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Estevan López, New Mexico's water negotiator, said talks resumed in March, and the upper and lower basin states are using a short-term proposal from Nevada as the starting point.
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When it comes to prediction markets, if it “walks like a duck and quacks like a duck,” Gov. Spencer Cox said. “It's a duck” — meaning the apps are gambling, and should be banned in Utah.
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ICE sometimes holds people overnight at its temporary detention facility in Ogden, in violation of conditions set by the city planning commission in 2000. Could the city do anything about it?
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The governor is scheduled to meet the press at 10:00 a.m. MDT on Thursday, March 19, 2025.
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Speaking to the Utah State Bar, Justice Petersen reviewed the just-finished 2026 legislative session and defended judicial independence.
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The big debate in this case continues to be media access and what’s available publicly. In April, the defense will make its case that cameras should be banned from the courtroom.
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The agency has been buying warehouses across the country for massive new detention centers. Previous rumors of a detention center in Salt Lake City were met with protests and outcry from city and county mayors.
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Utah is at the forefront of a states' rights battle with prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket. It's over the definition of gambling and whether states can keep these smartphone apps out.
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Schools don’t need as many new English learners to qualify, and the Utah State Board of Education now has the discretion to award emergency funding to schools that demonstrate need.
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A Trump executive order directs the National Park Service to review displays and signs that may cast the American people or landscapes in a negative light. Critics call it an “attack on the discipline of history itself.”
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Utah Democratic congressional hopefuls met at the downtown branch of the Salt Lake City Library to discuss issues like taxing the rich, the war in Gaza, Israel’s influence on the U.S. and income inequality.
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The current rules are unenforceable, and allowing more unrelated residents could result in more people splitting rent — and making housing more affordable in the process.
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The complaint lists seven individuals, including so-called peacekeeper Matthew Alder. Laura Ah Loo’s attorneys say they were reckless and helped create a “perfect storm of negligence” that ended in her husband’s death.
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The session is done. 540 bills were passed out of 1,020 pitched. But instead of ending on a bang, as it had in the past, the session ended with a polite "here, here" and a golf clap.