(Salt Lake City, UT) — Former Democratic Utah senator Karen Mayne has died at age 78. She began her 15-year career in the state senate in 2008, and resigned last January citing health concerns. Senate President J. Stuart Adams says that Utah has lost an extraordinary stateswoman, calling Mayne a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Officials say abortion care will remain legal in Utah for now. The state Supreme Court allowed a preliminary injunction that blocks the Legislature’s near-total abortion ban to stay in place yesterday. Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and Utah Democrats reacted positively to the ruling. In […]
(Washington, DC) — A Texas law that forces adult entertainment websites to verify the age of its users will go before the U.S. Supreme Court. The case has possible implications for Utah which has a similar law. Opponents to the law say it violates free speech. Texas passed its legislation […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — With graduation season nearing, Latinos, LGBTQ students, Pacific Islanders and others are considering how to proceed with celebrations marking the end of their undergraduate years at many Utah universities because of HB 261. Utah Commissioner of Higher Education Geoffrey Landward says his office is working […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Governor Spencer Cox has signed House Bill 84 into law, which makes silent alarms a requirement in schools across the state. The alarms can be triggered in the event of a mass shooting, which alerts police and first responders as quickly as possible. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — In the latest session Governor Cox has vetoed seven bills, the second most in at least the past quarter century. The majority of them were denied because he believed it was unnecessary to craft legislation around the items proposed. In total five-hundred 55 bills were […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox has signed a bill that adds the Ten Commandments and Magna Carta to Utah public school history studies. Cox signing House Bill 269, also called Public School History Curricula Amendments, which means the two historical documents will be taught to students alongside […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Cox has signed a bill into law making it easier to ban books. The bill was one of 72 signed. It now takes less than ten-percent of Utah Schools, including charters, to trigger a statewide book ban. The ban can be appealed if the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah bill affecting homeless shelters is still not law as it awaits Governor Cox’s signature. HB421 was passed during the recent legislative session. This legislation is called the Homelessness and Vulnerable Populations Amendments. Once signed, the bill requires homeless resource centers wanting state funding […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The latest legislative session has brought on about 70 bills affecting the education system in Utah. One bill would make it easier to ban books in schools if passed by Governor Cox. Another would make it easier to open microschools and allow parents to apply […]
