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Salt Lake County Council member raises question: Are men entering women’s locker rooms?
7/21/2023
0:58
A Salt Lake County Council member is pressing for a new policy barring men from using women’s locker rooms at county recreation facilities. Dea Theodore, a conservative Republican from Sandy, announced her effort in between media appearances and public testimony Tuesday by county resident and GOP activist Candace Duncan, who asserted she had been confronted by “biological males” twice in women’s locker rooms recently at the Northwest Recreation Center in Salt Lake City.
Bryce Canyon is the second-most popular national park on Instagram, according to new study.
7/7/2023
0:59
Bryce Canyon has the second-most Instagram posts per square mile out of all the National Parks, according to a new study.
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How SLC airport officials prevent travelers from being gouged at its restaurants
7/5/2023
0:57
To save travelers from paying more for food, drinks and other items once they pass through security, Salt Lake City International Airport instituted a policy to bar vendors from charging more than they do out on the street. According to an airport shopping excursion of sorts by The Salt Lake Tribune, the pricing policy seems to be working. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/2023/07/04/little-known-policy-that-keeps
A Utah teen had sex at school. His Latter-day Saint parents sued the district — and lost.
7/3/2023
0:59
Under an end-of-year tradition n the Alpine School District, kids could leave this Utah school after two hours of class. One student, his parents said they later learned, used the unsupervised time in May 2022 to have sex with his girlfriend — during school hours, in the parking lot of the Lehi campus. The Latter-day Saint couple, whose faith prohibits premarital sex, sued the district and some administrators, arguing that their constitutional right to parent their child and freedom of religion had been violated. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2023/06/29/utah-teen-had-sex-school-heres-why
Utah criminal record expungement fees to quadruple July 1
6/30/2023
0:59
Legal experts recommend getting an application in ASAP. Fees to expunge a criminal record in Utah will cost more than four times higher beginning July 1.
A Utah state agency shared a Pride post on social media — a Gov. Cox appointee had it removed
6/28/2023
0:59
Public records show that a Department of Government Operations employee ‘got in trouble’ for posting an LGBTQ+ Pride image on the agency’s official social media pages. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/06/27/utah-state-agency-shared-an-lgbtq
One year after Roe reversal, where does Utah stand on abortion access?
6/23/2023
0:59
This Saturday marks the one year anniversary of Roe V Wade being overturned. So where does Utah currently stand when it comes to abortion access?
Here's what to do if you get an eviction notice in Utah
6/21/2023
0:59
Landlords across the state filed more than 2,600 eviction cases in the first four months of 2023. That’s 40% more than the first quarter of 2022 and more than double the number of eviction lawsuits filed in the first four months of 2021.
Legislature approves condensed election timeline to replace Rep. Chris Stewart
6/16/2023
1:02
Lawmakers say pushing back Utah’s 2023 municipal election scheduled to coincide with the 2nd Congressional District race will prevent voter confusion and be less expensive for the state.
Utah’s only abortion clinic outside Salt Lake is ‘temporarily’ closed
6/15/2023
0:59
As Planned Parenthood Association of Utah fights a blocked near-ban on abortion and a recently passed abortion clinic ban in Utah courts, its only facility that offers abortions outside Salt Lake County “temporarily” closed in March, providing no explanation to patients. Read more: https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2023/06/14/utahs-only-abortion-clinic-outside/

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The Daily Buzz

The Salt Lake Tribune

197 Episodes

Salt Lake County Council member raises question: Are men entering women’s locker rooms?

Bryce Canyon is the second-most popular national park on Instagram, according to new study.

How SLC airport officials prevent travelers from being gouged at its restaurants

A Utah teen had sex at school. His Latter-day Saint parents sued the district — and lost.

Utah criminal record expungement fees to quadruple July 1

A Utah state agency shared a Pride post on social media — a Gov. Cox appointee had it removed

One year after Roe reversal, where does Utah stand on abortion access?

Here's what to do if you get an eviction notice in Utah

Legislature approves condensed election timeline to replace Rep. Chris Stewart

Utah’s only abortion clinic outside Salt Lake is ‘temporarily’ closed