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A point-in-time count volunteer collects data from a person found sleeping inside a van in a Springville gas station parking lot, Jan. 28, 2023.

With no homeless shelter, Provo relies on hotel vouchers and policing when it’s cold

An area nonprofit is working with Provo city officials to offer hotel vouchers to people without a place to sleep. But what happens to those who are still on the streets?

Morning Brief: Feb. 1, 2023

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Indigenous leaders urge Utah to pass a state Indian Child Welfare Act

Supporters say protections enshrined into state law are important to preserving Indigenous culture for future generations.

FILE - Water flows along the All-American Canal Saturday, Aug. 13, 2022, near Winterhaven, Calif. The canal conveys water from the Colorado River into the Imperial Valley. California water agencies that rely on the Colorado River, said Wednesday, Oct 5, 2022, that they can reduce their use by up to 400,000 acre feet annually, an amount that's roughly one-tenth of the river water the state receives.

California releases its own plan for Colorado River cuts

The state's plan comes a day after the other six states in the Colorado River basin released their own proposal for cuts.

Evening Brief: Jan. 31, 2023

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The dome and the state flag of Utah seen atop the Capitol on the first day of the 2023 Utah Legislative Session, Jan. 17, in Salt Lake City.

The fate of Utah’s abortion law could rest on lawmakers changing the rules on injunctions

HJR2 would change the rules that govern how Utah judges issue injunctions and could impact some high-profile cases.

Delicate Arch is seen at Arches National Park on April 25, 2021, near Moab, Utah. The family of a women's rights activist from Uganda sued the National Park Service in June 2021 after she was decapitated the previous year by a gate at Utah's Arches National Park. The gate had been left unlatched against federal policy for two weeks before it struck Esther Nakajjigo in June 2020, according to the lawsuit filed in Denver.

Ugandan activist’s family awarded $10.5M for accidental death at Arches National Park

The United States will pay more than $10 million in damages over the death of Esther Nakajjigo, a prominent Ugandan human rights activist killed in Arches National Park in 2020.

Morning Brief: Jan. 31, 2023

The Utah State Capitol building in Salt Lake City, Jan. 11, 2023.

Here’s what Utah Sen. Todd Weiler’s bill on gender identity in schools actually does

The Republican state senator believes parental rights trump a student’s right to privacy.

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