Looking ahead to Utah’s hot and dry summer months, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox issued an executive order on Monday to encourage wildfire preparedness across the state. The order, according to Cox’s office, is meant to “improve coordination among state, local, and federal partners ahead of ...
Is Utah’s “school choice” program unconstitutional? A year after Utah’s largest teacher union sued the state over that question, a 3rd District Court judge ruled that the program known as “Utah Fits All” violates the state constitution. The Utah Education Association had argued ...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox — a Republican who has called tariffs a “huge gamble” but also said that he hopes “President Trump is right” about them — said state officials are continuing to monitor their impacts on Utah businesses, and that the state’s smaller businesses are “going to ...
A coalition of labor unions submitted 320,000 signatures in support of a referendum to overturn a controversial union bill on Wednesday. If their numbers are right, it’s the most signatures ever gathered for a referendum in Utah. It’s the latest in a monthslong saga related to HB267, a ...
When representatives from the Policy Project toured schools across the state ahead of a legislative proposal to expand the school free lunch program, they heard plenty of stories of how food insecurity affects Utah students. In Logan, a student athlete said he often scavenged pizza from a ...
Utah's Hogle Zoo celebrates Earth Day with Annual Party for the Planet Zoo guests can celebrate Earth Day at Hogle Zoo's annual Party for the Planet on Saturday, April 19, 2025, from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. Party for the Planet features local organizations dedicated to helping residents conserve, ...
