Also on our mind today: Statements from the Utah Jazz and Real Salt Lake on the HB11 veto override, how Utah’s higher education board supported the LGBTQ college community and why the Tabernacle Choir is joining the Utah Symphony’s new season.
How should the U.S. respond to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine? Utahns share thoughts in new poll
There has been a lot of discussion and debate surrounding which methods would be most effective when approaching Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Providing humanitarian aid, imposing sanctions, seizing Russian-owned property, even enacting a no-fly zone, have all made the short list of ways the U.S. should respond to the ongoing war in Ukraine, Kyle Dunphey writes.
A new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll specifically asks Utahns what responses from the U.S. they support most and whether or not our country is doing enough to help Ukraine.
Read more about the poll and what Utahns had to say.
Yesterday, Utah's Republican Legislature voted to override Gov. Spencer Cox's veto of HB11, a bill that bans transgender girls from participating in female school sports in the state. The decision came after the House voted 56-18 and the Senate 21-8.
There were sufficient supporting votes within both the House and the Senate from Republican lawmakers who had originally opposed HB11, and ultimately changed their votes in favor of the override.
Looking ahead: The ACLU of Utah signaled that litigation is already looming, Katie McKellar writes. "We are deeply disappointed and saddened at today’s votes by the Utah Legislature to discriminate against transgender youth to exclude them from participating fully on sports teams,” a statement from the organization said.
Read more about the reactions to the override, including Gov. Cox's.
More in Politics
Opinion: Washington should examine foreign threats only. Let the FBI and states deal with domestic extremism (Deseret News)
Opinion: How are Utah politicians affected by war in Ukraine? (Deseret News)
COVID
New study: Chemical found in vegetables could slow COVID (Deseret News)
Average number of new COVID-19 cases this month remains below 200, Utah reports (The Salt Lake Tribune 🔒)
Faith
Why the Tabernacle Choir is joining the Utah Symphony’s new season (Deseret News)
Latest Temple Square renovation update: Main Street Plaza to close in April (Church News)
The last Shakers: How the final two are holding the faith (Deseret News)
Utah Catholics join in world-wide prayer for peace in Ukraine, Russia (KSL.com)
Education
What Utah’s higher education board did to affirm support for LGBTQ college community (Deseret News)
Southern Utah
Census report: St. George – ‘a beautiful, great place to live’ – is No. 1 American city for growth (St. George News)
SUU to use fee increase to create on-campus health clinic, enhance mental health counseling (St. George News)
Northern Utah
'Extensive' construction to close off most access to state park in northeast Utah (KSL.com)
Want an update on Utah’s drought? Look to Powder Mountain’s new SNOTEL site (Deseret News)
Wasatch Front
Prison officials hope new, more welcoming Utah facility will help fill staff shortage (KSL-TV)
‘We’re prepared to strike’ — Hundreds of Kennecott workers rally for new contract (The Salt Lake Tribune 🔒)
The West
What’s Gov. Gavin Newsom’s plan to take on California’s highest-in-the-nation gas prices? (Deseret News)
Ryan Smith, the owner of the Utah Jazz and Real Salt Lake, has made his stance on HB11 clear. He took to social media earlier this week to share his thoughts and critiques on the bill.
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