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Utah's transgender youth are going under the microscope again this legislative session. One bill would make changes for gender-affirming care patients grandfathered in under the state ban adopted in 2023. It also seeks to refute recommendations from the Department of Health and Human Services.

A December report from the conservative Sutherland Institute found a deepening disconnect between men and boys and important issues like mental health and feeling connected to their communities.

A large snowmaking upgrade has come in handy at Nordic Valley, but the resort is still hiring staff after many part-timers left for more reliable work.

Solo la mitad de los estudiantes de tercer grado en Utah están leyendo al nivel de su grado. El gobernador Spencer Cox cree que tener una ley para hacer que los estudiantes con dificultades en lectura repitan el grado ayudaría a aumentar ese número.

The online tradwife movement highlights traditional women’s roles, including homemaking and childrearing. It has also garnered feminist critique. But a Mormon studies researcher believes that tradwives and feminists are actually finding very different solutions to the same problems.

The Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute has reduced its Washington County future population forecast. That could have ripple effects for southwest Utah’s water needs.

“We need to hold Davis County School District accountable for this severe institutional betrayal of our daughters,” one of the parents in the lawsuit told KUER.

The proposals range from taking "no action" to a scenario that might result in water cuts to the lower basin states of California, Nevada and Arizona. One alternative developed in partnership with conservation groups would incentivize proactive conservation of the river.

For thousands of Venezuelans living in the U.S., the removal of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro by the Trump administration is “a first step, but we’re nervous,” said Alejandra Salima, who fled to the states three years ago.