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Embrace clean air standards

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:01:04 MDT

Embrace clean air standards

By jeff miller

Updated May 18, 2013 01:01AM MDT

As a local Subaru dealer who works with one of the greenest brands in the nation, our air quality has become a major concern. The good news, however, is that new federal standards that could help dramatically improve our community’s air are being supported by a surprising alliance of car manufacturers and public health groups. Last winter, Wasatch Front residents struggled through 22 days of dangerously polluted air. Polluted air worsens breathing problems, shortens lives and especially jeopard...

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Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

Fri, 17 May 2013 21:13:08 MDT

Treasury officials told of IRS probe in June 2012

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press

Updated May 17, 2013 09:13PM MDT

Washington • Senior Treasury officials were made aware in June 2012 that investigators were looking into complaints from tea party groups that they were being harassed by the Internal Revenue Service, a Treasury inspector general said Friday, disclosing that Obama administration officials knew there was a probe during the heat of the presidential campaign. J. Russell George, the Treasury inspector general for tax administration, testified alongside ousted IRS head Steven Miller, who did little ...

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Ousted IRS chief regrets treatment of tea party

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:34:40 MDT

Ousted IRS chief regrets treatment of tea party

By ALAN FRAM and STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press

Updated May 17, 2013 10:34AM MDT

WASHINGTON • The ousted head of the Internal Revenue Service apologized to Congress on Friday for his agency’s tougher treatment of tea party and other conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. He said they resulted from a misguided effort to handle a flood of applications, not political bias. “I want to apologize on behalf of the Internal Revenue Service for the mistakes that we made and the poor service we provided,” Steven Miller, who has been acting IRS commissioner, told the House Ways...

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IRS chief ousted over tea party scandal

Wed, 15 May 2013 22:19:10 MDT

IRS chief ousted over tea party scandal

By Matt Canham The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 15, 2013 10:19PM MDT

Washington • President Barack Obama removed the Internal Revenue Service’s acting commissioner Wednesday in reaction to a growing scandal over the targeting of conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status. Conservatives, including Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, had pressed the president to demand the resignation of Steven Miller, who was aware of the IRS’ inappropriate political filter during the 2012 election and withheld the information from GOP lawmakers. “It is important to institute new leader...

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Obama: IRS acting commissioner being ousted

Wed, 15 May 2013 17:41:05 MDT

Obama: IRS acting commissioner being ousted

By JIM KUHNHENN The Associated Press

Updated May 15, 2013 05:41PM MDT

Washington • President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced the ouster of the top official at the Internal Revenue Service following disclosures that the agency targeted conservative political groups. Obama, who has been criticized for appearing passive in his response to the matter, declared, “I am angry about it” and said the American people had a right to be angry as well. Before announcing the departure of Acting IRS Commissioner Steven Miller, Obama conferred with top officials from the Trea...

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IRS commissioner ousted over tea party targeting

Fri, 17 May 2013 10:33:20 MDT

IRS commissioner ousted over tea party targeting

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press

Updated May 17, 2013 10:33AM MDT

Washington • Hurrying to check a growing controversy, President Barack Obama ousted the acting commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service late Wednesday amid an outcry over revelations that the agency had improperly targeted tea party groups for scrutiny when they filed for tax-exempt status. Obama said Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew had asked for and accepted Steven T. Miller’s resignation. Obama made no public criticism of Miller but spoke of inexcusable “misconduct” by IRS employees and said ...

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Americana Music Association announces nominees for 2013 awards

Tue, 14 May 2013 15:52:02 MDT

Americana Music Association announces nominees for 2013 awards

The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 14, 2013 03:52PM MDT

The Americana Music Association announced nominees today for the 2013 Honors & Awards in Los Angeles at the Grammy Museum. The ceremony featured performances by now-nominated artists Buddy Miller and Jim Lauderdale, T Bone Burnett with Lisa Marie Presley, Elizabeth Cook and The Milk Carton Kids. The program was broadcast live on AXS TV, who will present a special encore presentation of the event later this evening at 7 p.m. Mountain time. Shovels & Rope, with four nominations, followed b...

IRS chief: Agency lacked sensitivity in screenings

Tue, 14 May 2013 18:52:55 MDT

IRS chief: Agency lacked sensitivity in screenings

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press

Updated May 14, 2013 06:52PM MDT

WASHINGTON • The IRS acting chief acknowledged Tuesday that the agency demonstrated “a lack of sensitivity” in its screenings of political groups seeking tax-exempt status, but he said those mistakes won’t be repeated. In his first public comment on the case, Steven Miller said there was “a shortcut taken in our processes” for determining which groups needed special screening. Miller has emerged as a key figure in the controversy over the IRS’ singling out of conservative groups for extra scruti...

Cycling: Tour of Utah confirms 10 entries

Sat, 11 May 2013 00:16:40 MDT

Cycling: Tour of Utah confirms 10 entries

By Chris kamrani The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 11, 2013 12:16AM MDT

To no surprise, the 2013 Larry H. Miller Tour of Utah looks to be stacked. Ten professional cycling teams have accepted invitations to compete in the event scheduled on Aug. 6-11. Headlining five of those squads are Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) ProTeams, which are all currently competing at the Giro d’Italia, one of the three Grand Tours of the UCI WorldTour. In all, seven countries will be represented for teams competing in the 2013 Larry H. Tour of Utah and eight of the 10 teams will be...

Bountiful woman made aviation history in 1963

Sun, 05 May 2013 18:19:55 MDT

Bountiful woman made aviation history in 1963

By TOM WHARTON The Salt Lake Tribune

Updated May 5, 2013 06:19PM MDT

Bountiful • While most history buffs know the story of Amelia Earhart becoming the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932 and about her mysterious disappearance on a around-the-world flight in 1937, only a few have discovered the story of the first female to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean. That woman’s name is Betty Miller, who now resides in Bountiful and who learned to fly at Wendover’s historic airfield in the early 1950s. Unlike Earhart, who was accompanied by navigator Fre...