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Jensen, who was the top target for the Utes, replaces Craig Smith, who was fired in late February during his fourth season at Utah.

Peyote, a cactus that contains mescaline, a hallucinogen, grows naturally in South Texas and northern Mexico. It is sacred to many Indigenous people, playing a central role in their ceremonies, spiritual practice and medicine.

A growing number of states are proposing legislation to give local law officers the power to arrest people in the country illegally. Other bills would require law enforcement agencies to notify federal immigration officials when they take someone into custody who is in the country illegally.

Kansas’ Republican attorney general argues that Biden overstepped his authority in creating the SAVE Plan, which was made available to borrowers last year and has already canceled loans for 150,000.

Over the weekend, Gov. Spencer Cox and 13 other red-state governors joined Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at the border to publicly apply pressure on the Biden administration.

Republican Sen. Scott Sandall is floating a law to give the Legislature the ability to ignore executive orders and federal regulations.

Three debates for next year’s presidential general election are set to be held in college towns in Texas, Virginia and Utah between Sept. 16 and Oct. 9. Whether either party's candidate will participate, however, remains to be seen.

The policy, which goes into effect August 14, applies to all In-N-Out employees in Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Utah, except for those who need to wear masks or other protective gear for job duties like working in the patty room or painting.

Native American nations say the Supreme Court has reaffirmed their power to withstand threats from states.

The court left in place the 1978 Indian Child Welfare Act, which was enacted to address concerns that Native children were being separated from their families and, too frequently, placed in non-Native homes.

The Human Rights Campaign says at least 150 bills targeting transgender people have been introduced this year — including gender-affirming care bans for minors that have been enacted in South Dakota and Utah.

The announcement comes on the heels of the CHIPS and Science Act that Democratic President Joe Biden signed last summer.