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SALT LAKE CITY — The Beehive States judicial system is working to root out bias in its judges and to resume in-person jury trials after a turbulent year of civil unrest and pandemic, Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew Durrant said Tuesday. Despite a set of "daunting and difficult decisions" brought on by COVID-19, Durrant said court staff and judges have "risen to the challenge and more." The court system moved almost completely online with virtual hearings and trials by mid-April as th...

Deseret News Share this story Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew B. Durrant gives the annual State of the Judiciary address via Zoom to members of the Utah House of Representatives on the first day of the Utah Legislature’s 2021 general session in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2021. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — The Beehive State’s judicial system is working to root out bias in its judges and to resume in-person jury trials after a turbulent year of civil unres...

SALT LAKE CITY — The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted years of economic growth during 2020; at the beginning of 2021, many industries have recovered while others are left struggling to stay afloat. With COVID-19 being an issue 10 months later and a massive leadership change in Washington, D.C., on the horizon, economic leaders and experts say there are plenty of economic unknowns to begin the new year. How the state moves forward from the unknowns dominated the discussions at the Salt Lake Chambe...

January 7, 2021 FILLMORE, UTAH (Jan. 4, 2021) — In their first official action, Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson signed an executive order dealing with occupational licenses in front of the historic Territorial Statehouse in Fillmore. Executive Order 2021-01 requires state agencies to review all occupational licenses to ensure they are truly necessary and are not outdated or incomplete. The review orders these agency reviews must be completed by June 30. 2021. Gov. Cox cited an ...

Utah’s new racial equity compact embodies the spirit of Christmas A. Scott Anderson © Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Gov. Gary Herbert speaks at the unveiling of the Utah Compact on Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. It is fitting that the Utah Compact on Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion was announced and signed by hundreds of people during the Christmas season. The compact exemplifies the true spirit o...

Park City leaders recently voted to formally support the Utah Compact on Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, another step in City Hall’s broad social equity efforts. The Park City Council adopted a resolution aligning the municipal government with the statewide effort. Mayor Andy Beerman and the City Council touched on the idea that the compact tracks closely with City Hall’s own work toward social equity. By supporting the compact, leaders, importantly, acknowledged a key section of t...

The compact can be summarized in a few words spoken by Jesus: "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."

Why Utah’s outgoing governor sees himself as a Roger Staubach or a Bart Starr Dennis Romboy © Steve Griffin, Deseret News Gov. Gary Herbert talks about his time in office during an interview at the Governor’s Mansion in Salt Lake City on Monday, Dec. 21, 2020. Gov. Gary Herbert settled into a maroon velvet armchair with gold tassels skirting the edges Monday in the ornate library of the Utah Governor’s Mansion he has called home for more than a decade. Books on Utah and...

The Daily Universe There is more demand than supply for classes on race, gender and diversity at Brigham Young University, according to professor of sociology Jacob Rugh. Rugh compiled a list of diversity classes in 2019 as part of an effort to re-evaluate efforts to address race and equity in the BYU curriculum. He reported that over 300 students were on waitlists and unable to enroll in classes like “Sociology of Race and Ethnicity” and “Introduction to Global Women’s Studies.”...

The Utah Compact on anti-racism is a path toward change the Deseret News Editorial Board © Scott G Winterton, Deseret News Gov. Gary Herbert speaks at the unveiling of the Utah Compact on Racial Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Skeptics of Utah’s recent Compact on Racial Equity, Diversity and Inclusion, announced Tuesday, will point to its ambiguity — that its principle-based approach outlines few specific change...