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No Veto for Radioactive Waste Bill

By Jenny Brundin

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Salt Lake City, UT – Lawmakers are racing towards tonight's midnight deadline to finalize a 10-point-7 billion dollar budget. $900 million dollars in new spending was approved yesterday for roads, schools and other programs. But first -- last night, Governor Jon Huntsman refused to sign or veto a bill allowing the controversial expansion of a radioactive waste dump in Utah's West Desert. KUER's Jenny Brundin reports.

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