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'This is not sustainable': How the child care crisis impacts Utah

Utah lawmakers want to axe some school fees, but educators aren’t on board yet

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Utah first in the nation to recognize Citizen Diplomacy Day

Which water bills are making waves this legislative session?

Infertility treatment coverage bill nears passing the Utah Legislature

These bills are poised to set the tone in Utah’s energy policy

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Utah Senate, House reach compromise on ‘sensitive materials’ bill

Bill threatens to cut cities' funding for targeting medical cannabis users

Bill that would expand MAT services to incarcerated Utahns passed chamber of origin

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Bill would authorize Medicaid to cover Indigenous healing services in Utah

Utah bill defining more opioid overdose outreach providers passes in Senate, favorably recommended in House

Legislature explores impeachment against Natalie Cline following social media comments

A bill could designate Utah’s first ‘living historic landmark.’ Here’s what it is.

Senate president says Gov. Cox should send troops to border if Texas requests

Here’s what the Utah legislature is doing to address air quality

More farmers sign up for water conservation grants, while a new bill tracks golf course water use

What do Taylor Swift and AI have to do with the Utah legislature?

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Utah lawmakers pursue resolutions to honor Salvadorans, Pacific Islanders and refugees

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Why a conservation easement is being used to preserve this Salt Lake City farm

Undocumented Utah children are now able to apply for state CHIP benefits

Just a strong, independent energy state

Bill allowing Utah to not comply with federal directives passes, with some small changes

Sen. Luz Escamilla introduces legislation to address Utah’s childcare crisis

Sen. Blouin advocates for competitive energy policies amidst “Energy Week”

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Utah bill proposing Medicaid-covered birth doula services nears passage in the Senate

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Utah lawmaker requests funding for west side bus service

Why Utah Democrats keep trying to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment year after year

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Utah lawmakers welcome the NHL but say they want to ‘protect the taxpayer dollar’

Utah Legislature considers new anti-idling bill

Opinion: How would a major league stadium involve Utah taxpayers?

Northern Utah valleys face hazy week as new bill promotes emission cuts on inversion days

Senate to debate bill mandating bathroom use based on birth certificate gender

Market forces will decide the fate of coal, even as Utah tinkers with energy policy

A final resting place in the garden? Bill would allow composting of human remains in Utah

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Utah bill would allow human composting as alternative to traditional burial

A Utah Lawmaker offers an 'Out of the Box' idea for Childcare

Asian American, Pacific Islander candidates seek to make the Utah legislature more diverse

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Medicaid Expansion? Including coverage for doulas could mean Medicaid savings

Utah diversity programming backers brace for debate as initiatives come under fire

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Furnace Filter Exchange program to help create better air inside a home for Utah families

The difference one word in a Utah law could make for victims of AI generated pornography

A Utah Lawmaker offers an 'Out of the Box' idea for Childcare

Asian American, Pacific Islander candidates seek to make the Utah legislature more diverse

Utah's MLB dream nears reality with preferred site, leaders' support

Utah diversity programming backers brace for debate as initiatives come under fire

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Utah Democratic leaders criticize ‘racially-charged actions’ by colleagues in the Legislature

Moratorium proposed on electricity shut-off for air conditioning during hot summer months

‘The stuff of war crimes’: Lawmaker objects that mental illness left out of exceptions in Utah’s latest abortion bill

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Why this lawmaker wants to make doulas more accessible in Utah.

Lawmakers plan to ask Utah voters to choose between cutting food taxes and keeping a dedicated source of school funding

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Utah Senate committee OKs high school students wearing cultural attire at graduation

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Will Utah legalize medical ‘magic mushrooms’ this year?

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Utah lawmaker looking to decriminalize medical mushrooms

Committee OKs bill designed to cut down on fentanyl overdose deaths

Tribes still not consulted as state tries to save Great Salt Lake

Should Halloween be celebrated on the last Friday of October? Utah Senate votes ‘boo’

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Nate Blouin and Sara Baldwin: Switch to clean energy and bring $15 billion to Utah’s coal communities

New syringe exchange bill would keep community safer by reducing the number of stray needles, lawmaker says

Karen Mayne, who left the Utah Senate for health reasons, returns for namesake scholarship bill

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New Utah Food Security Council based at USU

Utah lawmakers’ ‘water week’ was more about small tweaks than groundbreaking policy

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'Common sense sort of policy' intends to increase cultural, religious inclusivity at Utah graduations

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