Gary Herbert

Utah, Virginia governors visit California to woo businesses

2013-04-13 06:00:00

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert and Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell were in California this week on a whirlwind tour to woo Golden State businesses to expand or relocate to their states. At the Westin South Coast Plaza hotel in Costa Mesa on Thursday, both state...

Utah, Virginia are next up on woo-California-businesses circuit

2013-04-10 18:31:00

First it was Texas Gov. Rick Perry who came to California with his cowboy swagger and boasts about lassoing away businesses. Then the South Dakota governor swept through to recruit dairy farmers. Soon after, the Iowa governor made an appearance. Now...

Governors meet with Obama, members of Congress on fiscal cliff

2012-12-04 12:39:00

WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of governors came to Washington on�Tuesday to express concern to the White House and members of Congress about the potential consequences to state budgets in the "fiscal cliff" negotiations. The governors are worried...

Utah to Arizona: Don't toll Interstate 15

2011-10-31 16:36:51

Showdown! Arizona vs Utah as first with an official state gun

2011-02-24 16:35:39

Immigration: Should feds sue Utah over new immigration rules?

2011-04-22 21:35:58

Lawsuit seeks to halt Utah immigration measure

2011-05-04 00:00:00

Mormon church president's wife dies; Frances Monson was 85; married in Salt Lake in 1948

2013-05-17 13:34:18

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The wife of the Mormon church's president shied away from the spotlight, but her lifelong work behind the scenes left a lasting impression on those who knew her. Frances B. Monson, 85, died early Friday at a hospital in Salt...

Students' documentary on the deficit airs on C-SPAN

2013-04-26 00:00:00

Weston students Brian Bosem, Camila Tussie and Jacob Wilentz got a big thrill recently when their documentary aired on C-SPAN. The eighth-graders at Falcon Cove Middle School took third in the network's nationwide StudentCam competition for their entry,...

Snowbasin owner Earl Holding dies

2013-04-21 07:44:02

Utah billionaire Earl Holding, owner of Sinclair Oil and Snowbasin ski resort, died Friday night, according to a news release from Sinclair Oil. Holding, whose given name is Robert Earl Holding, was one of Utah's most successful businessmen. Forbes this...

McDonnell to lead economic development mission to California, China, Japan

2013-04-08 13:10:00

Always on the look out for foreign investment and trade with Virginia, Gov. Bob McDonnell will head out this week on a 16-day 'economic development" mission�that includes stops in�China and Japan. But first he'll make domestic�stops in California to...

GOP Expands Majority in Governors' Mansions

2012-11-07 05:00:00

Republicans flipped North Carolina, a state that hasn't elected a GOP governor since the 1980s, expanding their national lead over Democrats at the statehouse level, according to CNN projections. Eleven states held governors' races Tuesday. Democrats...

Democrat Jack Markell, governor of Delaware, speaks while Republican Govs. Gary Herbert of Utah, left, Mary Fallin of Oklahoma, second from left, and Scott Walker of Wisconsin, second from right, listen with Democratic Govs. Mark Dayton of Minnesota, third from left, and Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe.

2012-12-04 00:00:00