(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) – 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 […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Drama continues to build around Utah’s new Social Media Youth laws. A second lawsuit was filed on Tuesday claiming the Utah Social Media Regulation Act is unconstitutional, claiming the age verification requirement is in violation of the law. Congress was trying to push back the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Transgender bathroom rights will be voted on in the Utah house. The bill is sponsored by GOP representative Kera Birkeland and prohibits anyone from using the opposite sex restroom in government owned buildings unless they have legally amended their sex on their birth certificate. This […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox wants to make it easier for qualified behavioral health workers to become licensed in the state. The governor presented the results of the first year’s research to review of professional licensing for behavioral health professionals and released the recommended changes to the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s 2024 legislative session gets underway one week from today. Lawmakers will be back at the State Capitol building in Salt Lake City next Tuesday with hundreds of bills already ready to review. Among the topics expected to come up in education include banning cell […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah state representative wants to pay farmers to send some of their water to the Great Salt Lake. Democratic Representative Doug Owens is proposing “split season leasing,” which offers to pay farmers for not growing late-season crops and in exchange, they’d send the water […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new state law that aims to make online dating services and dating apps safer for users took effect Monday. House Bill 18 was sponsored by Representative Angela Romero after she read a Brigham Young University study that shed light on sexual predators using dating […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill is being drafted that’s designed to stop high school teachers from grooming their students for sexual relationships. This bill started when one young woman in Utah tried to report her high school teacher after the two had a sexual relationship while she was […]
