Utah Tag

Burgess Owens Flips Utah’s 4th Congressional District Back to Republicans

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 17, 2020 15 Comments

Incumbent Rep. Ben McAdams (D-UT) called former football player Burgess Owens to concede their 4th Congressional District race. The Republicans have flipped 12 seats, narrowing the Democrats majority even more after this Owens' victory.

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Utah Wants to Require Weekly COVID-19 Testing for All College Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on November 07, 2020 4 Comments

"A mandate that would enforce that is expected to be announced early next week"...

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Dixie State University in Utah Reportedly Considering Name Change

Posted by Mike LaChance on July 03, 2020 6 Comments

"A final decision likely wouldn’t come until legislators meet in January"...

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U. Utah Medical Students Want School to Sever Ties With Police

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 14, 2020 4 Comments

“appreciate the work the students presented and we look forward to working with them on these issues”...

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University of Utah Online Town Hall Event Bashes Trump And Capitalism

Posted by Mike LaChance on April 29, 2020 4 Comments

"White supremacists, supported by the GOP and the Trump Administration have interpreted this disease as a foreign attack."...

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U. Utah Students Object to Addition of Campus Police Office at Student Union

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 29, 2020 7 Comments

“This is supposed to be our safe space”...

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Counselors at Brigham Young U. Offer Students Safe Space Over Racist Online Comments

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 16, 2020 0 Comments

“Why do we celebrate Black history? Why not Mexican history? Or white history?”...

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Trump’s team releases new plans for drilling, mining in Utah national monuments

Posted by Leslie Eastman on February 08, 2020 30 Comments

Legal Insurrection readers will recall that among his many initial acts as president, Donald Trump shrank the size of Bears Ears and and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments, releasing land that former President Obama designated as national monuments just before leaving office.

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U. Utah Uses ‘Pleasure Packs’ to Discreetly Send Condoms to Students

Posted by Mike LaChance on February 05, 2020 7 Comments

"We want to empower students to feel like they have access to resources"...

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University of Utah Hires a ‘Chief Sustainability Officer’

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 24, 2019 8 Comments

“Confronting our critical issues of climate and sustainability requires unprecedented commitment”...

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University of Utah Holds DACA Donut Party in Safe Space

Posted by Mike LaChance on December 07, 2019 0 Comments

“unwavering support for undocumented students (with or without DACA)"...

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Utah Voters Don’t Like Romney’s Attitude Towards Trump

Posted by Mary Chastain on October 30, 2019 32 Comments

Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT) has become one of the loudest voices against President Donald Trump. During town halls in Utah, Romney has asked voters if he's too tough on Trump. About half of them say yes.

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University of Utah Holds Debate on Second Amendment Limits

Posted by Mike LaChance on September 16, 2019 12 Comments

“This is a very difficult issue. I think we can all agree that there are no easy answers”...

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Prof Accused of ‘Hostile Learning Environment’ for Assigning too Many Male Authors

Posted by Mike LaChance on June 01, 2019 7 Comments

"also accused the professor of frequent sexist language"...

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After forcing student to wash off Ash Wednesday cross, Utah teacher now on leave

Posted by Leslie Eastman on March 09, 2019 64 Comments

Like millions of Catholics this past Wednesday, I attended Mass and began the season of Lent by having an ash cross marked on my forehead. One student who also observed Ash Wednesday and went to school with an ash cross was forced to wash it off by a teacher, despite pleas from the boy that it was a symbol of his faith.

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Student Govt. at University of Utah Promotes Planned Parenthood

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 28, 2019 1 Comment

"photo shared online by the University of Utah's student government displayed their president holding a Planned Parenthood sign"...

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Joe Biden Declines $100K Speaking Fee at University of Utah

Posted by Mike LaChance on January 02, 2019 3 Comments

"Biden didn’t bring up a presidential campaign, nor was he asked about it"...

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UPDATE: Democrat Ben McAdams Retakes Lead Over Rep. Mia Love

Posted by Mary Chastain on November 19, 2018 26 Comments

*UPDATE 11:56PM: Ben McAdams now leads by 739 votes. *UPDATE 2:43PM: Love now has a lead of 1,516 votes over her Democrat challenger. Rep. Mia Love (R-UT) has pulled ahead as officials continue to count votes for the race for Utah's 4th Congressional District.

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