1,000 e-bike vouchers are available for Salt Lake County residents (www.sltrib.com)
The Utah Clean Air Partnership (UCAIR) and Magnum Bikes launched an e-bike voucher program on June 23, 2023.
Utah gay rodeo returns after 19 years, brings competition, belonging to queer country community (www.sltrib.com)
The Utah Gay Rodeo Association’s multiday “Crossroads of the West” regional rodeo in Ogden last weekend featured all the same trappings as a “traditional” rodeo. Similar competitions. Similar outfits — jeans, crisp button-up shirts, cowboy hats. The groomed dirt and manure gave off the same earthy, stinky-sweet...
Utah school board reverses Bible ban and calls out lawmakers who attacked the district (www.sltrib.com)
Members of the Davis School District’s school board voted to return the religious text to library shelves for students of all ages after controversy over the decision.
Utah takes first step to challenge rule requiring cleaner coal power (www.sltrib.com)
Utah has filed a petition to review the Ozone Transfer Rule, an EPA proposal to limit how much Utah's power plants affect Colorado's air.
Train connecting Las Vegas, Boise to Salt Lake City may be studied in fall (www.sltrib.com)
Utah transportation officials unveiled plans to state lawmakers Wednesday that call for evaluating the idea of a Boise-Las Vegas rail service that could stop in Salt Lake City.
Tribune Editorial: Utah’s congressmen take a stand against democracy (www.sltrib.com)
Every democracy carries within it the seeds of its own destruction. Every free and fair election could be a state’s or a nation’s last. That’s because whatever party or faction won the last election may take advantage of its power to make sure it cannot possibly lose the next one....
Great Salt Lake’s dust melted Utah’s ‘greatest snow on earth’ more than two weeks early in 2022 (www.sltrib.com)
A study conducted in Utah reveals that the region is experiencing a new "dust on snow regime." Darkened snow melted 17 days earlier than usual in the winter of 2022. This rapid runoff poses problems for water supply systems and ski industries, and also increases the risk of wildfires as drying forests become more susceptible....
Utahns to replace Rep. Chris Stewart this fall after Legislature approves condensed election timeline (www.sltrib.com)
The Utah Legislature approved a condensed special election timeline and nearly $2.5 million dollars to fund that election during a special legislative session on Wednesday afternoon. Without changing the election dates, Stewart’s seat could remain empty until next spring.
Does Utah need (or want) a sixth national park? (www.sltrib.com)
Utah lawmakers are notoriously resistant to ceding any land to federal control, but supporters say it could help with Great Salt Lake conservation efforts.
Read the full LDS Church letter on political participation and straight-ticket voting (www.sltrib.com)
‘Those cleanups, they’re not pretty’: Mendenhall talks homeless camps, affordable housing in extended reelection bid interview (www.sltrib.com)
Mendenhall vs. Anderson on homelessness in SLC....
La lotta di un genitore dello Utah che afferma che la Bibbia contiene materiale pornografico e dovrebbe essere rimossa dalle biblioteche scolastiche. (www.sltrib.com)
Il genitore scrive che il libro dovrebbe essere considerato indecente ai sensi della nuova legge dello Utah che vieta i libri contrari alla moralità, dopo aver visto gli altri titoli che sono stati ritirati....
