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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 6h ago

“In today’s political climate, compromise is too often portrayed as weakness,” Salt Lake County Council member Dea Theodore writes in an op-ed. “But this decision demonstrates the opposite.”

Voices: The Salt Lake County Council didn’t simply eliminate a childcare program. We worked together to build a better model.

“In today’s political climate, compromise is too often portrayed as weakness,” Salt Lake County Council member Dea Theodore writes in an op-ed. “But this decision demonstrates the opposite.”

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 8h ago

Dr. Jeffery Cornelius of Moab Dental Health Center said he'd provided Medicaid-covered care to children since arriving in Moab in 2006 and did not take the decision to leave the program lightly. “It just was too much of a cut to be able to function."

Some Moab families now have to drive an hour or more for routine dental care after state program changes

Moab's two dental offices are no longer seeing Medicaid patients after reimbursement rates dropped to levels they say would make them operate in the red.

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 11h ago

LDS Church praises the decision in this high-profile case, investigated by the reporter of "Spotlight" fame, but an advocate worries that predators could use a “confessional loophole to escape justice.”

LDS Church leaders not bound to report sexual abuse confessions, Arizona Supreme Court rules

LDS Church praises the decision in this high-profile case, investigated by the reporter of "Spotlight" fame, but an advocate worries that predators could use a “confessional loophole to escape justice.”

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 12h ago

At the recent Sunstone Symposium, friends, associates and admirers shared their remembrances of legendary LDS writer and advocate Carol Lynn Pearson, who died last week.

‘She was a mother to everybody’ — Sunstone attendees remember celebrated LDS writer Carol Lynn Pearson

At the recent Sunstone Symposium, friends, associates and admirers shared their remembrances of legendary LDS writer and advocate Carol Lynn Pearson, who died last week.

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 13h ago

In February, State Auditor Tina Cannon asked a judge to hold the charter school in contempt. Cannon is now asking for an expedited ruling as American Preparatory Academy continues to hide its administrators’ salaries from the public, even though public money is used to pay them.

‘Public has a right to know’: A Utah charter school operator is fighting to keep its top administrators’ salaries a secret

The charter funnels millions in public money to a private company that then cuts paychecks — a process the charter argues should protect its administrators’ salaries from public view.

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 14h ago

More than 40,000 Utahns are now in danger of losing healthcare thanks to Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill.” Every member of Utah’s congressional delegation — Senators Mike Lee and John Curtis, and representatives Burgess Owens, Celeste Maloy, Mike Kennedy and Blake Moore — voted to pass it.

Medicaid work requirement could leave 40,000 Utahns without healthcare

As the Trump administration presses forward with Medicaid work requirements, state officials estimate more than 40,000 Utahns could be subject to losing health coverage.

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 14h ago

The community surrounding the Utah Capitol is calling on state leaders to stop development of a monument approved without public input — and that they say is racially insensitive and will eliminate green space.

Salt Lake neighborhood demands Utah leaders seek public input before building monument

The community surrounding the Utah Capitol is calling on state leaders to stop development of a monument approved without public input — and that they say is racially insensitive and will eliminate green space.

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 15h ago

Utah joined a growing list of states that now tax advertising sales, including Maryland and more recently Illinois. Maryland’s law, enacted in 2021, has been tied up in litigation over its constitutionality for years.

In rare move, Utah lawmakers decided to tax large tech companies. A new lawsuit argues it’s illegal.

The new tax is meant to target ads “intentionally designed to addict our minors,” a lawmaker said. In a new lawsuit, the Utah Taxpayers Association says it violates federal law.

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 15h ago

The board of the Utah Inland Port Authority voted to create its newest project area in southwest Utah, adding a 16th location to its network of inland ports across the state.

A new inland port is coming to southwest Utah. School officials fear students will pay the price.

The board of the Utah Inland Port Authority voted to create its newest project area in southwest Utah, adding a 16th location to its network of inland ports across the state.

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 17h ago

Three Utah State University professors are sounding the alarm about how bad the smog could be during the 2034 Winter Olympics — and offering eight ways to improve it. But will Games organizers and state and federal leaders act in time?

Paris had the Seine. Utah has something else to worry about.

Three Utah State University professors are sounding the alarm about how bad the smog could be during the 2034 Winter Olympics — and offering eight ways to improve it. But will Games organizers and state and federal leaders act in time?

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 19h ago

Utah’s deer hunt is starting soon, and Millard County Sheriff Steve O’Camb was worried about hunters camping in the backcountry without cellphone service. So he sent a deputy up in a state helicopter to check. That deputy yelled down with a megaphone at anyone he could find to clear the area.

Two weeks into the job, this new Utah sheriff had to evacuate neighbors threatened by wildfire. Here’s what happened next.

“We’re trying to save the town here,” said Sheriff Steve O’Camb.

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The Salt Lake Tribune@sltrib.com · 20h ago

Each of the homes – starting at around $4.5 million – will have an intentional connection between the indoors and outdoors, said Bobby Berk, who worked with a California-based builder on the three-story model home.

For $4.5M, live in a ‘Queer Eye’ star’s vision of Utah’s ‘quiet luxury’

What does $4.5 million buy in Utah? A 7,700-square-foot Holladay estate with a "Queer Eye" star’s touch. See inside the home focused on living well.

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