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Letter to the Editor: Is health care reform a good thing?
To the Editor: What is the buzz across the country? It’s Obama’s health care plan. Many people are asking: “What does it do?” and “Is it a good thing?” No, it is not.  I agree that everyone needs ...
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Letter to the Editor: Craft store vital to community
To the Editor: I have heard that the Cedar City Roberts Crafts will soon close permanently. Apparently, their lease will expire in April and the company is looking to consolidate. Cedar City can’t...
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Creating national monuments without input, consent an abuse of power
Here we go again. Fourteen years ago, President Bill Clinton created the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument without Utahns’ input or consent. Now we have the Obama administration poised ...
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Survey results announced: Rep. Vickers collects local opinions on issues
This year’s session of the Utah State Legislature is in full swing and nearing the halfway mark.  Thus far, the most significant issues have been the budget, the retirement system, health care ref...
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A need for spring
It’s only February, I can’t plant my garden for three more months, and I’m way beyond ready for the end of winter and the beginning of spring. The beautiful, warm weather we’ve been having is only...
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Cyclops: Utah’s legislators hurting the economy
When a state senator was charged last month with an alcohol-related DUI , a television news reporter said the incident proved once again that liquor was “no small matter.” That’s right. And neith...
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To the Editor: Regulating Rights
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To the Editor: According to a story in the Cedar City Daily News Jan. 29 “Parowan City Attorney Justin Wayment said Thursday he is working to change a city ordinance that allows the killing of a d...
Why Not? Open the Hatch
by Luke Perry
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Sen. Orrin Hatch explained why he voted against increasing the debt limit in the Feb. 4 issue of Iron County Today. Hatch acknowledged the anger felt by the American people, stated that America’s f...
Why I will vote against increasing the debt limit
by Orrin Hatch
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Working hard and living within our means is something that, as a father, I tried very hard to instill in my children. But as a parent, I can’t think of a worse role model than the federal governmen...
From the Commission: TRCC Tax funds may be reduced
by Alma Adams, Lois Bulloch, Wayne Smith
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This year, because of the many questions received from the public, the Iron County Commissioners will be submitting a “Commissioners’ Column” the fourth week of every month. The purpose of the col...
Why Not? Unregulated capitalism: Reliving America’s past
by Luke Perry
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This is the time for New Year’s resolutions. I would like to present my suggestion for a national resolution: We Americans are resolved to finally acknowledge the significant and far-reaching negat...
Cyclops: State requiring added math may be unrealistic
by Bryan Gray
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Albert Einstein once said he didn’t believe in mathematics. Some Utah educational leaders beg to differ. There’s a movement in our state to boost a student’s college readiness by requiring high sc...
National News
Obama takes health care overhaul push to Missouri (AP)

US President Barack Obama speaks on healthcare and health insurance reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. Obama has launched a populist assault on price-gouging American insurance firms, escalating his last-ditch bid to pass a historic health reform bill.(AFP/Saul Loeb)AP - The nation's top health official challenged insurers on Wednesday to join President Barack Obama's push to overhaul the medical system, arguing that if the effort fails it will hurt them as well as other Americans.


Wed Mar 10 15:19:41 -0600 2010
Biden: Palestinians deserve 'viable' state (AP)

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden, left, gestures next to Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, right, during a visit at the Nassar stone factory at the West Bank town of Bethlehem, Wednesday, March 10, 2010. Biden said Wednesday the Palestinians deserve a 'viable' independent state with contiguous territory, seeking to reassure them of U.S. support after Israel announced plans to expand a Jewish neighborhood in disputed east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)AP - Vice President Joe Biden's displeasure over an Israeli plan to enlarge an east Jerusalem settlement was on display Wednesday as he warned against actions that "inflame tensions" and reassured his Palestinian hosts that they deserve a sustainable, independent state.


Wed Mar 10 15:19:48 -0600 2010
'Lost Boys' actor Corey Haim dead in Calif. at 38 (AP)

This undated publicity image provided by A&E shows actor Corey Haim, who appeared in the A&E reality TV show 'The Two Coreys' with his friend Corey Feldman. Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob for his roles in 'Lucas' and 'The Lost Boys' whose career was blighted by drug abuse, died Wednesday March 10, 2010. He was 38. (AP Photo/Courtesy AETN, L. Pief Weyman) NO SALES. MANDATORY CREDITAP - Corey Haim, a 1980s teen heartthrob whose career was blighted by drug abuse, has died. He was 38. Haim died early Wednesday at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, Los Angeles County coroner's Lt. Cheryl MacWillie said.


Wed Mar 10 15:19:49 -0600 2010