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SALT LAKE CITY — A bill originally seen as a way to push the Salt Lake City School District into returning all students to the classroom is now focusing on testing for students after its sponsor made major changes Friday. The language of SB107, sponsored by Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, was substantially altered to focus instead on requirements surrounding "Test to Stay" protocols and thresholds. The bill would require the Utah Department of Health to provide support to schools that initia...

While the health department currently recommends that schools shut down when they meet certain coronavirus positivity thresholds, a new bill under consideration in the Utah Senate would raise those requirements and create a presumption of openness — allowing students who test negative for COVID-19 during an outbreak to return to class and requiring those who test positive to stay home.

On what would have been her 24th birthday, the Utah Senate honored slain University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey and her family on Friday.

Oct. 22, 2018, McCluskey was shot to death by her ex-boyfriend after he abducted her in the parking lot outside of her dorm on the University of Utah campus in Salt Lake City.

| Updated: 10:59 p.m. A Utah lawmaker is drawing heat for telling several Black women Tuesday that “you people are beautiful” and for several other comments that he made during a committee hearing on a proposal to bar race-based hair discrimination. Several Black women testified about the harms that race-based grooming policies can inflict, saying people shouldn’t have to suffer the loss of economic or educational opportunities simply because they choose natural hairstyles. Howe...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker has been criticized for comments he made during a...

SALT LAKE CITY — Mark Moench said he had a "very good experience" with the production crews after Thousand Peaks Ranch was selected as a filming location for the popular television show "Yellowstone." Moench, the president of the Summit County ranch, said crews were respectful of the property and conducted business in a professional manner. "But I was also impressed with how they expanded even beyond our property to other county locations within Summit County and even outside in what we call ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Paris Hilton appeared at a Utah legislative committee hearing Monday afternoon to throw her support behind a bill that would impose additional regulations on residential youth treatment centers and other congregate care programs. "Utah is supposedly built on family values, but the neglect by this state to address this pressing issue has brought us here today," said Hilton. "I urge you to support Senate Bill 127. "

Paris Hilton testifies at Utah state legislature on troubled teen schools The celebrity Paris Hilton made a surprise appearance at the Utah State Legislature to testify in favor of a bill that regulates so-called "troubled teen" schools. By: KSTU and last updated 2021-02-09 12:42:18-05 SALT LAKE CITY, Utah — Paris Hilton made a surprise appearance at the Utah state legislature on Monday to testify in favor of a bill that regulates so-called "troubled teen" schools. Hilton i...

Plan to give birth control to more people under Medicaid passes legislative hurdle Ashley Imlay © Kristin Murphy, Deseret News The Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah lawmaker’s second attempt to expand Medicaid birth control and family planning services to more residents passed its first legislative hurdle on Friday. “Contraceptive care is medical care,” said bill sponsor Sen. Derek Kitchen, D-Salt Lake City. HB128...