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The lawsuit alleged that Moab police did not do enough during a traffic stop to protect their daughter from the man who killed her weeks later. The plaintiffs' lawyer says a state law making governmental agencies immune from lawsuits is unconstitutional and an appeal is planned.

The amendment sought to get rid of the constitutional earmark that says Utah’s income tax revenue can only be used for education and certain social services.

Even though Amendment D will remain on the ballot, no votes cast will count after the Utah Supreme Court upheld a lower court’s decision to void it from the November election.

GOP leaders have derided recent decisions as the work of activist judges or “policymaking from the bench.” That has some in the supermajority toying with the idea of judicial reform.

While Gov. Spencer Cox supports the removal of the earmark on public education funding, the Utah teachers’ union has asked a judge to keep the question, Amendment A, off the ballot.

Groups including the League of Women Voters and Mormon Women for Ethical Government say in their court filing that lawmakers are using deception to get voters to surrender their constitutional rights with Amendment D.

A lower court judge has already thrown out the fossil fuels case. But the plaintiffs want the Utah Supreme Court to reinstate it.

The 4-1 decision determined Utah's Planned Parenthood had standing in the case and that a lower court did not abuse its discretion when it blocked the state's "trigger law" in 2022.

Lawmakers like Republican Karriane Lisonbee believe Utah’s “trigger law” will be upheld as constitutional “and we want that decision made.”

Bill sponsors and advocates say the changes will help protect children from abusive parents.

Two transgender minors and their parents are suing the Utah High School Activities Association, the Granite School District and the Jordan School District over the state’s 2022 ban on transgender girls competing in girls’ sports.

“Just as litigation effectively spurred change by the opioid pharmaceutical industry and Big Tobacco, we expect this lawsuit will inspire Meta to improve its child safety practices,” said Utah Gov. Spencer Cox in a statement.