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sltrib, 5 months ago to random

The Utah Supreme Court ruled Thursday that under the U.S. Constitution’s Fifth Amendment protection against self-incrimination, you don’t have to help law enforcement access your devices, even if they have a judge’s permission to do so.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/12/15/do-you-need-give-cops-your

sltrib, 7 months ago to random

Tara Lipsyncki talks about advocating for LGBTQ+ people, telling stories and standing up to bullies.
https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/2023/09/28/how-utah-drag-queen-wrote-book/

sltrib, 8 months ago to random

A Utah judge has granted the state unprecedented access to the private medical records of two transgender minors — including any of their counseling and mental health reports and specifically any documents about when they started puberty.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/09/12/private-medical-records/

sltrib, 3 months ago to random

University of Utah faculty vented their frustrations Monday over the state’s rollback of diversity efforts across public education — with one professor saying it’s “planting the flag of hatred."
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2024/02/07/university-utah-professors-say/

sltrib, 3 months ago to random

Tim Ballard, founder of the anti-trafficking group Operation Underground Railroad, will speak at next month’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., despite facing criminal investigations and multiple lawsuits alleging he sexually abused and assaulted a string of women.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/01/29/tim-ballard-speak-conservative/

sltrib, 1 year ago to random

There’s no county in Utah where people working a minimum wage job can work a standard 40-hour week and make enough to afford even a modest studio.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/05/19/minimum-wage-workers-utah-cant/

sltrib, 5 months ago to random

Sen. Mike Lee has introduced legislation calling for the United States to withdraw from the United Nations because he says the supranational organization usurps U.S. sovereignty and is a “voice for Marxism.”
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/12/07/sen-mike-lee-wants-us-sever-ties/

sltrib, 8 months ago to random

Even if you’re young and healthy, the Great Salt Lake's dust pollution can have long-term consequences.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2023/09/19/heres-what-great-salt-lakes-dust/

sltrib, 4 months ago to random

At least three Republican state lawmakers are working on proposals that could target college diversity offices and hiring efforts. The measures are in line with comments made by Gov. Spencer Cox.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2024/01/08/what-we-know-so-far-about-anti-dei/

sltrib, 5 months ago to random

Read exactly what early LDS church and state leaders said about race and slavery thanks to a new public database packed with primary sources, many available for the first time ever.
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2023/12/01/new-website-slavery-early-utah/

sltrib, 1 month ago to random

After pinpointing ski wax as the culprit, Park City enacted a ban on the sale and use of fluorowax. It’s one of the few places in the world to take that step. Yet the ban can only stretch so far in a resort town that attracts people from around the world.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/environment/2024/04/15/skis-snow-forever-chemicals-water/

sltrib, 5 months ago to random

Audio recordings obtained by The Associated Press provide unprecedented insight into how the LDS Church employs a multitiered risk management playbook that has helped keep child sexual abuse cases in the church secret.
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/local/2023/12/04/recordings-show-how-lds-church/

sltrib, 6 months ago to random

Crews this week began installing the miniature shelters that will make up Salt Lake City’s first sanctioned homeless camp, but the question of who will oversee the site this winter still looms.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/11/03/slcs-first-legal-homeless-camp/

sltrib, 6 months ago to random

Utah Sen. Mike Lee, who tried to help Donald Trump overturn the 2020 election, took campaign donations from fake electors in Arizona.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/11/21/utah-sen-mike-lee-took-campaign/

sltrib, 3 months ago to random

Days after a short trip to Texas’ border with Mexico, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is deploying members of the Utah National Guard and Utah Highway Patrol to the southern border, the governor’s office said on Friday.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/02/09/utah-troops-are-going-texas/

sltrib, 1 month ago to random

Phil Lyman, a GOP Utah lawmaker and candidate for governor, quickly used Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse to boost his gubernatorial campaign by blaming the accident on efforts to make workplaces more diverse.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/03/26/baltimore-bridge-collapse-caused/

sltrib, 4 months ago to random

After four years of fieldwork, the Rural Utah Project announced it completed providing more than 3,000 Navajo Nation homes with addresses.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/01/09/how-technology-deployed-somalia/

sltrib, 6 months ago to random

Beneath the desert floor in Millard County – where the tallest thing is sagebrush – there are caves taller than the Empire State Building and wide enough to hold a small lake.

The caves soon will be filled with hydrogen produced from solar energy. One day they could supply about a 10th of Los Angeles’ electricity, as well as power thousands of Utah homes and businesses.

https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/11/08/how-an-odd-feature-below-utahs/

sltrib, 1 month ago to random

NWSL fan groups have made statements calling Utah’s jerseys — which feature the name of a local credit union — racist and hateful.
https://www.sltrib.com/sports/royals/2024/03/26/why-nwsl-supporter-groups-are/

sltrib, 4 months ago to random

Two Utah GOP lawmakers have proposed bills for the 2024 legislative session aimed at distinguishing what spaces transgender people can — and can’t — enter.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2024/01/11/can-utah-say-where-transgender/

sltrib, 23 days ago to random

Less than 12 hours after students protesters were violently disbanded by police, University of Utah President Taylor Randall said the school will continue to “enforce the rule of law” with encampments.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2024/04/30/university-utah-president-vows/

sltrib, 11 days ago to random

More and more Latter-day Saint parents say they no longer believe in a “sad heaven” without their queer children.
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/05/12/lds-parents-lgbtq-kids-david

sltrib, 10 days ago to random

Utah's latest plan will pump $300 million into discount loans for construction of up to 35,000 “attainable” houses within five years.
https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/05/13/utah-launches-all-out-push-build

sltrib, 14 days ago to random

This year, Slow Food USA awarded Hunt & Gather its Snail of Approval, which recognizes the restaurant’s work in sourcing, environmental impact, cultural connection, community involvement, staff support and business values.
https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/food/2024/05/09/i-drove-213-miles-across-utah-this/

sltrib, 6 days ago to random

New disclosures to federal regulators by the LDS Church's investment arm, Ensign Peak Advisors, show its holdings in stocks, mutual funds and other investments grew to $54.7 billion as of late March.
https://www.sltrib.com/religion/2024/05/17/lds-churchs-huge-stock-portfolio/