(Salt Lake City, UT) — Ute Tribe students are in jeopardy of losing their University tuition waivers. This comes as the Utah Legislature considers a bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion on publicly funded college campuses. Senate bill sponsor Republican Keith Grover said in a quote to the Salt Lake […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A University of Utah survey shows that people moving here from out of state is the main factor behind Utah’s population growth. Last year, 56-percent of the state’s population growth was from out-of-state transplants. In terms of which counties have seen the most population growth […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is considering being the newest state to allow natural organic reduction after death. The process consists of turning human remains into soil by mixing the remains with bacteria, like composting. Utah would potentially be the seventh state to legalize it with the Arizona legislature […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Children heading into kindergarten may soon need to be potty trained by law. GOP Representative Douglas Welton is looking to make a specific rule requiring your child is able to use the restroom to enroll in kindergarten. While no official data is collected on child […]
(Cedar City, UT) — A southern Utah school is going online while an investigation into possible carbon monoxide exposure plays out. The Iron County School District announced Canyon View Middle School would be doing remote learning yesterday and today. The decision was made after multiple people became ill following possible […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah bill that would restrict transgender people from accessing public restrooms has passed the Senate Business and Labor Committee. That means the bill is now another step closer to becoming a law. House Bill 257 will now go to the full Senate for a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s Spencer Cox is one of more than a dozen Republican governors calling on President Biden to change course on electric vehicle mandates. In a letter posted online yesterday, fifteen governors say the plan proposed by the EPA last year is unrealistic. The EPA in […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — More than a-thousand conservation activists gathered at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City on Saturday. The activists were there to advocate for the conservation of the Great Salt Lake, which has been dealing with issues from pollution and decreased water levels in recent years. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A Republican lawmaker wants to see Utah pass a bill this session that would require all the state’s public schools to display the Ten Commandments. North Logan Representative Michael Petersen says HB269 would make it mandatory for school’s to display either a poster or a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — After two hours of hearings Utah’s House Education Committee voted to push a bill that would end diversity, equity, and inclusion to the full House. The bill was voted on along party lines with Republicans voting in favor. It would “reframe” DEI offices at the […]
