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While the majority party changed in Minnesota and Colorado legislatures on Election Day 2012, the balance of power between Republicans and Democrats was largely unchanged.
U.S. House Democrats Tuesday ratcheted up the pressure on the looming "fiscal cliff," filing a petition to force a vote on a Senate tax bill.
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer delivered a brief keynote address at the Western Governors Association, though just two of her 19 colleagues showed up to hear it.
Ten of 11 U.S. gubernatorial races up for grabs had been decided as of Wednesday, with only Washington state's race still undecided, election results showed.
There were no surprises Tuesday in Utah where Mitt Romney carried the state's six electoral votes and Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, was elected to a seventh term.
A conservative political activist in Utah charged with rape has been found dead in the cabin where he allegedly assaulted two victims, police said.
A wind-whipped wildfire near Saratoga Springs and Eagle Mountain in Utah has driven more than 9,000 people from their homes, authorities said.
The governors of Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and Nevada say they want work together to get land, energy and water issues addressed on a national level.
Women seeking an abortion in Utah will have to wait 72 hours before a doctor can perform the procedure under a bill signed Tuesday by Gov. Gary Herbert.
Hundreds of protesters urged Utah Gov. Gary Herbert to veto a bill that would forbid school districts to teach use of contraceptives.
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