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- July 23: Local Issues Task Force, 9 a.m., room W110.
- July 23: Midday Metro at 10 a.m. on NPR Utah, KCPW 88.3 FM, features a panel on the SLC mayor’s race with Paul Rolly, Salt Lake Tribune, and former mayor Deedee Corradini. At 10:30 on The Bottomline: John T. Nielsen, Executive Director of the Utah Health Insurance Exchange, and health economist Norm Thurston.
- July 25-27: Lieutenant Governor Herbert to attend National Lieutenant Governor's Association, Williamsburg, Virginia.
- July 26: Salt Lake County Libertarian Party Meeting, 7 p.m., Mo's Neighborhood Grill, 358 South West Temple, Salt Lake City. For more information, visit LPUtah.org.
- July 31: Utah International Trade Commission, 10 a.m., room W020.
- Aug 1: Financial reporting deadline for Salt Lake City candidates
- Aug 1: Lincoln Club meeting with Lt. Governor Herbert, 7 p.m., 15th Floor of Wells Fargo Building. For info contact Duane Millard at 801-706-5082 or email Jeremy Roberts at jeroberts@storesonline.com.
- Aug 1: White City Community Council meeting, 7 p.m., Eastmont Middle School, 10100 S 1300 E, Room 105, Sandy.
- Aug 7: Utah for Richardson Meeting, 7 p.m., Conference Room D, Salt Lake City Library, 210 East 400 South. The group is an organization of Utahns who support the candidacy of Governor Bill Richardson for President of the United States. The meeting is open to the media and all interested community members. RSVP to Utah for Richardson State Director Aaron Thompson at dipl0mac03@yahoo.com.
- Aug 22: Utah Republican Party Ronald Reagan Club meeting with the new State Party Chairman, Governor and other legislators, 6 p.m. New members are welcome to join by calling the party headquarters at 801-533-9777.
- 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 10: Rob Bishop Golf Tournament, 8 a.m. shotgun start, Mountain Dell Golf Course. Hole sponsors and foursomes are still available.  Please call Tara Tanner 801-575-6355 for more information.

- Sept 11: Municipal primary election
- Sept 20: Child Welfare Legislative Oversight Panel, 2 p.m., room W020.

- Nov 6: Municipal general election.

- See the entire calendar


 

Sunday
July 22, 2007


Sunday, July 22

Deseret Morning News

- Salt Lake hopefuls are swaying 'undecideds'

- What will you do to save energy?

- Bottom wage rising

- What would split do for Granite High?

- Delay urged on Flaming Gorge proposal

- Health care in Utah gets high marks

- Holladay delays vote on small district

- South Davis councils weighing tax to benefit arts

- Jay Evensen: Utahns, let's croon a Como kind of tune

- Pignanelli & Webb: Brother Brigham's journal: July 24, 2007

- Joe Cannon: Overpopulating the Earth is unfounded myth

- Editorial: Highway needs require money

Standard-Examiner

- Many Utah cities will soon have phone, HDTV and Internet available through UTOPIA

- Box Elder communities excited for high-speed access

- Editorial: Recommending candidates

Daily Herald

- Property taxes fall in Lehi as land values skyrocket

Salt Lake Tribune

- 'Clean fuel' fleet a bigger polluter

- They, too, want to run SLC

- Walsh: Walgreens - Anger fades, needs stay

- Picketing-ban creation stirs freedom-of-speech paradox

- Clinton urges alternatives to nuke dump

- Utah officials rack up the miles while taxpayers foot the bill

- Fireworks sales not slowing down

- Op-ed: Washington County's Vision Dixie exposes a great divide

Saturday, July 21

Salt Lake Tribune

- Big chunk of Bluffdale may split away from city

- Background checks on hires OK'd by regents

- SLCC contacts students to boost registration

- State sweetens filmmaker deal

- Editorial: The Thumb

- Editorial: The nuclear option: Nuclear power no panacea for reducing global warming

Standard-Examiner

- Editorial: A future for vets nursing home

KCPW

- Plaintiff in Jones v. Barlow Says Her Fight Has Ended

St. George Spectrum

- Pipeline to run through Cedar

- Editorial: Pursue fee alternatives

Park Record

- City Council: A candidate snapshot

- Six candidates vie for three seats in Kamas

- Ground is broken on a bright future for USSA, Utah

Daily Herald

- Op-ed: Ed Mayne: Aircraft contract hits turbulence

KSL Editorial Board

- Slow Down the Steamroller

Deseret Morning News

- Utahns back alternative fuels

- Herriman in, Bluffdale out in land fight

- Utah may have gained 5,270 jobs

- Nebo School District considers new bonds

- Rapid growth in Nebo District

- Stem-cell treatments raise hopes

- Lawyer to sue over ban on protests

- S.L. County offers Riverton its own sheriff's precinct

- Schools bring building wish lists to regents

- Editorial: The winners and the losers

- Editorial: Good times keep rolling