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$97 million in federal emergency aid helped make ends meet.

Legislation gets unanimous approval in committee and some say it doesn’t go far enough on restraints, drugs and isolation rooms.

Mitt Romney seeks monthly payments for kids of up to $350, replacing welfare, tax credits Lee Davidson © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) Children at the Jewish Community Center walk like mummies to help with social distancing as they take a nature walk on July 2, 2020. Instead of families waiting for annual income tax returns to benefit from tax breaks for their children, Sen. Mitt Romney is proposing giving them monthly payments of $350 for children age 5 and unde...

Utah officials had questions about how to react to state’s first case of COVID-19 U.K. variant, emails show Erin Alberty © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Zeanne Timbol administers a test for COVID-19, at the Intermountain Salt Lake Clinic, on Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. Two cases of the U.K. variant have been detected in Utah so far. Health officials at first weren’t certain how to investigate the first known case in Utah of the more-infectious “U.K.” coron...

Racism isn’t a hypothetical topic for Utah’s Black pastors. They’ve tasted it. Peggy Fletcher Stack © Francisco Kjolseth (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Calvary Baptist Church Pastor Oscar T. Moses, poses for a photograph with Rep. Sandra Hollins, D-Salt Lake City, prior to the start of the 2020 legislative session at the State Capitol in Salt Lake City, Utah, on Monday, Jan. 26. Black Christian pastors in Utah may minister to small congregations, with olde...

Utah hits a record high for daily vaccinations, as another 1,468 cases of COVID-19 are reported Courtney Tanner © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Julyn Shepherd fills syringes for Utah County residents to get their COVID-19 vaccinations in a former Shopko store in Spanish Fork, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2021. Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for . The Utah Department of Health reported ...

What do special interests get for providing $9 of every $10 in Utah legislators’ campaigns? Lee Davidson © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | Tribune file photo) A free lunch sponsored by Farmers Insurance is served to Utah legislators in the Capitol Rotunda on February 12, 2016. Last year, special interests provided 87% of campaign donations to legislators, again raising questions about how much influence that may buy. Special interests provided a mammoth 87 cents of every dollar that...

Bill advances on an 8-3 vote, but transportation officials and cycling groups disagree on its potential impact on safety.

Utah officials end effort to eliminate BYU’s police department Jessica Miller © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The police station at Brigham Young University on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019. Brigham Young University’s police force is here to stay. State officials announced Tuesday that they won’t appeal an administrative law judge’s decision to dismiss the state’s effort to strip the private university of its police powers. That decision ended a two-year b...

Lawmaker again seeks stricter ban on cellphones while driving Lee Davidson © Francisco Kjolseth (Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) People hold cellphones while driving in the Salt Lake Valley in early 2019. The Legislature is again considering a bill banning hand-held phone use while driving. State Rep. Carol Moss says her push to restrict cellphone use by drivers is the one topic she hears about constantly from voters, and was even mentioned in a letter from a Utah St...