SALT LAKE CITY -- The Legislature has approved the use of eminent domain to reclaim certain resource-rich parcels of federal land in Utah.

SALT LAKE CITY -- New water supplies, including the Bear River, will be needed to quench the thirst of fast-growing suburbs around Salt Lake City in the coming decades, according to a state report released Tuesday.

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah House has rejected a bill that would have prevented school boards from paying teachers who miss work while performing certain union duties.

Lawmakers voted 34-25 against Senate Bill 77 Tuesday.

The bill was amended on the floor of the House to include a number of loopholes through which teachers could qualify for paid leave.

But those exceptions didn't satisfy the bill's critics, who called it a one-size-fits-all approach that wouldn't work when applied to a diverse body of school districts.

SALT LAKE CITY -- A Clearfield lawmaker still has hopes his plan to ban affirmative action by changing the Utah Constitution will get a floor vote in the Utah House, but time grows short as the 2010 session nears its end.