From Deseret News archives:
Who did lawmakers help or hurt?
Helped: Farmers selling produce at farmer's markets will no longer be required to have a food handler's permit.
Hurt: One note critics of the Republican-dominated Legislature who will, at least temporarily, find something besides education funding to denigrate them.
Helped: Police better track sex offenders, who will now be required to renew either a drivers license or a state identification card annually.
Hurt: St. Louis soccer fans, who will not be watching Real Salt Lake after state officials worked out a deal to keep Real Salt Lake in Sandy.
Helped: Water conservationists, who will now have a whole week to celebrate their water wise ways.
Hurt: Celebrants of Juneteenth Independence Day by not giving state recognition to the holiday commemorating the end of slavery in the South.
Hurt: Deadbeat dads dreaming of road trips who can now lose their drivers licenses if they fail to pay child support.
Helped: Rural counties struggling to maintain their infrastructure under the weight of oil and gas explorations with a dedicated fund.
Hurt: Prisoners who have perfected the license making process by making them master a new "Life Elevated" license plate.
Helped: Identity theft victims, who will now have an easier time accessing information and reporting the crime via the Internet.
Hurt: Unmarried domestic abuse victims, especially teenagers, who still cannot seek a restraining order against their abusers. (This changes if the bill passes.)
Hurt: Salt Lake County Mayor Peter Corroon, insulted after he denied a funding plan for the Real soccer stadium site and the state instead decided to pass a bill that forces the county's to pay for it using hotel-tax dollars.
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- Utes need to improve shot selection 9:35 p.m.
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- Donny Osmond, Kym Johnson last 9:31 p.m.
- MWC expand? Get rid of deadweight
- Relieved Cougs prep for Falcons
- Wounded Utes limp home
- Jazz rookies had to grow up quickly
- Big games keep UHSAA coffers full
- Barzee to plead guilty
- Sloan misses practice
- RSL surprised by Chicago's Fire
- Vitamin D deficiency puts U.S. at risk
- Jazz notes: Young bigs ride bench
- TCU creams U.
233 - BYU happy to escape with victory
232 - Editorial: Mormons and gay rights
226 - Will state consider gay rights law?
162 - RSL heads to MLS title game
134 - Can BYU root for (ick) Utah Utes?
132 - MWC expand? Get rid of deadweight
117 - TCU stays 4th in AP; Y. 19th, U. 23rd
115 - 5A: Bingham rolls to title game
108 - 3A: Hurricane advances to title game
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