Auditors found colleges paid some tenured faculty to leave, including a $175,000 payment to a professor who charged personal expenses to a university card.
· From Office of the Legislative Auditor General
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The measure would require 60% voter approval for citizen initiatives that raise taxes. Opponents have spent more than $3 million against it, KSL reported.
· From KSL.com
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Artist Matthew Mazzotta's piece for Glendale Regional Park is expected to be installed when the park's second phase is finished, on pace for spring 2029.
· From KSL
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Auditors found no statistical tie between fees and sale prices, but more than half of nine local governments reviewed in depth misspent fees or broke state rules.
· From Office of the Legislative Auditor General
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Growth at USU's statewide campuses and in concurrent enrollment drove the increase, while the statewide system grew less than 1%.
· From Utah State University
Currant Creek Power Plant, a natural gas-fired plant in Juab Valley, Utah, in 2007. Stratos has not been built. Photo: David Jolley · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The City Council kept the $24.72 total for all three cans but split the bill. Waste Management takes over pickup July 1, 2027, with weekly service year-round.
A weaker system Friday favors southern Utah. A stronger one late Saturday could drop a half-inch to an inch of rain, with snow above 7,000 to 8,000 feet.
· From Salt Lake Tribune
The Scott M. Matheson Courthouse in Salt Lake City, where Lee appeared Wednesday. File photo, July 2018. Photo: Ben P L · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Lee did not enter a plea in a hearing that lasted a few minutes. He faces four felony counts tied to a home loan application.
· From Salt Lake Tribune
Bluff and the San Juan River with Comb Ridge behind, seen from the air. File photo, February 2008. Photo: Doc Searls · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons
The Utah Civic Compact estimates at least 1,000 readers statewide and says Weber County's 10 cameras were searched more than 5 million times since 2022.
· From KSL
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The state says Hogan and Associates discharged more than 518,000 gallons of contaminated water into a creek without permits; each violation can carry up to $10,000 a day.
· From The Park Record
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The state's gallons-per-capita-per-day figure counts every drop a provider delivers and divides by the people it serves. Here is what goes in, what does not, and why the state itself says the numbers aren't comparable with other measures.
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Where to send a sick plant or a soil sample, what South Jordan pays for removing turf or swapping a toilet, and how to find a registered apprenticeship. Each page has a limit worth knowing.
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Look up broadband options, find who provides your water or power, see mapped geologic hazards, search the state's libraries and find where Utah County residents take paint and pesticides. Each page has a limit worth knowing.
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Check a contractor's license, find your water report, search licensed child care, find local services through 211 and see where the state's home energy rebate stands. Each has a limit worth knowing.
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Advising for owners, government-contracting counseling, free classes, employee training that the state pays for and a path for food startups. Each is run by a different agency, and none hands out cash on its own.
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A rural community grant, a women's business course, a toilet rebate and a rural jobs incentive each have a window closing or opening within days. Each is for a different audience.
A report for the Legislature's Spaceport Exploration Committee puts startup costs at $35 million to $75 million and keeps Green River West as an option.
· From KUTV
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