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Winners and losers

Published: Thursday, March 2, 2006 1:53 p.m. MST

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WINNERS:

Grocery store customers, who'll see the state's share of the sales tax on food cut from 4.75 percent to 2.75 percent come Jan. 1, 2007
Undocumented immigrants, who will be allowed to continue paying in-state tuition and drive legally.
Businesses that hire undocumented immigrants, which would have had to verify Social Security numbers of all new hires, under a failed bill.
Darwin's theory of evolution, which would have been taught in public schools as a disputed theory, under a failed bill.
Legislators, who gave themselves a $10-per-day pay raise effective next January and killed a bill that would have repealed health insurance for future retired legislators.
Students cramming for tests, whose right to pray in school was affirmed.
Third-graders, whose parents don't want them held back from advancing to fourth grade, with defeat of a bill that would have held back poor readers.

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Immigrants' health, thanks to a $50,000 boost to the Multicultural Health Center's funding and expansion of its services to include translation.
Out-of-state students, with an increase to the number of tuition waivers for nonresidents.
Active-duty military students, with a bill to allow them to pay in-state tuition rates no matter how long they've been on a tour of duty.
The Salt Lake County Council, by allowing it to hire a private attorney instead of using the services of Democratic County Attorney David Yocom.
Colleges and universities, which fended off attempts to cap their take of the education fund at 10 percent.
Parents, who can now legally forbid teen drivers from being on the road at night or with friends in their car during the first six months their child has a license.
Private companies and UDOT, who can now contract together to build toll roads.

LOSERS:

Medicaid recipients, for whom the Executive Appropriations Committee refused to fund dental ($3.9 million) and vision ($780,900) services.
Public school students with medical conditions, with defeat of a bill calling for study of Utah's school nurse shortage, the worst in the country.
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