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The move follows calls from tribal nations, Indigenous community leaders and others for the permanent protection of nearly 120,000 acres of important cultural and environmental land ..read more
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Legislators left it up to each school district to decide how it would communicate the changes. Some have held classroom presentations. Others have sent home fact sheets or met privately with families who might be affected ..read more
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The seven-hour protest in President's Circle, including a tent encampment, was later dispersed by police late into the evening. Seventeen protestors were arrested, according to the University of Utah ..read more
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After nearly 17 hours, the Utah GOP nominating convention concluded with some surprises along the way ..read more
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3d ago
Even though Lyman garnered over 67% of the final delegate vote, Gov. Spencer Cox will still appear in the June 25 primary after gathering the required signatures ..read more
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5d ago
Observers are closely watching whether the eventual replacement for Romney ends up being a moderate Republican or someone who leans farther right ..read more
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Arkansas and Tennessee filed the lawsuit in federal court April 25, calling the new rules an illegal interpretation of a 2022 federal law ..read more
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After the city council voted to allow alcohol, a last ditch effort to put the issue on the ballot fell just short of the signatures needed ..read more
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The 1990 Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is set to expire in June. Now, Congress — and Utah’s delegation — is grappling over whether to expand or merely extend the program ..read more
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The Biden administration is moving to let conservationists lease government land for restoration. It's part of an effort to make conservation an “equal” to other uses of public lands such as drilling and livestock grazing ..read more