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Children without legal status became eligible for State CHIP last year.
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Deciding how late to make the state’s sunrises and sunsets could have ripple effects on Utah’s health, safety and economy.
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Utah’s incidents of domestic violence are below the national rates, but advocates say any amount of abuse is too much.
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Utah has been out of federal ozone attainment standards since 2015. The director of the Utah Division of Air Quality says current mitigation efforts haven’t been effective.
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Two Utah households on opposite sides of the Salt Lake Valley recorded every polluting habit, leading one to change beloved routines.
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Reaching for Air: Four Utahns installed sensors built by Columbia University’s Brown Institute in their homes. Here’s what they found.
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Wyatt Johnson, a recent high school graduate watched how his family’s routine impacted the air they breathed at home.
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Tegan Spangrude and Dallen Brown found answers on the air they breathe indoors after a personal loss.
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The Sutherland Institute, a conservative think-tank, says more than three-quarters of Utahns surveyed worry about an increase in income leading to a loss of government benefits.
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Thanks to a constitutional right Republicans fought for in the wake of the passage of the federal Affordable Care Act, abortion remains legal in Wyoming. Voters also recently protected access to abortion in Montana, Arizona, Nevada and Colorado.
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“Our goal with this task force is to reduce demand through prevention and treatment, address root causes of fentanyl abuse and disrupt fentanyl trafficking networks,” Gov. Spencer Cox said.
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The Legislature is working on a statewide cell phone ban, but one lawmaker is worried what the blanket policy would mean for SafeUT, the state's successful crisis intervention and tip line.
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Utah parents must now opt-in for students to participate in the survey used to collect this data, which could leave holes in future reporting. Regardless, tobacco prevention initiatives in the state are still working to see the declining trend continue.
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In recent weeks, multiple Utah children have died because of firearms, including an 8-year-old boy who accidentally shot himself. Non-lethal injury figures are already signaling a worrying trend.