The recently elected Associated Students of the University of Utah leadership has started to address a variety of issues, the most pressing being to unite members of the GO and Revolution parties within the new student government.

The Utah Legislature passed a bill on Thursday evening that will inflict severe penalties for drivers caught text messaging while driving.

The Utah Legislature amended a bill that would have offered a 5-percent tax credit for students to be used toward tuition and mandatory student fees.

About $10 million was eliminated from the U School of Medicine's budget because of a state health department funding error, but the money won't be reinstated even if the state wins the appeals process8212;which could mean the medical school won't enroll as many students.

The David Eccles School of Business received a $23 million bond from the Utah Legislature Thursday, hours before the legislative session ended for the year, allowing construction of a new business building to begin immediately.

The recently signed federal stimulus bill, endorsed strongly by President Barack Obama, will help ease the $46 million budget cut the U will experience beginning next year.

Toadally Frogs, the newest exhibit at the Utah Museum of Natural History, opens Saturday.

In light of the death of Joseph Montgomery, a U student who was killed last week after crossing in front of a TRAX train, UTA is urging riders not to sacrifice safety to be on time.

The FBI is working with the U Police Department to investigate neo-Nazi propaganda handed out with copies of The Daily Utah Chronicle.

On March 2, Montgomery, 19, was skateboarding from the Midvale TRAX station across 95 W. Center Street, when a train hit him at about 6 p.m. He was taken to Intermountain Medical Center in serious condition, but died four days later.