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The #BacontoPayson campaign successfully brought back Ren McCormack for one last dance — and an opportunity to build resource kits for Utah youth in need.
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Utah State Board of Education member Natalie Cline faced calls to resign after lawmakers said she bullied a student on social media has lost her nomination for reelection. She needed at least 40% of the delegate votes at the Salt Lake County Republican Convention, but fell short of that threshold Saturday.
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Across the country, book bans and attempted bans have soared to the highest levels in decades.
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Nelson is nearing his 100th birthday and delivered pre-recorded closing remarks Sunday at the twice-annual Salt Lake City conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Religious scholars say his tenure has been anything but stagnant.
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The Utah Department of Corrections is under fire for discriminating against a transgender inmate who the U.S. Department of Justice said was driven to harm herself after she was repeatedly denied hormone therapy.
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Utah lawmakers passed a recording-breaking 591 bills during the 2024 legislative session. Gov. Spencer Cox has until March 21 to either sign or veto them. If he does neither, the laws automatically go into effect.
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Utah teachers will be free to display LGBTQ+ Pride flags and other social, political or religious imagery. The Republican-led chamber shot down the proposal during the final week of the 2024 legislative session.
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The bill would prohibit Utah teachers from hanging a pride flag in their classroom and ban other things viewed as endorsing a specific “political or social belief.”
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Contentious bills were once again taken up in the opening weeks of the legislative session, a move we can expect more of in the future.
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Senate President Stuart Adams and Senate Minority Leader Luz Escamilla appeared together during Senate media availability to present a united front. When asked about impeachment, Adams said “I think we're looking at those issues.”
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Much like they did last year, Utah’s supermajority legislature front-loaded its contentious bills to the opening days of the 45-day work session.
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Gov. Spencer Cox has signed a law that requires people to use bathrooms and locker rooms in public schools and government-owned buildings that match their sex assigned at birth.