Utah's 4-day workweek to be evaluated in October
The one-year pilot program under which state employees work 10 hours a day, four days a week was set to expire in August. But state lawmakers were told it will take another couple of months before utility bills can be analyzed to determine how much money is being saved by closing one day a week.
Gov. Jon Huntsman had set a $3 million energy savings goal for the program, but administration officials say that likely won't be met.
Lawmakers were told it's necessary to review a year's worth of utility bills to account for fluctuations in energy prices and temperatures.
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New bill would close loophole that left hundreds of Kentucky miners with cold checks
HARLAN, KY - Following the high-profile bankruptcy of a coal company that left hundreds of Kentucky miners with bad checks last month, Sen. Johnny Ray Turner (D-Prestonsburg) said he will pre-file a bill Thursday aimed at closing a loophole that allowed the company to operate in violation of state law.
The bill would also compel state agencies to determine whether other companies are currently in violation of the law, and could revoke mining permits if the companies don't comply.
Turner's bill would amend an already-existing law that requires coal and construction companies that have been operating in Kentucky for less than five…
