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SALT LAKE CITY — A group of students gathered on Utah's Capitol Hill Tuesday to hear Gov. Gary Herbert talk about the importance of higher education. Also, lawmakers advanced a bill that may help clean up Utah's air.
Details on those and other stories from the Utah Legislature are listed below. Click on the headline to read the full article.
Gov. Gary Herbert tells Utah's multicultural students to set goals for higher education
Stepping outside of a classroom has a bigger impact than discussions inside, according to Emily Gonzalez, Latinos in Action adviser at Alta High School.
"For students to be able to see where they can be is huge," Gonzalez said.
High school students from around Utah gathered at the state Capitol on Tuesday for an event designed to help them develop leadership skills, be engaged in their communities and get higher education.
Gov. Gary Herbert came to speak to the students.
Freight switcher demonstration project may move forward, resulting in cleaner air
An effort by a Layton lawmaker to establish a demonstration project to upgrade a few of the dirtiest diesel railroad freight switchers gained preliminary approval Tuesday after a unanimous committee vote.
The House Natural Resources, Agricultural and Environmental Committee unanimously gave a thumbs up to HB98, sponsored by Rep. Steve Handy, R-Utah.
Handy's bill carries a one-time general fund appropriation of $2.1 million, covering 35 percent of the costs to upgrade or improve three of the six dirtiest diesel freight switchers, which move railroad cars around.
Utah House rejects legal notice requirement bill amid worry it would hurt local newspapers
After debate over a bill that would loosen requirements that legal notices be published in local newspapers turned into a debate about its impact on small-town newspapers, the bill was narrowly voted down in the Utah House Monday.
Rep. Kim Coleman, R-West Jordan, sponsored the bill, HB69, arguing legal notices can be costly and ineffective, especially if legal parties can be individually notified rather than through a newspaper.
She argued entities that are required to post legal notices shouldn't be required by law to pay for the advertising "real estate" in newspapers if they are able to notify impacted parties in person or by certified mail.
