Utah Legislature

Los legisladores de Utah asignaron 65 millones de dólares para centros de educación técnica y profesional en escuelas K-12, después de visitar el Catalyst Center del Distrito Escolar de Davis. Líderes escolares dicen que este centro es diferente al modelo tradicional de formación vocacional.

The state’s largest universities, the University of Utah and Utah Valley University, plan to streamline their offerings by cutting low-enrollment programs and strengthening student “durable skills.”

Utah lawmakers allocated $65 million for K-12 career and technical education centers after visiting the Davis School District’s Catalyst Center. School leaders say it’s different from the traditional vocational training model.

Paradise Republican Casey Snider moves up to Majority Leader from Assistant Whip. He’ll be joined by Candice Pierucci and Bridger Bolinder as the whips.

A presidential executive order directing a documentary, proof-of-citizenship requirement for federal elections has been blocked by a judge. And state-level efforts have found little success — even in places like Utah where Republicans control the legislature and governor’s office.

Arguments continued in a second hearing this year in the lawsuit over Utah’s law banning transgender girls from competing in girls' sports. Now, the central issue is how President Donald Trump’s executive order impacts it.

King, a former state lawmaker and candidate for governor, won 52% of the delegates during the Utah Democratic Party's organizing convention.

Republicans argued a 2023 law that banned gender-affirming health care for transgender youth was needed to protect vulnerable kids from treatments that could cause long-term harm. The newly released results of a study commissioned under that very law tell a different story.

While the restructuring prioritized Salt Lake Community College’s technical training and health sciences programs, leadership argues that the arts and humanities are still an important part of the school.

De los aproximadamente 1.765 millones de empleos en Utah, casi la mitad se encuentran en el condado de Salt Lake. Para prosperar, los economistas dicen que la ciudad y el estado deben colaborar bien.

Even after early financial red flags, Utah’s most vulnerable suffered while Beaver Valley Hospital reaped federal aid as it grew its network of nursing homes across the state.

Of Utah’s estimated 1.765 million jobs, almost half are in Salt Lake County. To thrive, economists say the city and the state need to get along.