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Morning Brief: Oct. 23, 2025

KUER's morning headlines for Oct. 23, 2025

A hallway inside a Salt Lake City School District elementary school that has posters of golden soccer balls for each grade, Oct. 9, 2025.

Utah has trained 600 armed volunteers to guard the state’s K-12 schools

Per a 2024 state law, Utah schools have three options to fulfill an armed security requirement. The most popular option by far is also the cheapest: volunteer school guardians.

Evening Brief: Oct. 22, 2025

KUER's evening headlines for Oct. 22, 2025

Sen. Daniel Thatcher, of the Utah Forward Party, speaks about congressional boundary redistricting during a news conference at the state capitol in Salt Lake City, Sept. 17, 2025.

Utah Forward Party takes a novel approach to replace retiring Sen. Daniel Thatcher

Thatcher was Utah’s lone third-party lawmaker. When someone retires, the usual process is for district party delegates to choose a replacement. Utah Forward is trying something else.

The American and Utah state flag blow in the breeze outside the Utah State Capitol, Jan. 21, 2025.

Desde 2019, la población de Utah sin estatus legal ha crecido junto con el estado

El Instituto de Política Migratoria estima que 138,000 personas vivían en Utah en 2023 sin estatus legal o con un estatus “crepuscular” o “liminal” como el permiso humanitario.

Can the AI data centers now dotting the West be ‘green’?

Maybe, but even the ones that want to be environmentally friendly face energy challenges.

Morning Brief: Oct. 22, 2025

KUER's morning headlines for Oct. 22, 2025

Depending on where you live, you might see something new on your ballot this fall: space for the last 4 digits of your driver's license or other valid ID. It's part of the first changes ushered in by a vote-by-mail law passed by the Legislature earlier this year. But what is and isn't included on your ballot is not the same for every county.

Is your Utah ballot asking for 4 ID digits? Some counties are trying it out

After reforms to Utah’s vote-by-mail system earlier this year, what has changed for this fall’s municipal elections?

Evening Brief: Oct. 21, 2025

KUER's evening headlines for Oct. 21, 2025

The Washington County Water Conservancy District’s Doug Bennett crouches next to the Virgin River near St. George, April 15, 2025. The relatively small water source is the lifeblood of southwest Utah’s water supply.

Getting serious about southwest Utah water shortages may take a plan with ‘teeth’

During droughts and disasters, the Washington County Water Conservancy District’s draft plan could cut up to 60% of the water cities get and leave it up to city leaders to figure out how to get by with less.

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