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When The Cat's Away...

AP | MICHAEL R. BLOOD | Posted 04.09.2013 | Los Angeles

LOS ANGELES — California sends tomorrow's technology, Hollywood blockbusters and terrific pinot noir to the world. Now, the governors of Utah an...

Utah Withdraws Plan To Join Obamacare Program

Jeffrey Young | Posted 04.07.2013 | Business
Jeffrey Young

Looks like Utah won't be running its own Obamacare health insurance exchange after all. Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) effectively withdrew his state's b...

Obama Faces Tricky Health Care Reform Test In Utah

Jeffrey Young | Posted 03.13.2013 | Business
Jeffrey Young

President Barack Obama wants as many states as possible to run health insurance exchanges under his health care reform law. Utah already has a health ...

Jeffrey Young

Utah Faces Off With Obama Over Health Care Reform

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 01.03.2013 | Business

President Barack Obama's administration has given a tentative go-ahead to Utah to allow the state to operate its own health insurance exchange under t...

Jeffrey Young

No Sunshine For Obamacare In Florida

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeffrey Young | Posted 12.14.2012 | Business

Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R), one of the most vocal critics of President Barack Obama's health care reform law, won't carry out a central component of ...

Betting On Obamacare: GOP Governor Makes Medicaid Expansion For Poor Nevadans

The Huffington Post | Jeffrey Young | Posted 12.13.2012 | Business

Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval is the first Republican state leader to embrace a Medicaid expansion under President Barack Obama's health care reform law....

Sam Stein

Republican Governor Will Pursue Welfare Reform Now That Election Is Over

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.04.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Utah Gov. Gary Herbert (R) was in a tight political spot this past summer. His party's nominee, Mitt Romney, was railing against the Ob...

Gary Herbert Wins

Posted 11.06.2012 | Politics

Utah Governor Gary Herbert is projected to win reelection, the AP reports. The Republican incumbent defeated Democratic challenger Peter Cooke. ...

Utah Lawmaker Proposes Sex Education For Parents

Posted 10.22.2012 | Home

Republican Utah state Sen. Stuart Reid is sponsoring a bill that would require the state school board to develop a sex education program for parents, ...

Romney, Ryan, GOP Demand Obama Stop Strengthening Welfare Work Mandate

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 11.17.2012 | Politics
Leo W. Gerard

Republicans don't want the Obama administration to help states get welfare recipients off the dole and into jobs.

Michael McAuliff

Utah Governor Won't Back Romney's False Welfare Claim

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 08.27.2012 | Politics

TAMPA, Fla. -- One of the Republican governors who sought waivers to welfare's work requirements said Monday he doesn't like the way the Obama adminis...

John Celock

Dem Attacks GOP Gov For Backing Idea Too 'Crazy' For Brewer

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 08.27.2012 | Politics

The Democratic nominee for governor of Utah is attacking the Republican incumbent's decision to enter the state into a health care compact for Medicar...

GOP Governor Goes Off Romney Welfare Script

The Huffington Post | Arthur Delaney | Posted 08.24.2012 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Mitt Romney's presidential campaign released letters Friday from nine Republican governors supporting work requirements for welfare reci...

John Celock

Jan Brewer: Romney's Tax Returns Are A 'Distraction'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 07.15.2012 | Politics

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. - Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer (R) said Saturday night that the debate over presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's tax...

John Celock

Govs Told 'Health Care Has Not Changed In 100 Years'

HuffingtonPost.com | John Celock | Posted 07.14.2012 | Politics

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. -- The nation's governors were told that the way the health care industry treats patients needs to change in order to reduce Medicai...

Democrat Aims To Be Utah's 'Gourmet Cook'

Jake Rush | Posted 08.18.2012 | Politics
Jake Rush

Utah has not had a Democratic governor since 1985. The Republican incumbency advantage there is formidable to say the least. However, this year's Democratic challenger to Republican Gov. Gary Herbert, Gen. Peter Stryker Cooke, wants to change that, and has the chops to do it. Progress in Utah Already In the neighborhoods surrounding the Salt Lake City Country Club, Cooke signs dot the streets. They feature two stars, symbolizing the General's 39-year career in the Army Reserves. Their colors: red and white. 'COOKE' is emblazoned in the middle in bold, blue font. They resemble an American Flag.

Utah Encourages 'Alternative' Currency

The Huffington Post | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 04.20.2012 | Home

Utah is making it easier for people to pay for things with gold and silver. Gary Herbert, Utah's Republican governor, signed into law in late March...

PHOTOS: Is Downtown Salt Lake City Finally Cool?

Erin Harper | Posted 05.26.2012 | Travel
Erin Harper

Before the 2002 Winter Olympic games, it was almost impossible to walk past a Main Street storefront that was not boarded-up. Today, thanks to City Creek and other Downtown Rising redevelopment initiatives, there are no boards in sight.

Utah Passes Stricter Abortion Measure

Posted 03.21.2012 | Politics

SALT LAKE CITY--Utah's Republican governor signed a law extending a required waiting period for women seeking an abortion to 72 hours on Tuesday, ...

Utah Governor Vetoes Abstinence-Only Sex Education Bill

Reuters | Posted 08.13.2012 | Home

By Bob Bernick SALT LAKE CITY, March 16 (Reuters) - Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Friday vetoed a controversial bill banning public schoo...

Judge Delays Ruling On Utah Immigration Law

Posted 04.18.2012 | Politics

SALT LAKE CITY -- A federal judge on Friday said he will delay a decision about the constitutionality of Utah's immigration enforcement law eight mont...

Man Faces Consequences After Threatening To Kill Governor

AP | By JENNIFER DOBNER | Posted 02.13.2012 | Politics

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Utah man who police say threatened to assassinate Gov. Gary Herbert and who conducted surveillance on the governor's mansion is fa...

Dave Jamieson

Jon Huntsman's Four-Day Workweek Experiment Comes To End In Utah

HuffingtonPost.com | Dave Jamieson | Posted 08.09.2011 | Politics

WASHINGTON -- Back in 2008, when he was governor of Utah, likely GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman instituted a novel experiment in human-resource...

Utah Immigration Law Joins Arizona Measure — In Court

AP | By JOSH LOFTIN | Posted 07.11.2011 | Politics

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah insists its new immigration law is different than Arizona's, but the 1-day-old statute is similarly stuck before a federal judg...

Utah Immigration Law Blocked By Federal Judge

AP | JOSH LOFTIN | Posted 07.10.2011 | Politics

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge on Tuesday blocked a Utah immigration law that would have allowed police to check the citizenship status of any...