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If you want to kill something over the Internet, you're going to have to stick with something made of pixels.

In the shadow of the Capitol and in the middle of the 2008 legislative session, some of Utah's preeminent conservatives say many Republican lawmakers aren't living up to their proclaimed principles.

Utah voters flocked to the polls Tuesday to cast their votes for the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees, but many Utah County voters found themselves turned away in search of a new polling place.

To find your polling place, go to http://www.gva1.utah.gov/elections/polling.aspx .

Today will bring a large Western States Primary that may produce some frontrunners in the national presidential election, and it may also empower Utah voters.

When famed race horse Barbaro broke his leg during the Preakness Stakes in 2006, the world cheered as he attempted a comeback. But eight months later, unable to overcome complications of a bone infection, he had to be put down.

Before attending President Hinckley's funeral, legislators graced the weekly Eggs and Issues meeting with the Provo-Orem Chamber of Commerce to talk taxes and immigration.

As officials supported the new mass appraisal system for determining property values, some citizens spoke out against it.

Joe Pyrah

Would a governor dare sign an agreement with a Native American reservation to bring gambling to a state without clearing it through lawmakers? Not likely. Well, not in Utah anyway.

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Loretta Park

A representative wants to be sure those who help put out wildfires on state lands will be reimbursed without having legislators haggle over an expenditure cap.

Joe Pyrah

Utah state senators are particularly good about keeping their appointments, and we're not talking about lunch.