HATCH ON NINTH CIRCUIT COURT RULING ON CALIFORNIA’S PROPOSITION 8

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Orrin's Musings

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), a current member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled the California ballot measure Proposition 8 unconstitutional: “Today two … Read More

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Mormon apostles are treated like superstars

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Doug Gibson

(To see Cal Grondahl’s cartoon that goes with this post, click here) There’s an elderly member of my LDS ward, in his mid-80s, who told me that when he was very young, the LDS Church prophet would greet church members … Read More

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Jazz release statement from Sloan to Yahoo! Sports

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Jim Burton

Here is the text of a statement made by former coach Jerry Sloan, through the Jazz, on Saturday. The statement was first reported on the Twitter account of Yahoo! Sports, by columnist Marc Spears. As of Saturday early afternoon, it appears no other … Read More

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Salazar Announces More Roadblocks on Energy Production in Utah and Western States

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Bishop's Counsel

WASHINGTON–Today, U.S. Department of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar released the results of their draft 2012 Programmatic Environment Impact Statement (PEIS).  This is a reevaluation of the 2008 PEIS and, if approved, would only make available a mere 461,965 acres of … Read More

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HATCH SAYS TODAY’S BLM RULING SHUTS DOWN JOB CREATION AND AMERICAN ENERGY PRODUCTION

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Orrin's Musings

SALT LAKE CITY – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) today denounced another ruling by the Obama Administration that shuts down access to federal lands for American energy production and kills jobs that come with it. The U.S. Bureau of Land … Read More

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Mitt: Put up your sons, or shut up

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Charles Trentelman

Short and sweet: I am beyond sick and tired of Mitt Romney blathering on about how the US needs to stay in Afghanistan, keep up the good fight, end the war gallantly, blah blah blah… This is epitomized by his constant … Read More

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Hayward gets physical, earns first technical … ever

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Jim Burton

Gordon Hayward grew up playing tennis at a pretty high level and now we know this: he’s more Bjorn Born than John McEnroe. The Utah Jazz swingman got into a little tussle with the Clippers’ Mo Williams in the second … Read More

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Political duck speak politics ensnares Romney

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Doug Gibson

Mitt Romney is apparently in hot water for not caring about the poor. That’s funny, I thought he gave a poor woman some cash recently. That’s better than I. I stiffed a panhandler who wanted some cash when I was … Read More

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HATCH SAYS CBO’S ANNUAL BUDGET AND ECONOMIC OUTLOOK SHOULD SERVE AS WAKE UP CALL

Posted on February 1, 2012 by Orrin's Musings

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, today said the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) Budget and Economic Outlook should serve as a wakeup call about the failed economic policies of the Obama Administration.  … Read More

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Signing Day on the way for Smith’s first recruiting class

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Roy Burton

New Weber State coach John L. Smith with ink his first recruiting class Wednesday on National Signing Day. For more on the class, read my story in the Standard-Examiner. Here is a list of players the Wildcats have verbal commitments from, … Read More

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