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Out West Roundup: Arizona governor suspends Uber from autonomous testing
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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…
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Out West Roundup: Fearing a Utah ‘coronation,’ 11 Republicans challenge Romney
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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…
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Out West Roundup: Most municipal workers quit in Utah polygamous sect town
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Utah Most municipal workers quit in Utah polygamous sect town SALT LAKE CITY – The new mayor of a mostly polygamous town on the Utah-Arizona border is finishing off a complete overhaul of municipal staff and boards after mass resignations when she took office in January to become the first woman and first non-member of…
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Colorado political consulting firms take home Reed Awards for campaign work
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Three Colorado political consulting firms recently took home Reed Awards honoring their work producing campaign material last year. The awards, sponsored by Campaigns & Elections magazine and named for the political journal’s founder, Stanley Foster Reed, were handed out at a conference on Feb. 27 in Charleston, South Carolina. They recognized work in a multitude…
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Out West Roundup: Nebraska could end licensing requirement for horse massage
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Nebraska A little tight? Nebraska could end horse massage licensing LINCOLN – There are plenty of options for people looking for a massage in Nebraska, but if you’re a horse, you’re out of luck. Nebraska doesn’t have a single licensed equine massage therapist, and lawmakers who recently chipped away at regulations governing various other professions…
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Out West Roundup: New Mexico governor’s tense tenure with state lawmakers nears end
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New Mexico New Mexico governor’s tense tenure with lawmakers nears end SANTA FE – The rocky relationship between New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez and state lawmakers is coming to a close as the Republican governor prepares to leave office and both sides ponder what might have been. Democratic leaders said they wished there had been…
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Out West Roundup: Huskers’ message to white nationalist: ‘Hate Will Never Win’
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Nebraska Huskers’ message to white nationalist: ‘Hate Will Never Win’ OMAHA – The Nebraska men’s basketball team plans to take a public stand opposing the views of a university student who calls himself a white nationalist in a widely distributed online video. Coach Tim Miles said Friday the team planned to wear T-shirts reading “Hate…
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Out West Roundup: ‘Party animal’ Arizona lawmaker expelled after #MeToo movement
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Arizona ‘Party animal’ Arizona lawmaker expelled after #MeToo movement PHOENIX – Known for booze-fueled partying and good-ol’ boy, clownish behavior, Rep. Don Shooter spent the past seven years as a hard-to-miss fixture who wielded considerable power at the Arizona state Capitol. But he was kicked out of the Arizona Legislature last week for a lengthy…
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Sen. Michael Bennet introduces bill to protect national monuments
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There’s a land rush starting today in Utah that at least one Colorado senator wants to make certain never happens in his state. Miners are staking claims to parcels of land in large swaths of what formerly was about 2 million acres of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monuments in Utah, along Colorado’s southwest…
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Out West Roundup: Motion-activated cameras capture animals being wild, weird
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Wyoming Motion-activated cameras capture animals being wild, weird CHEYENNE – How does a bighorn sheep say “cheese?” Some charismatic critters caught by motion-detecting wildlife cameras seem to know how to strike a pose. But it’s not just show business. As these devices get ever smaller, cheaper and more reliable, scientists across the United States are…