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Salt Lake Tribune

Op-ed: Follow Lee’s example: Walk away from debt

Rolly: Hatch debate? What would Reagan do?

Behind the Lines: The Paranoid Old Party?

Editorial: Food stamps: Not right time to limit benefit

Editorial: Auditing Medicaid: OIG helps taxpayers and the poor

McEntee: Utahns need to take a hard look at ALEC and its influence

Man ends hunger strike seeking Senate debates

Rolly: And some day these kids will vote

Huntsman named one of ‘Sexiest Men on the Planet’

‘Hatch effect’ hurting Utah’s most conservative lawmakers

Report touts dollars from outdoors recreation vs. energy

Capturing the stories of legendary river-running pioneer

Deseret News

John Florez: Let's make education's Common Core Standards work

Op-ed: Utah Senator Orrin Hatch is a loyal advocate for religious liberty

Op-ed: Would repossessing federal lands help fund education?

Pignanelli & Webb: The pros and cons of debating for Orrin Hatch and Dan Liljenquist

Robert Bennett: How I came to write a weekly column

Editorial: It's déjà vu all over again with national fiscal policy

Editorial: Underwater mortgages dragging down the economy

Report: Balancing recreation, energy development benefits Utah communities

Liljenquist pushing to make name for himself as primary approaches

Failed GOP guv hopeful says state party should have rejected $100K contribution

New survey shows support for Common Core among local politicians

Vets heart Mitt: Romney enjoys big advantage over Obama among veterans

Other

Liljenquist claims aren't exactly what he claims (Daily Herald)

Orem budget can't get past UTOPIA (Daily Herald)

Op-ed: Next on the endangered species list: the middle class! (Standard-Examiner)

Op-ed: Tea Party owns the Republicans (Standard-Examiner)

Editorial: The austerity of their ideas (Standard-Examiner)

Utah Senator honors fallen heroes (Standard-Examiner)

Election judges bring years of experience to primaries (Standard-Examiner)

Charles F. Trentelman: Doctor has a modest idea to make abortion laws irrelevant (Standard-Examiner)

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