A powerful Draper law firm that files nearly half of Utah’s eviction cases also keeps a database that some landlords use to screen prospective tenants, according to housing caseworkers and property managers. The law offices of Kirk Cullimore have denied they maintain any kind of “black list,” even as numerous […]
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Utah State Board of Education shelves proposed gender identity guidance
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The chairman of the Utah State Board of Education announced Thursday that the board will not move forward with gender identity guidance for the state’s public schools. The announcement by Board Chairman Mark Huntsman comes less than two weeks after Utah lawmakers voted to override Gov. Spencer Cox’s veto of HB11, […]
Utah Poised to Become Fourth State with General Privacy Law
Utah is poised to become the fourth state to enact comprehensive consumer privacy legislation, following California, Virginia, and Colorado. Earlier this month, Utah’s legislature passed the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (S.B. 227) (UCPA) with no opposing votes in both the Utah Senate and House of Representatives. The bill was sent to Utah […]
Utah should lift restrictions on education dollars | Opinion
The Utah Legislature uses about 60 separate funding streams to provide more than $5 billion per year to Utah’s 41 school districts and 135 charter schools. Roughly three-quarters of that money has virtually no strings attached. The school board in Washington County can use that money to meet its students’ […]