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Education is always touted as a top priority, if not THE top priority, during Utah’s legislative session. This year is no exception, so we brought in KUER’s education reporter Jon Reed to give us a quick lesson on how lawmakers are funding and regulating schools, teachers and students.
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the trading card industry has exploded. In Utah, card collectors said they're seeing cards go for sky-high prices, and demand is off the charts.
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Jazmine Wildcat is a star student in Riverton, Wyoming. Not the type to skip class. But on Tuesday morning, a piece of history was unfolding that the 17...
For the past few months, RadioWest producer Benjamin Bombard has been gathering stories of former members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who believe they’ve discovered a new sense of spirituality in magic mushrooms. Benjamin joins us to talk about his findings and hear from a handful of psychedelic practitioners on the latest episode.
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The Utah House voted against a bill that would have provided information about preventing sexual assault in health classes.
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A Utah lawmaker has proposed $2.2 billion in infrastructure investments, to support roads, transit and other projects across the state.
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The bill is part of a years long battle over whether candidates should be able to earn a spot on a primary ballot through gathering signatures, or only by nomination at a party convention.
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Late last summer, Steve Urquhart, a lawyer and former Utah state legislator, announced that he was forming his own church. Urquhart was once a highly...
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Recent tax collection estimates have given lawmakers more money to work with this year, including an additional $315 million in education funding. That means many school programs that were cut during the 2020 Legislative session stand a good change of being reinstated.
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Universal Health Services has been awarded more than $143,000 in federal funding to offer telehealth services to rural Utah. The company received the grant despite allegations of widespread abuse at Provo Canyon School, one of several youth treatment facilities it owns in the state.
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View NPR's maps and graphics to see where COVID-19 is hitting hardest in the U.S., which state outbreaks are growing and which are leveling off.
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Gymnastics coach John Geddert killed himself after 2 dozen criminal charges, including sexual assault, were filed against him. NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro talks with Sarah Klein, who trained with him.
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