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May 21, 2013
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Rio Tinto Targeted in Campaign Against Olympic Sponsors Utahns are joining an international coalition to launch a campaign in London Monday drawing attention to environmental and human rights abuses of Olympics sponsors - including the Rio Tinto mining company. The campaign is being launched the same week that Rio Tinto holds its annual general meeting of shareholders.
Utah's Republican Caucuses Attract Attention and Money Utah conservatives will be selecting delegates Thursday to represent them at the Republican convention in April. The caucuses have drawn the attention - and the money - of outside groups because of the race for Orrin Hatch's seat in the US Senate.
Utah's Olympic Legacy: The Impact of the 2002 Winter Games. Part Two: How the Games Affected Utah's Economy Before the Olympics came to Salt Lake, polls showed that 45 percent of citizens didn't want it. Utahns saw what happened with the Atlanta games, where the city was left with unused venues and maintenance costs it could ill afford. But after the 2002 Games, Utah basked in the glow of what some called the most successful US Olympics in history. A decade later, how have the games affected Utah's economy?
Coalitions Mobilize to Change Utah's Controversial Guest Worker Law Coalitions are mobilizing around the state to make changes to Utah's controversial guest worker law - or House Bill 116 - passed in the Legislature last year. Some want the bill repealed, some replaced, and some want to improve it so that it might better withstand legal challenges.