Utah lawmakers have managed to squirrel away more money for Medicaid.

To the chagrin of Utah school districts, the Senate approved Wednesday a last-minute education funding bill that will require them to share their property tax revenue with public charter schools.

Gov. Gary Herbert's signature is the only hurdle remaining for a holiday memorializing the late Utah firearms inventor John M. Browning.

Call it another example of the law of unintended consequences.

Mercedes Pearce graduated from college last year, at age 19. She's now working at her first real job and said that she wouldn't trade her current situation for any amount of fun she could have had in high school.

For much of Utah's 45-day legislative session, conservatives have risen to support states' rights legislation, united in fiery opposition to a perceived over-reach of the federal government.