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Calling the decision "embarassing for the state," conservative Utah lawmakers pilloried the Utah school district that banned the Bible for younger grade levels.
Pro-Life Utah, an anti-abortion organization, held a memorial service on the steps of the Capitol Wednesday to honor the lives of 1,746 unborn babies that were aborted in Utah in 2022.
Gathered on the steps of the Utah Capitol, about 100 mourners listened as several faith leaders eulogized unborn babies that have been aborted in Utah since the state’s trigger abortion ban was placed on hold as Planned Parenthood of Utah’s lawsuit plays out in court.
Lawmakers tackled a wide range of issues, starting out by once again flexing control over local COVID-19 restrictions in the early days of the session even as Utah’s cases were peaking from the omicron surge. From there, lawmakers wrestled with a $24 billion budget, tax cuts, spending on water, education and more. Here’s what happened
Despite rumblings of a possible early adjournment, the Utah Legislature's sprint through its 45-day general session came to an end right at midnight Friday night after a dramatic surprise on the Senate floor that spurred furious and emotional debate.
Rep. Phil Lyman cited concerns with election security, but election officials said there are "no gaping holes" with Utah’s vote-by-mail system. HB371 would have made in-person voting the default in Utah, and voters would need to manually request absentee ballots. Election officials and others argued that it would disenfranchise rural voters, elderly voters and voters with disabilities.
A bill that would have returned Utah to in-person voting by default failed to advance from committee on Wednesday after opponents argued that it could disenfranchise voters and had few discernible security benefits.