At age 16 and barely licensed, I drove my mom’s car, an aging, mouse-brown Chevrolet sedan. When I was 18, my parents bought me a used Dodge sedan of my own. When I think of those cars today, I think of cruising the suburbs with the windows down. Of driving too fast down our town’s quiet streets to make curfew at night. Of playing country music loud and singing along. Of that fiercely steep learning curve that is young adulthood.
When I was 24 and in February of 2004, I bought a 2002 Toyota 4Runner from a car dealership in Minnesota near where I grew up and run by a family friend. I used mostly my own money but pretty much all of my dad’s negotiation skills. I was living–and running–in Texas at that time, so my parents road tripped my new rig to Austin to hand over the reins and to cheer me on in the
Deb Haaland would be the first Native American cabinet secretary
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In Indian Country, tears, hope and defiance over nomination of first Native Cabinet secretary Darryl Fears, Dana Hedgpeth, Reid Singer © Joshua Roberts/Getty Images The nominee for interior secretary, Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), speaks after President-elect Joe Biden announced his climate and energy appointments. (Photo by Joshua Roberts/Getty Images) BERNALILLO, N.M. In her little home office
, a cubbyhole in an apartment north of Albuquerque, Phoebe Suina was listening to the start of yet another presentation on a long Zoom call. Then suddenly the speaker’s eyes teared up and her voice shook as she shared news: President-elect Joe Biden had selected Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.), a Pueblo Indian like herself and most of the 20 people on the call, to become interior secretary.
Creation of new national uranium reserve could mean jobs in Utah, but is the environmental cost too high? Zak Podmore © Provided by Salt Lake Tribune (Courtesy of Rep. John Curtis) Rep. John Curtis (right), R-Utah, shakes hands with an employee at Energy Fuels White Mesa uranium mill in September 2019. Some $75 million for a reserve uranium was included in the massive spending bill passed by Congress this week.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, which funds $900 billion in coronavirus relief and appropriates $1.4 trillion in government spending, also would create a U.S. uranium reserve that was recommended earlier this year by the Trump-appointed Nuclear Fuel Working Group.
As he leaves office, Gov. Herbert reflects on an improbable journey
As he prepares to leave office, Governor Gary Herbert said the feeling is bittersweet.
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SALT LAKE CITY â As he prepares to leave office, Governor Gary Herbert said the feeling is bittersweet.
But he told FOX 13 in an interview on Monday he did not expect to be governor. Itâs been an improbable journey. Not one that Iâve planned on, or counted on, or even prepared for, from that standpoint, Gov. Herbert said. But itâs been an exciting journey nonetheless but one that Iâm very glad I was able to take.
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