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The 2021 holiday season is expected to be more festive than last year as events return across the state.

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Police pace halls at heated hearing about teaching about racism in Utah classrooms Courtney Tanner © Rick Egan (Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Linda Isom talks about the struggles her adopted children have faced, during a public hearing on the Utah State Board's recent rules for teaching about racism in the K-12 classroom at the State Board of Education in Salt Lake City, on Thursday, July 22, 2021. One mother who walked up to the podium to speak started shouting before she got there. Teaching about racism in schools, the white woman yelled into the microphone, is evil,...

Rick Egan Don’t look for Utah to impose another mask mandate or other restrictions to stop the spread of COVID-19 despite a rise in cases spurred by the new delta variant of the virus, Gov. Spencer Cox said, although the state may offer incentives to encourage more vaccinations. “Absolutely not. We’re pleading for a return to sanity and asking people to get their vaccines,” the governor said Thursday when asked about the possibility of new restrictions during his regular COVID-19 briefing at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City. “It won’t make a difference. It just won’t. We’...