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Hits & Misses
July 15, 2009
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By Ted McDonough
- Congressman Jason Chaffetz, R-Utah, is cosponsoring legislation that would deny citizenship to children born in the United States to noncitizen parents, reversing long-standing law that everyone born in America is a citizen.
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News,
July 15, 2009
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If you don´t like the federal stimulus yet, wait a few months.
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By Ted McDonough
- If you have been less than overwhelmed with federally funded projects to stimulate the economy--like the new electronic signs near Salt Lake City freeway onramps indicating how long it will take to get to Draper...
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News,
July 8, 2009
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Liquor-license quotas may be the next to go.
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By Ted McDonough
- Online Exclusive: At Kathryn Balmforth’s final meeting as a Utah liquor commissioner, the commission approved new rules to formally start the open-club system passed by the Legislature ...
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News,
Hits & Misses
July 8, 2009
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By Ted McDonough
- Utahns are the eighth skinniest people in the country, according to new statistics from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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News,
July 1, 2009
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You kids got it easy. Back in the day, wetting your whistle took a little extra effort.
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By Ted McDonough
- Utah's newest liquor "reform" still requires barkeeps to run patrons' IDs through a barcode scanner (if patrons appear younger than 35). That might seem odd, but it's par for the course in the Beehive State ...
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News,
July 1, 2009
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Over the years, Utah’s quirky liquor laws have become larger than life.
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By Ted McDonough
- Utah has funny liquor laws. So goes the old saw. One wonders what tourists will talk about now that any Tom or Dick off the street can walk into a bar without a membership. (Probably having their IDs scanned.)
- Tags: News, News Articles, bars, utah, percent, law, beer, reality, liquor, drink, Myth: You Can&rsq,
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News,
Hits & Misses
July 1, 2009
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By Ted McDonough
- Maybe it could become a tourist attraction in the mold of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. Salt Lake City's Odd Fellows Hall is stuck in limbo--and sitting on top of a huge, wheeled, metal contraption 8 feet off of the ground ...
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News,
July 1, 2009
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Time to check out which of your favorite clubs are making the switch. Bring your ID.
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By Ted McDonough
- Utah's new liquor laws, the state is no longer in the private-club business. At midnight July 1, as if the fairy godmother had waived her wand, Utah's "private clubs" automatically became public places.
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July 1, 2009
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SLC barkeeps are champing at the bit for local liquor reform.
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By Ted McDonough
- When restaurateur Bob McCarthy decided to open an upscale private club inside an old beer bar on the outskirts of Salt Lake City, he began by asking City Hall for a zoning change. He was told not to bother...
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June 25, 2009
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