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“This is a moment,” committee chair Rep. Calvin Musselman, R-West Haven, said, his face lighting up. “We try hard at the Pieruccis,” responded third-term Rep. Candice Pierucci, R-Herriman, while simultaneously rocking her bow-adorned baby, balancing a bottle and reaching for her 4-year-old son, who had also joined her at the Utah Capitol during the hectic final week of the legislative session. Pierucci, like a large and growing group of Utah legislators, is navigating the citizen Legislature’s whirlwind 45-day assembly all while juggling a separate career a...

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Smiles broke through the humdrum of a government operations hearing on Monday when committee members saw a fellow state lawmaker approach the mic with her 6-month-old baby.

Utah cities have occasionally felt sidelined by lawmakers attempting to regulate their way out of the state's affordable housing shortage.

Natalie Cline, a Republican running for reelection to the Utah State Board of Education, was rebuked by Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, civil rights groups, a school district and Republican and Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday for a social media post that targeted a high school student athlete. The last thing our children need is an elected official harassing them on social media.