2022 Utah Legislative Session

Literacy coach Janet Scott works with a first grade student at Valley Crest Elementary in West Valley City, Nov. 13, 2023. The student is typing out a sentence and Scott is helping the student figure out which sounds are in a certain word.

Education

What a day in the life of a Utah K-3 literacy coach looks like

Martha Harris

A 2022 law directed the Utah State Board of Education to put literacy coaches in schools with low literacy rates.

Republican Speaker of the House Brad Wilson presiding in the Utah Legislature, Jan. 25, 2022.

Education

Some parents want action, but school guidance on Utah’s book ban law is still murky

Jon Reed

School districts are updating policies to comply with the new state law on inappropriate materials, but conflicting guidance has some unsure of how to address the issue.

As seen in this rendering, the Department of Defense's "Project PELE" is focused on small-scale, truckable nuclear microreactors that could act as portable or backup power sources.

News Briefs

PM Brief: Missing teen found in Utah, ‘inclusion’ bills & a nuclear microreactor

KUER News

The latest Utah news for Monday evening, April 18, 2022.

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News Briefs

AM Brief: Prescribed burns, Moab clinic moves & inflation highest in the Mountain West

KUER News

The latest Utah news for Wednesday morning, April 13, 2022

Photo of Gov. Cox, Lt. Gov. Henderson and others.

News

Salt Lake NAACP, Utah Police Chiefs Association celebrate newly-passed police reform laws

Sonja Hutson

Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson held a ceremonial bill signing for several law enforcement and mental health bills Tuesday.

Hundreds gathered at the Utah State Capitol the day before lawmakers overrode the governor's veto of HB 11, March 24, 2022.

Race, Religion & Social Justice

Visibility ‘changes hearts and minds,’ say trans advocates pressing forward after Utah’s sports ban

Lexi Peery

Transgender activists are celebrating a day of visibility, even as they call Utah’s ban on trans girls in sports a setback.

A sign warns against avalanche danger at a Utah ski resort.

News Briefs

AM Brief: Utah Legislature turnover, avalanche danger & possible transgender law backlash

KUER News

The latest Utah news for Monday, March 28, 2022.

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News Briefs

PM Brief: Salt Lake reacts to transgender bill, ISIS case sentencing & endangered long-eared bat

KUER News

The latest Utah news for Friday evening, March 25, 2022.

Republican Rep. Kera Birkeland, the sponsor of HB 11, stands and makes her case for overriding the governor's veto, March 25, 2022.

Politics & Government

Utah Legislature overrides transgender sports ban veto

Emily Means

The Legislature later amended the bill to clarify the state will be responsible for legal costs.

Photo of students holding signs and waving flags outside the church headquarters

News Briefs

AM Brief: More LDS support for LGBTQ rights, SLC closes pay gap & new law boosts per pupil spending

KUER News

The latest Utah news for Friday morning, March 25, 2022

Politics & Government

Hundreds of people gather at Utah State Capitol to rally for trans youth

Ivana Martinez

Lawmakers have called a special session to overturn the governor’s veto of a bill that bans trans girls from playing in girls school sports.

Photo of the Utah state capitol building.

News Briefs

PM Brief: Juneteenth becomes Utah holiday, Davis school harassment & helping indigenous voters

KUER News

The latest Utah news for Thursday evening, March 24, 2022.