Politics & Issues

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.

Columned government building with the words "State of Utah."

Politics & Government

Water and education funding tops Utah House Republicans’ wishlist

Saige Miller

Majority caucus members also say they’ll cut taxes, but worry about how that could impact the state budget.

Politician speaking to a large crowd of people.

News

Sick of political rhetoric? There’s a new scoring system for that

Kristine Weller

The Dignity Index measures the level of civility in political discourse. It rates candidates on what they say.

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.

News Briefs

AM Brief: Olympics site visit, avian flu in Cache County & fatal plane crash near Cedar City

KUER News

The latest Utah news for Monday morning, April 22, 2022

Nnedi Stephens (right) spent a recent Sunday knocking on doors in Sparks, Nev. with Meghan Archambault (left), their campaign manager. Stephens is a candidate for state senate and uses they/them pronouns.

News

More LGBTQ candidates hit the campaign trail, despite efforts to limit their rights

Bert Johnson

Across the Mountain West and beyond, right-wing politicians are pushing a wave of discriminatory laws. But that’s only one of the issues motivating a record number of LGBTQ candidates.

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.

A pile of logs burn in a snowy field with forest in the background.

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.

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News

Utah County attorney rebuffed at county GOP convention, but still headed to primary

Sonja Hutson

County Attorney David Leavitt did not secure enough convention votes to head to the primary, but gathered enough signatures to qualify.

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News Briefs

AM Brief: Reducing fire risk in Iron County & Indigenous communities opioid crisis

KUER News

The latest Utah news for Wednesday morning, April 6, 2022

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.