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Governor Spencer Cox has issued a proclamation supporting LGBTQ Pride month.

Still Here and Still Queer: The Gay Restaurant Endures Many have closed in a time of growing inclusion and more fluid sexual identities. But in several places around the country, they remain anchors of safety and community. Laziz Kitchen in Salt Lake City is one of several newer restaurants that cultivate a wide spectrum of L.G.B.T.Q. customers, as symbolized by the redesigned version of the traditional rainbow flag out front.Credit...Kim Raff for The New York Times Scott Frankel’s favorite m...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Democrats walked off the House floor Wednesday in protest of a resolution recommending that the state review any curriculum that examines the ways in which race and racism influence American politics, culture and the law. Republican lawmakers say they want to ensure that children aren’t being taught that one […]

Utah Democrats walk out to protest limits on teaching race Sign In SOPHIA EPPOLITO, Associated Press/Report for America May 19, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 9 1of9Monica Wilbur expresses her opposition to critical race theory at the State Capital in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune via AP)Trent Nelson/APShow MoreShow Less 2of9As Michelle Love-Day speaks, Sophia Anderson holds up a sign with the opposite opinion, during a news conference b...

KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY — Legislators approved two resolutions on Wednesday to urge the Utah State Board of Education to ban what lawmakers consider "harmful" critical race theory concepts. The resolutions were approved despite outcry from community activists and educators, who gathered on the Capitol steps to oppose the resolutions earlier Wednesday morning, and despite Democrats walking out of the House chamber in protest. The controversial resolutions state "some concepts contained in critic...

Utah Democrats walked off the House floor Wednesday in protest of a measure passed by Republicans over critical race theory.

KSL TV 6PM: Downtown rally after Chauvin verdict KSL TV KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY — The chants and signs were the same, but a sense of renewed hope appeared to replace anger at a protest Tuesday evening in Salt Lake City soon after a jury convicted former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin of murder in the death of George Floyd. "It knocks the wind out of you. Ive never seen justice before today, and that was a long road to see it," said Lex Scott, founder of the Black Lives Matter Utah Cha...

Deseret News Share this story Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Guns once again were a contentious issue on Capitol Hill during the Legislature’s 45-day session that ended March 5, and after several tries through the years, lawmakers succeeded in ending the permit requirement for carrying a concealed weapon in Utah. HB60 lets any Utah resident who is 21 years or older and can legally possess a firearm to carry their weapon concealed without needing a permit. It received final...

The legislative session is over. Here’s what lawmakers did for you — and to you — before going home. From diminishing some voting rights to investing big in homeless services, the Legislature had a busy last week. (Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Representatives huddle during floor time in the Utah House on Feb. 26, 2021. Lawmakers rushed in the final days to finalize hundreds of bills before Fridays adjournment of the 45-day session that began in late January.   | March 7, 2021, 1:00 p...

The COVID-19 legislation is among the 503 bills and resolutions passed in the 2021 Legislature.\n