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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says talks with federal officials over a Medicaid expansion plan are progressing. Herbert, a Republican, said yesterday he hopes to reach an agreement with federal officials by the end of this summer. He is returning Monday to Washington, D.C. to continue negotiations. He said he doesn't expect the resignation of U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to have an effect on the talks.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes says his defense of Utah's same-sex marriage ban in a federal appeals court is not motivated by hate. Reyes said yesterday his office is defending Utah's right to define marriage as residents decide. The ban was passed by 66 percent of voters in 2004. Reyes spoke during a rally at the Capitol attended by about 100 supporters of Utah's same-sex marriage ban.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is transferring 85 missionaries to different parts of Ukraine due to civil unrest there. The church said yesterday that the missionaries are being moved from the Donetsk area to other regions in Ukraine. Last month, the church ended missions early for 22 men and women serving in Ukraine so they could return to the United States. The Salt Lake City-based church has several hundred missionaries and some 11,000 members in Ukraine.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors have charged a 22-year-old Brigham Young University student on suspicion of jogging up to women on campus and groping them as he ran past. Provo City Prosecutor Steve Schreiner filed two misdemeanor counts of sexual battery Thursday against Nathan Eric Fletcher. Police say he could face more charges as they continue to investigate 16 reports of assault since January.
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