Legislature http://utahpublicradio.org en Universities Look Outside the State to Fill the Enrollment Gap Left by LDS Missionaries. http://utahpublicradio.org/post/universities-look-outside-state-fill-enrollment-gap-left-lds-missionaries <p></p><p>With more students leaving for religious missions than ever before, Universities across the state are facing major enrollment dips.</p><p>Utah State University President, Stan Albrecht, said the school is still having difficulty estimating the fiscal consequences of this lower enrollment.</p><blockquote><p>“We’re budgeting in a fog right now because we don’t really understand all of the impacts yet.”</p> Tue, 26 Mar 2013 00:33:43 +0000 Brianna Bodily 22143 at http://utahpublicradio.org Universities Look Outside the State to Fill the Enrollment Gap Left by LDS Missionaries. Committee Rejects Climate Change Bill http://utahpublicradio.org/post/committee-rejects-climate-change-bill <p>Legislation that for the first time would have acknowledged the science of human-caused climate change by the government of the State of Utah was debated during a committee meeting on Monday, before being rejected on a 11-4 vote.</p><p>Republican representative Kraig Powell, of Heber, wants the state legislature to acknowledge the effects that climate change is having on wildfires in Utah.</p><blockquote><p>“What the bill does is - it authorizes the state division of forestry, fire and public lands to consider the effects of climate change on their efforts to develop and implement firefighting strategies.”</p></blockquote><p><br> Tue, 05 Feb 2013 21:55:09 +0000 Roger McDonough 19901 at http://utahpublicradio.org Committee Rejects Climate Change Bill