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By Jenny Brundinhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kuer/local-kuer-820063.mp3Salt Lake City, UT – Lawmakers on Utah's Capitol Hill took a…

By Jenny Brundinhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kuer/local-kuer-818788.mp3Salt Lake City, UT – Utah lawmakers took up two abortion…

By Dan Bammeshttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kuer/local-kuer-818356.mp3South Jordan, UT – It was looking like a tough year. The…

By Dan Bammeshttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kuer/local-kuer-817822.mp3Salt Lake City, UT – Utah has abundant natural gas as well as a…

By Jenny Brundinhttp://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/kuer/local-kuer-817580.mp3Salt Lake City, UT – In his state of the state address last…

By Doug FabrizioSalt Lake City, UT – Monday, Republican Jon Huntsman Jr was sworn in for his second term as Utah's Governor. He won with some 77% of the…

By Doug FabrizioSalt Lake City, UT – In the spring of 1857, President James Buchanan appointed a non-Mormon governor for the Utah Territory. Worried about…

Every year, NPR asks a writer to compose an original story with a Christmas theme. This year, Gregory Maguire reinvents the Hans Christian Andersen classic "The Little Match Girl" for a new time and new audiences.

When President-elect Barack Obama chose former Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack as secretary of agriculture, he praised Vilsack's knowledge of both agriculture and energy. But writer Michael Pollan says the incoming administration's focus should be on food and the people who eat it.

New York Gov. David Paterson has unveiled a plan to cut his state's $15 billion budget deficit. The plan includes closing some state prisons and cutting more than 1,300 prison jobs. Many communities rely on the prisons for jobs and worry that the closures will bring high unemployment to already struggling areas.