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- June 25: Lt. Governor Herbert to tour the Deseret Land and Live Stock Ranch, 8 a.m., Woodruff.
- June 25: Administrative Rules Review Committee,  9 a.m., room W135.
- June 25: Midday Metro at 10 a.m. on NPR Utah, KCPW 88.3 FM, features a unique art project that will frame the massive City Creek development in downtown Salt Lake City. At 10:30 on The Bottomline: Latyon City has had seven homes slide off its foothills in seven years. Do developers have the right to build on geological hazards? What rights do cities have to prevent it? Who pays when mud slides and earth quakes?
- June 25: Governor Huntsman to attend a Media Event for Senator John McCain, 1:30 p.m., Outside Mimi's Cafe, 5090 Kietzke Lane, Reno, Nevada.
- June 25: Utah Department of Health Public Hearing on Proposed Rules Governing the Medicaid Preferred Drug List and the Drug Utilization Review Board, 3:30 to 5 p.m., room 114, Cannon Health Building.
- June 25: Governor Huntsman to attend a Media Event for Senator John McCain, 5:15 p.m., Clark County Republican Party Headquarters, 574 South Decatur Boulevard, Las Vegas, Nevada.

- June 26: Governor Huntsman to attend the CHG Ribbon Cutting Ceremony, 10 a.m., Millrock Park, 6440 South Millrock Drive, Holladay.
- June 26: Lt. Governor Herbert to welcome attendees of the 22nd Great American Indian Banquet, 6 p.m., Thanksgiving Point, Lehi.
- June 27: Government Competition and Privatization Subcommittee, 9 a.m., room W125.
- June 27: KCPW Intelligence Squared debate "America Is Too Damn Religious," 10 a.m., KCPW 88.3 FM. For more info visit http://www.intelligencesquaredus.org.
- June 27: The Utah Fund of Funds presents Emerging Entrepreneur Monthly Workshops, 12 p.m., Karen Gail Miller Conference Center at the Larry H. Miller Business Innovation Center, 9690 South 300 West, Sandy. Bring your own brown bag lunch (drinks provided).
- June 27: Utah Transit Authority Meeting, 2:30 p.m., Board Room, Administration Building, Meadowbrook Facility, 3600 South 700 West, Salt Lake City.
- June 27: Governor Huntsman to attend a Vietnamese Luncheon, 3 p.m., La Cai Noodle, Salt Lake City.
- June 28: Governor Huntsman to  visit historical park commemorating the Hole in the Rock Pioneers, 2:30 p.m., Bluff.
- June 28: Governor Huntsman's "Let Me Speak to the Governor," 6 p.m., KSL Studios via phone.
- June 28: Lt. Governor Herbert to offer comments and field questions during the Mountainland Association of Governments June Meeting, 7 p.m., 586 East 800 North, Orem.
- June 28: Salt Lake County Libertarian Party Meeting, 7 p.m., Grecian Garden, 4816 South State Street, Murray. For more information, visit LPUtah.org.
- June 28: Davis County Democratic Planning Committee Meeting, 7 p.m., Commission Chambers, Davis County Courthouse, 28 State Street, Farmington. All Democrats and the general public are invited.
- June 28: Governor Huntsman to participate in a motorcycle ride through Monument Valley, 7 p.m., starting point at Goulding’s Monument Valley Trading Post & Lodge.
- June 29: Transportation, Environmental Quality, and National Guard Appropriations Subcommittee, 9 a.m., Calvin L. Rampton Complex.
- June 29: Lt. Governor Herbert to attend the 100 Year Anniversary of the University of Utah Seismographs, 10:30 a.m., James E. Talmage Building University of Utah, 1430 East Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City.
- June 29: Governor Huntsman to visit Navajo Mountain, 11 a.m., Navajo Mountain.
- July 4: KCPW Intelligence Squared debate "Better More Domestic Surveillance than Another 9/11," 10 a.m., KCPW 88.3 FM. For more info visit http://www.intelligencesquaredus.org.
- July 11: White City Community Council meeting, 7 p.m., Eastmont Middle School, 10100 S. 1300 E., Room #105, Sandy.

- July 13: Jefferson-Jackson "Make History With Utah Democrats" Fundraising celebration, This is the Place Heritage Park. For more info visit www.jjutah.com.
- July 14: Utah Democratic Party State Convention

- July 20: Medicaid Interim Committee, 9 a.m., room W135.
- July 20: Legislative Process Committee, 10 a.m., room W025.
- July 23: Local Issues Task Force, 9 a.m., room W110.
- Aug 1: Financial reporting deadline for Salt Lake City candidates
- Aug 23: Reagan Day Dinner for Salt Lake County Republican legislators, 7 p.m., Little America Hotel, Salt Lake City. For table sponsorship info, contact Jeremy Roberts at 801-867-3866 or email jeremy@finishfirst.org.
- Aug 24: Utah Republican Party Golf Tournament, 8 a.m., Thanksgiving Point. For more information, contact the state party headquarters at 801-533-9777.

- Sept 11: Municipal primary election

- Nov 6: Municipal general election.

- See the entire calendar


 

Sunday
June 24, 2007


Sunday, June 24

Deseret Morning News

- Mayoral donors hedging their bets

- Romney troubled but not surprised by anti-LDS talk

- Groups say road is a health risk

- EPA to update its ozone rules

- Custody laws put many in limbo

- Consumer protection — Committee director says she stands up to utilities

- Wal-Mart seeks site rezoning

- Huntsman drops lobbyist

- Jay Evensen: No easy way out of the oil crisis in U.S.

- Pignanelli & Webb: Salt Lake mayoral campaign is full of twists

- Joe Cannon: U.S. immigration reform urgently needed

Standard-Examiner

- History repeats itself

- Editorial: Paying our teachers

St. George Spectrum

- Op-ed: Mark Shurtleff: Biased reports have added to confusion about vouchers

- Editorial: Keep board non-partisan

Logan Herald Journal

- Romney rolls into Logan

Daily Herald

- Editorial: Nervous about Glenn Beck

Salt Lake Tribune

- A Tale of Two Huntsmans

- Sounds of modern life 'litter' parks

- Residents told Mountain View Corridor poses health risk

- Prisoner releases spark an outcry

- Catch and release

- Rebecca Walsh: Rocky not so lofty in bridge fight

- Notebook nuggets from local government and campaigns

- Matheson again making useless efforts to stop automatic raises

- Rolly: Rocky not the first feisty SLC mayor

- Op-ed: There is no way around paying for quality education

- Op-ed: BLM determinations of RS 2477 roads are valid, necessary

- Op-ed: Insurance legislation critical for keeping youngsters healthy

- Op-ed: School choice benefits low-income and minority children

- Editorial: The Thumb

- Editorial: Let it go, Rocky: Even Salt Lake mayor is not indispensable

Saturday, June 23

Salt Lake Tribune

- Vouchers battle reaches to D.C.

- A plan for thirsty times

- Utahns welcome new FDA supplement rule

- LDS Church rebuts terror-fund comments

- Jordan weighing decision on a vote

- Defense bill contains threat to case against nuclear dump

- Mount Holly Club decision in judge's hands

- Hill seeking quick chemical cleanup

- Editorial: Not so fast: Transportation panel right to slow Geneva road project

- Editorial: Grandpa's keys: Anonymous reporting would be a mistake

Standard-Examiner

- Ogden officials unveil fresh-air program

- Salomon, Megaplex open

KCPW

- Rotarians Sticking Around to Enjoy SLC

- Activists Will Go Door to Door To Fight Mountain View Corridor

St. George Spectrum

- Paiutes work to attract businesses

- CICWCD may face budget cuts

- State gains PILT money

- Editorial: Adopt Rule 509

Park Record

- Romney rolls in local dollars

Daily Herald

- CNN's Beck to take mic at Stadium of Fire

- The decision to home school

Deseret Morning News

- 2 Jordan District split items on ballot?

- Reservation passes new law against trespassing

- Diet-pill rules issued

- Many residents want to keep Genola small

- Provo District budget includes teacher raises

- Utah home-schoolers to gather

- Editorial: Test drivers 85-plus yearly