Salt Lake City unveils new flags to circumvent the legislature’s bill banning “non-sanctioned” flags: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/slc-unveils-new-flags-to-circumvent-utahs-flag-law #utpol #Utah
Some fascinating new research is being conducted by Utah State University on ways to get people talking — and get water into the Great Salt Lake: https://www.fox13now.com/news/great-salt-lake-collaborative/usu-research-could-yield-solutions-for-getting-water-to-the-great-salt-lake #utpol #Utah
JUST IN: Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson has issued an order staying the law banning public employee unions from collective bargaining from going into effect, pending the citizen referendum: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/law-banning-public-employee-unions-from-collective-bargaining-blocked-by-lt-gov #utpol #Utah
Fed up with how difficult it is to get a citizen initiative on the ballot, a group of people plan to ask the Utah Supreme Court for help: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/initiatives-initiative-group-to-seek-help-from-utah-supreme-court #utpol #Utah
@Cdespinosa
I read this and am angered anew at our #utpol who, because income tax is restricted to education expenses, they choose to leave our school lunches unsubsidized and our teachers underpaid in the name of refunding taxes to their rich donors every year for the past several years.
Hundreds participated in May Day rallies in SLC, St. George focusing on labor rights: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/hundreds-turn-out-to-utah-may-day-rallies-focusing-on-labor-rights #utpol #Utah
It’s not if, but when President Trump shrinks Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments again. Sen. John Curtis is floating a compromise and the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance is willing to at least discuss it: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/with-trump-expected-to-shrink-monument-boundaries-again-sen-curtis-offers-a-compromise #utpol #Utah
JUST IN: A judge is considering whether to find the Utah High School Activities Association in contempt of court. The entity says it's caught in the middle between the judge's injunction on transgender students and President Trump's executive order: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/judge-considers-contempt-against-school-activities-association-over-transgender-athletes-executive-order #utpol #Utah
Commission Chair Bill Wright, a former state legislator, said he and the other commissioners worked tirelessly to prevent HB249 from diverting the county’s tax dollars.[...]
“The state is robbing us,” Wright said. “The state sees this coming. They are coming down and getting into our checkbook. We’re going to have to fight that until the very end.”
Lmao Republicans complaining when the government does to them what they do to Salt Lake City all the time.
It's not great when the transit system sends out an alert at 12:35 AM saying that there will be no extra trains for a concert that's just getting out (last train was at 11 PM), but they'll provide extra buses to get you downtown and then strand you.
A woman caught up in a massive dust storm off the Great Salt Lake on Sunday shared with me some incredible POV video from the middle of it: https://www.fox13now.com/news/great-salt-lake-collaborative/inside-pov-of-a-great-salt-lake-dust-storm #utpol #Utah
The headline of today's paper is an article saying the state has the highest incomes compared to the cost of living. Tucked away at the bottom is a story about a small town celebrating finally getting running water.
Some interesting developments in plans for a nuclear power plant in Utah. Here's where one is being considered and by whom: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/going-nuclear-heres-where-utahs-first-nuclear-power-plant-may-wind-up #utpol #Utah
UPDATE: Here's the latest on the union referendum apparently meeting the qualifications for the 2026 ballot: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/referendum-backers-meet-threshold-to-qualify-for-2026-ballot #utpol #Utah
ICYMI, a first in Utah politics as two political parties voted to merge: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/a-first-for-utah-when-two-political-parties-vote-to-merge #utpol #Utah
Sen. John Curtis is back in Utah. He weighed in on tariffs, foreign policy and town halls: https://www.fox13now.com/news/politics/curtis-returns-to-utah-weighing-in-on-tariffs-foreign-policy-and-town-halls #utpol #Utah