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SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers in an "extraordinary session" on Wednesday approved two resolutions to declare support for Utahns' Second Amendment rights and support for "exploring the possibility of declaring Utah a Second Amendment sanctuary" state. The resolutions, approved separately by the House and Senate, came in response to growing concerns from constituents that the federal government under President Joe Biden's administration would infringe on their Second Amendment rights. "There's been significant public outcry," Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City, said in a medi...

SALT LAKE CITY — Even though Gov. Spencer Cox opted to exclude a possible ban of critical race theory and legislation to declare Utah a "Second Amendment sanctuary" from this week's special legislative session agenda, lawmakers are moving to do what they can to address those two hot-button issues — even if they can't act on legislation. The House and Senate on Tuesday each called their own "extraordinary sessions" for Wednesday afternoon at the Capitol in Salt Lake City to consider separate resolutions urging the State School Board to prohibit critical race theory in schools and pledging ...

Deseret News Share this story Democrats walk out of the House chamber in protest of a Republican resolution encouraging a ban of critical race theory concepts in public education during an extraordinary session at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, May 19, 2021. House Democrats say they were excluded from the conversation with Republicans and want to use the interim time between sessions to study the issue. Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Legislators approved two resolutions on Wednesday to urge the Utah State Board of Education to ban what lawmakers consider “harmful” critical race...

KSL TV SALT LAKE CITY — Legislators approved two resolutions on Wednesday to urge the Utah State Board of Education to ban what lawmakers consider "harmful" critical race theory concepts. The resolutions were approved despite outcry from community activists and educators, who gathered on the Capitol steps to oppose the resolutions earlier Wednesday morning, and despite Democrats walking out of the House chamber in protest. The controversial resolutions state "some concepts contained in critical race theory degrade important societal values and, if introduced in the classrooms, would harm st...