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(Bethany Baker | The Salt Lake Tribune) Union workers host a signature gathering event to put a referendum on the 2026 ballot to rescind HB267, a law that affects the ability of public workers to organize, at University of Utah in Salt Lake City on Friday, March 21, 2025.

Referendum to repeal anti-union law meets threshold to qualify for 2026 ballot

By Robert Gehrke | Apr. 28, 2025, 6:46 p.m.

(Haiyun Jiang | The New York Times) Sen. John Curtis, R-Utah, second from left, listens as the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee holds a hearing on the Panama Canal on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, January 28,. 2025.

‘I would bring him back’: Sen. John Curtis said he’s concerned about Abrego Garcia’s deportation

By Addy Baird | Apr. 25, 2025, 11:11 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Troy Williams, a prominent organizer for LGBTQ+ Utahns, lends his voice as the Utah Pride Center sponsors a protest at the Utah Capitol over HB77, a bill that bans pride flags from Utah schools and government property, on the last day of the Legislative session, Friday, March 7, 2025.

A firm founded by a Trump adviser sued a Utah LGBTQ+ advocacy group. A judge just threw out the case.

By Emily Anderson Stern | Apr. 25, 2025, 10:13 p.m.

(Trent Nelson|The Salt Lake Tribune) Bethami Dobkin speaks at her inauguration as president of Westminster College, now Westminster University, at Converse Hall in Salt Lake City, Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018. In April 2025, Dobkin was the only higher education leader in the state to sign onto a leader condemning President Donald Trump's attempts to exert control over universities and colleges.

This one Utah university president signed onto national letter criticizing Trump’s attacks on higher education

By Courtney Tanner | Apr. 25, 2025, 12:00 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Boxes of signatures are checked in at the Salt Lake County Clerk's office as labor leaders attempt to qualify a referendum repealing an anti-union bill, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

Utah’s county clerks are analyzing 320,000 referendum signatures. Here’s how they do it.

By Robert Gehrke | Apr. 25, 2025, 6:21 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Scott Ryther, right, an attorney for the Utah Attorney General's Office, speaks to Utah 3rd District Judge Laura Scott during a December 2024 hearing on Utah Education Association's lawsuit against the Utah Fits All Scholarship (or voucher) program.

Utah’s school voucher program will keep going while state appeals ruling, judge says

By Carmen Nesbitt | Apr. 23, 2025, 9:56 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The fluoride station at the Big Cottonwood Water Treatment Facility on Monday, April 21, 2025.

Utah to be first state to ban fluoride from drinking water. Will we regret it?

By Robert Gehrke | Apr. 23, 2025, 3:51 p.m.

(Rick Egan|The Salt Lake Tribune) The Shepherd Union Building at Weber State University pictured on Tuesday, Dec 10, 2024. Weber State is eliminating 49 positions and 89 classes in the 2025 budget cuts.

Budget cut update: Weber State University eliminates 49 staff positions, 89 classes

By Courtney Tanner | Apr. 23, 2025, 5:32 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Boxes of signatures are checked in at the Salt Lake County Clerk's office as labor leaders attempt to qualify a referendum repealing an anti-union bill, on Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

Union referendum live updates: Utah voters will decide fate of anti-union law after labor leaders secure signature threshold

By Robert Gehrke | Emily Anderson Stern | Apr. 28, 2025, 5:55 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Chase Schetselaar speaks as Utah Valley University students speak out about the closing of their multicultural center on campus, including a space for LGBTQ community members, in Orem on Thursday, April 17, 2025.

Utah Valley University closes cultural centers, lays off staff due to budget cuts

By Courtney Tanner | Apr. 22, 2025, 8:28 p.m.

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