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The origin story of those little tree-shaped, pine-scented air fresheners goes back to a milkman who preferred the smell of fresh pine to sour milk.

"My friends, we are so fortunate to live in this state at this moment," Gov. Spencer Cox said in his speech. "I submit that no state in this nation and no people in this country better reflect Franklin’s virtues than ours. Here we still believe in those old-fashioned concepts of order, temperance, justice, frugality, industry, humility, sincerity and, yes, even moderation."

The contentious highway would run through Red Cliffs National Conservation Area near St. George, a landscape that’s home to the threatened Mojave Desert tortoise.

Sundance 2026 marks the last edition in its longtime Utah home and the first without founder Robert Redford, who died in September. Redford will be honored with tributes and retrospective screenings.

Republican lawmakers want to save money, cut taxes and build more homes. Democrats are more focused on other parts of the household budget, such as child care and food security.

Among other judiciary changes, lawmakers will consider expanding the Utah Supreme Court by two justices. “We apply a presumption of good faith to the work you do,” Chief Justice Matthew Durrant told lawmakers. “I hope you will accord us that same presumption.”

For Garfield and Kane counties, the years since Grand Staircase-Escalante was established have seen large increases in populations and jobs.

Salt Lake City does not have a formal agreement with ICE. Even so, some residents want things like a resolution of opposition or requiring valid warrants before allowing federal agents on city property.

Utah doesn’t have a detention center yet, so immigrants are held in some county jails and driven — or flown — to other states. There was a protest Friday against a rumored Salt Lake City detention facility.

The cuts come six months after Congress voted to rescind $1.1 billion of funding for U.S. public media.