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“Your Papers Please”….Another “No” to Feds by Utah: National ID Law
Posted on February 21, 2009 by dlt
A House Committee voted overwhelmingly on Friday to join over 20 other states in refusing to participate in the Read ID Act. This act was signed by George W. Bush in 2005, with an implementation deadline of 2010, that would require all state DMV’s to transform state drivers’ licenses into national ID’s which would store [...]
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More Money for Primary Seat Belt Law? Utah Says “No”.
Posted on February 21, 2009 by dlt
Utah Legislators have “missed out” on $1.2 million from the feds for not having a “Primary Seat Belt Law”. In Utah one can only get cited for not using a seat belt if another infraction is the reason for being pulled over by law enforcement. The feds want Utah to change that law so that [...]
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The Buttars Saga: How Utah Looks to the Rest of the Nation
Posted on February 21, 2009 by dlt
First he bumbled. Then he was ousted from two legisltative committees. Then he refused to apologize. More than 15,000 e-mails were sent to Utah Senate President Michael Waddoups (R) demanding that he condemn Buttars’s remarks. Waddoups said he kicked Buttars off the Senate Judiciary Committee primarily as a way to draw attention away from him. [...]
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