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A screen capture of Weber State University President Brad Mortensen (left) and University of Utah President Taylor Randall as they address the Legislature’s Education Interim Committee at the Utah State Capitol, May 15, 2024.

Keeping up with Utah’s anti-DEI law, Weber State is ‘repurposing’ 8 student centers

Presidents from Weber State University and the University of Utah appeared before lawmakers to report how they’re implementing the law ahead of the July 1 deadline.

Gov. Spencer J. Cox speaks to reporters during the Governor's Monthly News Conference at the PBS Utah Studios in Salt Lake City on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

VIDEO: Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s May monthly news conference

The governor is scheduled to meet the press at 10:00 a.m. MDT on Thursday, May 16, 2024.

Evening Brief: May 15, 2024

FILE - President Donald Trump and Democratic candidate former Vice President Joe Biden both speak during the first presidential debate Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at Case Western University and Cleveland Clinic, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Biden, Trump ice out the debate commission, leaving hosts like Utah on the outside

The University of Utah was expected to host a presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Now, that might not be the case.

Morning Brief: May 15, 2024

Washington County Attorney Eric Clarke stands next to a section of the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area that could be home to the proposed Northern Corridor highway, May 13, 2024.

Will BLM’s new Northern Corridor Highway report slow a road St. George says is inevitable?

A new report from the Bureau of Land Management highlights how a proposed highway through protected land north of St. George could increase wildfire risk and harm endangered desert tortoises.

Downwinders are in Washington D.C. this week to lobby Congress for a vote on expanding the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act. From L-R: Julia Torres, congressional staffer Greg Smith, Maggie Billiman, Virginia Chavez and Mary White. Courtesy Lilly Adams.

Utah ‘downwinders’ are in DC as radiation-exposure compensation hangs in the balance

The June 10 expiration deadline for the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act is fast approaching. Utah members of the downwinder community say a “last ditch effort” is underway to save the program.

Evening Brief: May 14, 2024

Navajo Attorney General Ethel Branch discusses a water rights settlement in the works for the tribe, March 9, 2024, in Leupp, Ariz. A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes that carries a price tag larger than any such agreement enacted by Congress took a significant step forward late Monday, May 13, with introduction in the Navajo Nation Council.

Proposed settlement is 1st step in securing Colorado River water for 3 Native American tribes

A proposed water rights settlement for three Native American tribes in Arizona has taken a significant step forward with an introduction in the Navajo Nation Council. It's the first of many approvals needed to finalize a deal decades in the making.

Morning Brief: May 14, 2024

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