The winners and the losers
Winner: The Utah Science, Technology and Research initiative has encouraging momentum. On Wednesday, the Utah Senate unanimously passed the USTAR bill, which would commit $15 million annually to recruit and attract research teams. Another $200 million would build new laboratories and purchase equipment, develop technology innovation centers elsewhere in the state and accelerate getting new products and technologies to their respective markets sooner. If there's any hesitation about the price tag, lawmakers need only to consider how much Utah's neighbors are poised to spend on the same pursuits. Colorado plans to spend $4.3 billion over 20 years. California has committed $5.3 billion, and Arizona's plan envisions spending $1.4 billion. By comparison, Utah's proposed investment in USTAR is downright conservative.
Loser: Five small churches in Alabama were destroyed or otherwise damaged in a series of fires that investigators said were apparently set late Thursday or early Friday. The FBI is investigating. The fires destroyed both black churches and white churches, which distinguishes these crimes from a series of arsons in 1996 that damaged black churches in Alabama and elsewhere. Still, it's chilling that anyone would intentionally set fire to a place of worship.
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