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Feature Story: Aiming For The Top In Utah

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Herbert became Utah’s chief executive in 2009 when Gov. Taking office in the midst of the Great Recession, with unemployment in Utah peaking at 8.4 What we’ve been able to accomplish in Utah measures up as good or better than anyone out there,” Herbert told BF. “Our Utah also is busy developing drought-resistant grasses.

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Miller Awards $5,000 Scholarship to Welding Student

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Miller Electric has selected Dalton Van, a skilled welder and senior at Union High School in Roosevelt, Utah, as the winner of the Weld-Mask Scholarship Sweepstakes. After purchasing a Weld-Mask compact auto-darkening lens and submitting his entry form, Van was chosen to receive a $5,000…

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Utah Valley University (UVU) Pedestrian Bridge

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Now the largest pedestrian bridge in the state, this new connection over Interstate 15 and the Union Pacific and FrontRunner rail lines is a vital connection from the Utah Transit Authority Intermodal Center to the UVU campus, which is home to more than 40,000 students. .

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Best Office/Retail/Mixed-Use: Mountain America Credit Union Office Building

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The Mountain America Credit Union (MACU) corporate headquarters is a 326,000-sq-ft, 11-story office building located just off Interstate 15 in Sandy, Utah.

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Cover Story: 2014 Business Facilities Rankings Report

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It’s no surprise that Utah and Texas, two of the business-friendliest states in the nation, round out the top three in our Best Business Climate ranking. While North Dakota must figure out a way to address its workforce availability issues in order to fully realize its economic growth potential, Utah has no such problem.

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Innovation Is Thriving In Arizona

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Furthermore, Arizona is a right-to-work state with a very low unionization rate, one of the lowest unemployment insurance tax rates in the nation, and workers compensations rates that are much lower than the national average. In 2016, U.S.

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Industry Focus: Logistics – Going With The Flow

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From New Mexico, it’s possible to reach Texas, Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma and Utah within one day’s trucking, and California markets in two days. Union Pacific and Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railway are among those serving the state and provide transportation of raw materials and finished products throughout the nation.