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OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Oklahoma prosecutors resist push for prison alternatives

Nov 1, 2018

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OKLAHOMA Prosecutors resist push for prison alternatives OKLAHOMA CITY – Since the days of frontier justice, lawmakers in conservative Oklahoma have viewed harsh prison sentences as the politically expedient solution to crime, including nonviolent offenses. That approach has imposed a high price, leaving the state with the nation’s highest incarceration rate, overcrowded prisons and skyrocketing…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Mormon church backs deal to allow medical marijuana in Utah

Oct 17, 2018

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Here’s a roundup of news from Colorado’s neighbor states. Mormon church backs deal to allow medical marijuana in Utah SALT LAKE CITY – The Mormon church has joined lawmakers, the governor and advocates to back a deal that would legalize medical marijuana in conservative Utah after months of fierce debate. The compromise comes as people…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Former Kansas Republican governor endorses Democrat

Sep 19, 2018

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Former Republican governor endorses Democrat over GOP nominee KANSAS CITY – Republicans in Kansas further splintered this week as the last moderate member of the party to hold the governor’s office endorsed a Democrat for governor over Kris Kobach, the GOP nominee. In a statement, former Kansas Gov. Bill Graves said he planned to support…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Ex-New Mexico official pleads guilty to embezzlement, perjury

Aug 31, 2018

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Ex-state senator pleads guilty to embezzlement, perjury SANTA FE – Former New Mexico state Sen. Phil Griego has pleaded guilty to embezzlement and perjury charges for misspending and falsely reporting campaign account activity, lengthening his ongoing stay in prison. Attorney General Hector Balderas announced that Griego, a Democrat, was sentenced to an additional year based…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP: 1st lawmaker expelled since #MeToo is running again in Arizona

Jun 8, 2018

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Arizona 1st lawmaker expelled since #MeToo seeking office in Arizona PHOENIX – A former Arizona lawmaker who became the first kicked out of a state Legislature since the #MeToo movement began because of a lengthy pattern of sexual misconduct is running for office again. Don Shooter, a Republican expelled from the Arizona House in February,…
OUT WEST ROUNDUP | Idaho moves ahead with grizzly hunting season; judge weighs if neo-Nazi ‘troll storm’ is protected

Apr 13, 2018

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Idaho State moves ahead with possible grizzly bear hunting season BOISE – Idaho officials have started the process of opening a grizzly bear hunting season this fall that would allow the killing of one male grizzly. The Fish and Game Commission in a 7-0 vote last week directed the Department of Fish and Game to…
Out West Roundup: Arizona governor suspends Uber from autonomous testing

Mar 30, 2018

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Arizona Arizona governor suspends Uber from autonomous testing PHOENIX – Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey suspended Uber’s self-driving vehicle testing privileges last week in the wake of a pedestrian fatality in a Phoenix suburb. Ducey said in a letter to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi that video footage of the crash raised concerns about the San Francisco-based company’s…
Out West Roundup: Fearing a Utah ‘coronation,’ 11 Republicans challenge Romney

Mar 23, 2018

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Utah Fearing a Utah ‘coronation’, 11 Republicans challenge Romney SALT LAKE CITY – Eleven Republicans stepped forward before a filing deadline last week to challenge former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney in the Utah Senate race, including a state lawmaker who says an “establishment insider” can’t fix problems in Washington. Many of the candidates acknowledge…
Out West Roundup: New Mexico Legislature overhauls sexual harassment policy

Jan 19, 2018

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New Mexico New Mexico Legislature overhauls sexual harassment policy SANTA FE – The New Mexico Legislature overhauled its policies against sexual harassment and misconduct this week, setting new standards for what constitutes harassment and adding outside oversight for investigations of lawmakers. The policy changes, approved by a panel of leading lawmakers on the eve of…
Out West Roundup: Utah Republicans rally for Romney after Bannon remark on his Mormon faith

Dec 15, 2017

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Utah Utah Republicans rally for Romney after Bannon remark on his Mormon faith Mitt Romney’s allies lashed out at former White House strategist Steve Bannon last week after he said at an Alabama rally that Romney and his family “hid behind” their Mormon religion to avoid military service. Sen. Orrin Hatch and other prominent Utah…