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(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, makes remarks at Granger High School in West Valley City, Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. Utah legislators and the Policy Project announced a proposed bill to limit cellphone use in Utah schools.

Want to change Utah law? Citizen initiatives will cost an extra $1.4M under GOP Senate-passed bill.

By Robert Gehrke | Jan. 24, 2025, 11:49 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A person yells out in opposition of HB269 as they leave the room during the House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee at the Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

Mom of trans R.A. targeted at Utah State speaks against new bill to limit college dorms by biological sex

By Courtney Tanner | Jan. 25, 2025, 12:48 a.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) A student walks on campus at Utah Valley University in Orem on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024. UVU is set to see its budget cut by $8.9 million with a move by Utah lawmakers to slash and reallocate funding across higher education this session.

Here’s the dollar amount each Utah public university could have cut from their budget

By Courtney Tanner | Jan. 24, 2025, 6:00 p.m.

(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) People gather to listen during the House Business, Labor, and Commerce Committee as it discussed HB267 at the Capitol in Salt Lake City Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

‘The disrespect’: Utah bill to end collective bargaining for public workers moves forward despite union opposition

By Carmen Nesbitt | Jan. 24, 2025, 2:28 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox shakes hands with House Speaker Mike Schultz, R-Hooper, alongside Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, as he gets ready to deliver his 2025 State of the State address at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox delivers 2025 State of the State address to the Legislature. Watch or read it here.

By Jeff Parrott | Jan. 24, 2025, 3:36 a.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Curt Bramble committee chair, asks questions of a witness, during the Senate Business and Labor Committee discussion of SR1, which will limit media access to the Senate floor and committee rooms, on Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022.

Here’s the loophole allowing Utah lawmakers to become lobbyists without ‘cooling off’

By Robert Gehrke | Jan. 23, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(Robert Bolar) Dry Wash.

A southern Utah city is putting a $22M reservoir project on hold. Here’s why.

By Mark Eddington | Jan. 23, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Education Association president Renée Pinkney, seen here in May 2024, is warning against a bill being introduced in the Utah Legislature that aims to ban collective bargaining for the state's public-sector workers — including teachers, law enforcement, firefighters and others.

‘No better than working at 7-Eleven’: Unions oppose bill to end collective bargaining for Utah public employees

By Carmen Nesbitt | Jan. 22, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox speaks during an interview to The Salt Lake Tribune at the Capitol in Salt Lake City, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025.

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By Emily Anderson Stern | Jan. 22, 2025, 1:00 p.m.

(Erin Alberty | Tribune file photo) The Burr Trail's switchbacks in Capitol Reef National Park are pictured on Oct. 4, 2015. The Garfield County Commission is considering renaming the road after President Donald Trump.

A southern Utah county might soon rename a scenic byway after Trump

By Anastasia Hufham | Jan. 23, 2025, 1:56 a.m.