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UNITED UTAH PARTY PROVIDES SHARP CONTRAST TO GOP CONVENTION

UUP Chair agrees with GOP Chair about Republican “metal fatigue”
 

 

WEST VALLEY CITY, UT – After a bitterly divisive State Republican Convention, United Utah Party Chair Richard Davis noted that, at least on one point, he fully agrees with State GOP Chair Rob Anderson.

 

“Rob said his party is suffering from ‘metal fatigue,’ like an obsolete aircraft that could fall out of the sky at any moment,” Davis said. “I think that’s a perfect metaphor not only for the state of the Utah Republican Party, but the whole broken two-party system.”

 

Davis noted that the divisions that have divided the GOP for the past four years show no signs of healing, even in the wake of a decisive federal court decision that reaffirmed the compromise measure that allows a dual path for candidates to get on a primary ballot.

 

“It’s a sad commentary on the state of Republican leadership that Mitt Romney, the most popular politician in the state, is being forced into an expensive closed primary that non-Republican taxpayers will be forced to pay for,” Davis said. “Everyone knows he’s going to win both the primary and the general election, but he’s been rejected by a majority of Republican delegates, which speaks volumes about the kind of extremism in the Utah GOP.”

 

Davis said that the UUP Convention next week will provide a stark contrast to the contentious Republican gathering.

 

“At our convention, all party members are delegates,” Davis said. “While the Republican leadership is eager and willing to defy the majority of their own members, we want to be as inclusive and responsive as possible.”

 

The UUP state convention will be held at 10:00 AM on April 28 at Midvale Middle School in Midvale. Three federal candidates for the UUP will be officially nominated. The new party has 19 candidates running for office throughout the state.

 

“People don’t want a party with metal fatigue,” Davis said. “More and more of them are finding a new political home in the United Utah Party.”. 

More information is available at the United Utah Party website unitedutah.org.

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 JANUARY - MARCH 2018 QUARTERLY MILK PRODUCTION   MOUNTAIN REGION HIGHLIGHTS 

 

Arizona dairy herds produced 1.34 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, up 3.0 percent from the previous year.  

 

Colorado dairy herds produced 1.09 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, up 8.6 percent from the previous year.  

 

Montana dairy herds produced 70.0 million pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, down 1.4 percent from the previous year. 

 

New Mexico dairy herds produced 2.11 billion pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, up 3.4 percent from the previous year.  

 

Utah dairy herds produced 552.0 million pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, up 6.8 percent from the previous year.  

 

Wyoming dairy herds produced 34.8 million pounds of milk during the January - March quarter, unchanged from the previous year.  UNITED STATES HIGHLIGHTS 

 

Nationally, U.S. milk production during the January - March quarter totaled 54.4 billion pounds, up 1.5 percent from the January - March quarter last year. 

 

Mountain Region Quarterly Milk Production by State and United States January – March 2018 

State 

Quarterly Milk Production Change From 2016 201 7 2018 1  million pounds million pounds Percent Arizona  ......................................... Colorado  ....................................... Montana  ........................................ New Mexico  .................................. Utah ............................................... Wyoming  ...................................... 

 

United States  ................................ 

1,297.0 1,003.0 71.0 2,042.0 517.0 34.8 

 

53,562.0 

1,336.0 1,089.0 70.0 2,111.0 552.0 34.8 

 

54,385.0 

3.0 8.6 -1.4 3.4 6.8 - 

 

1.5 

 - Represents less than 0.5%  1 Preliminary 

 

 

For complete results of the Milk Production report go to www.nass.usda.gov. 

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With graduation season nearly upon us, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on 2018’s Best & Worst Entry-Level Jobs.

To take stock of the first-timer employment landscape, WalletHub compared more than 100 different types of entry-level positions based on 13 key metrics. The data set ranges from median starting salary to projected job growth by 2026 to median tenure with employer.
 

Best Entry-Level Jobs

 

Worst Entry-Level Jobs

1.

Systems Engineer I

 

100.

Sheetmetal Mechanic I

 

2.

Engineer I

 

101.

Refinery Operator I

 

3.

Electrical Engineer I

 

102.

Automotive Mechanic I

 

4.

Hardware Engineer I

 

103.

Aircraft Painter I

 

5.

Web Applications Developer I

 

104.

Building Inspector

 

6.

Health, and Safety Engineer I

 

105.

Tool and Die Maker I

 

7.

Electronics Engineer I

 

106.

Carpenter I

 

8.

Certified Nursing Assistant

 

107.

Boilermaker I

 

9.

Industrial Engineer I

 

108.

Floor Assembler I

 

10.

Architect I

 

109.

Welder I

 

• Tax attorneys have the highest median starting salary, $96,247, which is 5.9 times higher than that of a college teaching assistant, the job with the lowest at $16,314.
   
• Employee-relations specialists have the highest income growth potential, 6.2, which is 3.4 times higher than that of a bank teller, the job with the lowest at 1.8.
   
• Benefits administrators have the longest median tenure with their employers, 6.3 years, which is two times higher than that of a certified occupational therapist assistant, the job with the shortest at 3.1 years.
   
• Certified occupational therapist assistants have the highest projected job growth by 2026, 28.9 percent.
   
• Although web-application developers are among the 10 best entry-level jobs, computer operators have the grimmest job outlook, with 22.8 percent of jobs in the field projected to be cut by 2026.

 
For the full report, please visit:
https://wallethub.com/edu/best-entry-level-jobs/3716/  

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