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Failure to act on student loan interest rates highlights Congress’s continued disfunction

Salt Lake City – In light of Congress’s failure to prevent an increase in student loan rates, progressive advocacy group Alliance for a Better UTAH has released the following statement. Data on Utah’s own congressional delegation’s college costs can be found after the statement. “Utah’s delegation, with the exception of Congressman Jim Matheson, has once

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Bill to prevent higher education budgets from hemorrhaging

The highlight of this week is that SB51, substituted as SB51S01, unanimously passed the Senate. SB51, Higher Education Tuition Waivers, was proposed by Sen. Stephen Urquhart this legislative session in response to an expected drop in enrollment in Utah’s colleges and universities as a result of changes in the LDS mission program. The LDS church

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RELEASE: Better UTAH Says Love’s Budget “Devastating For Utah”

For Immediate Release: Friday, June 1, 2012 Better UTAH Says Love’s Budget “Devastating For Utah” _________________________________________________________________________ After Congressional Candidate Mia Love’s budget plan was released yesterday, Better UTAH says it will negatively impact hundreds of thousands of Utah families and is devastating for the state. Maryann Martindale, Executive Director of the Alliance for a Better

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