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Utah Supreme Court deliberating who decides the future of Salt Lake City land use
Outcome of Utah Inland Port Authority lawsuit won’t just decide fate of port, but set statewide precedent for city powers
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The area at I-80 near 7200 West where the Utah Inland Port is planned to be built in Salt Lake City is pictured on Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. The Utah Supreme Court decision in the lawsuit between Salt Lake City and the Utah Inland Port Authority will set a major precedent for what powers cities across the state do or don’t have regarding land use or taxing authority.
SALT LAKE CITY And now, we wait.
The Utah Supreme Court on Wednesday heard oral arguments in the now yearslong legal war between the state of Utah and its own capital city over whether the Utah Legislature s creation of the Utah Inland Port Authority in northwest Salt Lake City violated the Utah Constitution.
It could be weeks, months or even years before the five justices on Utah s highest court reach a decision a decision that will have major implications not just for the future of the Utah Inland Port, a controversial project meant to maximize Utah s position in the global economy, and not just for the future of what the state designated as the port authority s jurisdiction, about 16,000 acres in Salt Lake City, which makes up about 1⁄3 of the city s last remaining developable lands.
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Reactions to the verdict guilty on all counts in the case against ex-Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin erupted across the country Tuesday afternoon.
Here in Utah, plans for rallies were already in the works. Utah Against Police Brutality said they would rally regardless of the verdict in the trial over the killing of George Floyd. Whether it would be a party or protest would be decided by the verdict, the group said.
Black Lives Matter Utah also plans to rally at the Salt Lake City Public Safety Building Tuesday evening. 2News has been informed of plans to march from the public safety building to the city s Fleet block, where murals of men and women killed by police officers are displayed at 300 West and 800 South.
Mendenhall plants first of 1,000 more trees for Salt Lake Cityâs west side
âOur hardest-hit areas for air quality and air pollution are on our cityâs west side,â the mayor says.
(Photo courtesy of Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall via Twitter) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall helps plant a tree during a ceremony at the International Peace Gardens in Jordan Park on Monday, April 19, 2021. Mendenhall has committed to planting 1,000 trees in Salt Lake City s west side every year of her term as mayor.
  | April 20, 2021, 2:44 a.m.
Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall has renewed her promise to plant 1,000 trees each year sheâs in office.