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State Baseball Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk

State Baseball Bill Heads To Governor’s Desk

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are sending an amended bill for a Fairpark area investment district to Gov. Spencer Cox for his signature. The so-called Major League Baseball bill passed the Utah Senate yesterday. The bill makes possible the construction of a MLB stadium in the advent of […]

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Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Begins

Utah Fits All Scholarship Program Begins

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s largest school voucher program is underway. After a brief website shutdown, the Utah Fits All Scholarship Program site was running within 15 minutes of its planned launch time. Five-thousand K-thru-12 students will be receiving eight-thousand dollars of state money to go toward private education. […]

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Lake Mead Named Deadliest National Park

Lake Mead Named Deadliest National Park

(St. George, UT) — A new study places Lake Mead as the deadliest National Park in the U.S. over the past ten years. The study was done by personal injury company Connecticut Trial Firm and took data information from the Public Risk Management Program. A spokesperson for the park told […]

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Bill Would Require Utah Hunters, Others To Wear Orange

Bill Would Require Utah Hunters, Others To Wear Orange

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill making its way through the Utah legislature would require hunters, hikers, and other people enjoying outdoor activities to wear orange. House Bill 222 would make orange clothing a requirement in certain wildlife management areas to reduce the risk of hunting accidents. The bill […]

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Political School Flag Ban Fails In The State House

Political School Flag Ban Fails In The State House

(Salt Lake City, UT) — The bill that would have banned flags deemed political or religious failed in the house. Lawmakers felt the terms of what is and not political was not defined well enough to pass and did not want to “silence” teachers. The bill did however define LGBTQ-plus […]

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Republicans Pass Calendar Blocking Bill After AG Reyes Case

Republicans Pass Calendar Blocking Bill After AG Reyes Case

(Salt Lake City, UT) — State Republicans have passed a bill that will keep state employees calendars private regardless of if it is state business. This comes after a judge ruled that Attorney General Sean Reyes’ state calendars are subject to the open-records law and must be turned over to […]

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Rep. Dan Johnson Has Medical Incident In House Chamber

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Representative Dan Johnson suffered a medical incident in the House chamber yesterday afternoon. First responders were called to the scene, and officials say Johnson is now receiving care. No details on the type of medical episode Johnson suffered have been released. Back in January, […]

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No Injuries After Ski Lift Evacuation

No Injuries After Ski Lift Evacuation

(Brian Head, UT) — Everyone is okay after a southern Utah ski resort chair lift malfunctioned over the weekend. Officials at Brian Head Resort say Lift 2 stopped working on Sunday with about 180 people in the chairs. Ski patrol was brought out to start bringing down the stranded riders […]

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Candidates Slugging It Out On Possible MLB Stadium

Candidates Slugging It Out On Possible MLB Stadium

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is in a slugfest with his opponents over a potential new MLB stadium. At issue is the possibility of new tax increases that would go with it. The latest version of the baseball bill, HB 562 shows that the Fairpark Area Investment […]

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Utah Medicaid To Provide Free Meds Amid Outage

Utah Medicaid To Provide Free Meds Amid Outage

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Medicaid has advised pharmacies to provide free medication to 17-thousand Medicaid members amid a cyber outage. The outage has caused issues with prescription information, and the medication will be given to high-risk patients who need it to survive. Officials say the outage is expected […]

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