News in Brief: A State Capital Roundup
Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt has signed a bill making illegal immigrants who graduate from the state's high schools eligible for less expensive, in-state rates on college tuition. The legislation will help give undocumented immigrants access to an affordable education, so they could be competitive in the workforce, the Republican governor said at a March 15 press conference.
Utah Gov. Mike Leavitt has signed a bill making illegal immigrants who graduate from the state's high schools eligible for less expensive, in-state rates on college tuition. The legislation will help give undocumented immigrants access to an affordable education, so they could be competitive in the workforce, the Republican governor said at a March 15 press conference.
"Given the fact that a very high percentage of our workforce in the long term will be from ethnic- minority families, we need to assure that we're providing those kinds...
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