON THE UTAH COMPACT. IT SUPPORTS FOCUSING LAW ENFORCEMENT RESOURCES ON CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS INSTEAD OF IMMIGRATION ENFORCEMENT…KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER…ACKNOWLEDGING THE ECONOMIC ROLE IMMIGRANTS PLAY AND TREATING IMMIGRANTS HUMANELY. THE UTAH COMPACT WAS KEY TO THE PASSAGE OF A UTAH LAW THAT ENABLES ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, WHO PASS A BACKGROUND CHECK AND PAY A FINE, TO OBTAIN WORK PERMITS. A POLL SHOWS A MAJORITY OF ARIZONANS SUPPORT PASSING A GUEST-WORKER LAW SIMILAR TO UTAH’S.
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A NINE-YEAR-OLD ST. GEORGE BOY IS HOME AFTER BEING THE OBJECT OF AN INTENSE SEARCH. ST. GEORGE POLICE AND WASHINGTON COUNTY SEARCH AND RESCUE SCOURED THE AREA AROUND THE BOY’S HOME FOR HOURS. THE CHILD WAS LOCATED WHEN HE ASKED SOMEONE FOR HELP IN GETTING BACK TO HIS HOME. POLICE SAY THE BOY HAD RUN AWAY FROM HOME BUT COULDN’T FIND HIS WAY BACK.
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Region 9 High School football continues tonight, as the areas teams vie for post season seeding. Tonight, here on NewsTalk 890 KDXU, the Cedar High Redmen host the Dixie Flyers. Cedar enters tonights contest with a 2-1 conference record, coming off a road win over the Snow Canyon Warriors. Dixie, at 2-2 in conference is also coming into tonights game on the strength of a victory over Canyon View. Game time is set for 7pm.
In other region games, undefeataed Desert Hills (3-0) travels to 1-2 Snow Canyon, and PineView hosts Canyon View, both teams looking for their first conference victory of the year.
Dixie State College hopes to repeat the winning ways of the first time they tangled with The Clan of Simon Fraser University, Saturday, when the two GNAC teams tangle in British Columbia. Dixie's lone conference victory came at the expense of Simon Fraser last month. Kick-off is set for 3pm
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