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Cuts, homelessness, education and housing affordability. Governor cox was elected after eight years as lt. Governor. Hes seeking another term in 2024. His address is about 30 minutes. [applause], [applause] we will now hear the address delivered by our governor spencer j. Cox. Mr. Speaker, mr. President , by the way, this is not in the script, two of the best people on the planet. [applause] madam, lt. Governor, my best friend, abby, and to utahs Public Servants and my fellow utahans, welcome. I...

Goovernor cox, thank you for joining us, bright an early. Thank you for having me here. I want to read you some findings from pew, a big survey from last year that i think captures the depths of the problem youre trying to address. You surveyed so pew surveyed thousands of people and found that 63 of democrats view republicans as immoral and 2 of republicans feel the same way about democrats. Further, 7 of republicans call democrats dishonest, 83 of democrats call republicans closed minded. What...

Goovernor cox, thank you for joining us, bright an early. Thank you for having me here. I want to read you some findings from pew, a big survey from last year that i think captures the depths of the problem youre trying to address. You surveyed so pew surveyed thousands of people and found that 63 of democrats view republicans as immoral and 2 of republicans feel the same way about democrats. Further, 7 of republicans call democrats dishonest, 83 of democrats call republicans closed minded. What...

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Youve heard that already. But the Supreme Court showed how important that is once again today, because the senate controls judicial appointments, and the courts have the final say on the important laws of our land. When you woke up this morning, 19 states allowed samesex marriage. As of yesterday, there were 19 states that granted samesex marriage. A major surprise by the Supreme Court. On the very first day of its new term. The justices decide not to hear five same sex marriage appeals. The jus...

Say on the important laws of our land. When you woke up this morning, 19 states allowed samesex marriage. As of yesterday, there were 19 states that granted samesex marriage. A major surprise by the Supreme Court. On the very first day of its new term. The justices decide not to hear five same sex marriage appeals. The justices denied appeals from five states. First, the number of five. Seeking to ban same sex marriages. Indiana, oklahoma, wisconsin, virginia and utah. Those five and will soon b...

The Texas Health Presbyterian hospital worker reported a fever late friday and was diagnosed with the preliminary test. If those test results are confirmed that cdc headquarters in atlanta, it will be the first time ebola has been transmitted person to person in the United States. We know this infected person cared for Thomas Eric Duncan, the first person to die of ebola here in this country. Hospital Officials Say this worker had been under the cdcs selfmonitoring regime due to duncans involvem...

Summit Pride invited Equality Utah to Park City on June 11 to discuss how working with lawmakers can help prevent anti-LGBTQ+ legislation.

  This weekend kicked off the 47th annual celebration of Pride in Utah. Organized by Utah Pride Center, Equality Utah and hundreds of volunteers, this event started the celebration off right. I had the privilege of attending the parade on Saturday, and what a joy it was. It was wonderful to see so many come...

To mark the first day of Pride month, Summit Pride, formerly the Park City LGBTQ+ Task Force, raised a Pride flag outside Miners Hospital. The group also highlighted challenges the community has faced in Utah this year.