Plus, here's how Salt Lake City plans to tackle crime and homelessness.
⛅ 20 – 33° Logan | ⛅ 27 – 42° Salt Lake ⛅ 20 – 42° Manti | ☀️ 22 – 45° Moab ☀️ 21 – 49° Cedar City | ☀️ 26 – 54° St. George 🌅 Good morning! University of Utah President Taylor Randall commented during a panel Thursday on potential budget cuts to higher ed, noting that each of Utah's higher education institutions is different and plays its own role. “We pride ourselves on a broad education that includes humanities and arts,” Randall said. “And so as we negotiate and we think about these reallocations, one of the things that we are trying to preserve here is the notion that there’s much more that people come to this campus for than simply an immediate job." The panel was for the Utah legislative session preview titled "Making the Case for Higher Education" that included two other key players in the state's higher education community legislative session. Read more of Jason Swensen's reporting on the University of Utah forum. |
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| How Salt Lake City plans to tackle crime and homelessness |
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| Salt Lake City announced a bold public safety plan Thursday to address crime and homelessness in the city. The announcement came on the heels of a strongly worded letter from Gov. Spencer Cox, Utah Senate President Stuart Adams and Utah House Speaker Mike Schultz sent to Mayor Erin Mendenhall in December that called for city solutions to "eliminate crime and restore public safety" or have the Legislature intervene. The comprehensive initiative outlines 27 recommendations for the city to undertake. The plan involves the Salt Lake City Police Department launching a Community Impact Division to increase officer presence and reduce crime downtown and deploying the Violent Criminal Apprehension team to “aggressively” tackle gang activity and remove guns and drugs from the street, Dennis Romboy reported. Key elements of the plan include: Expediting the development of deeply affordable housing and the creation of temporary emergency shelter Expanded mental health, behavioral health and substance use treatment programs Increase the availability of deeply affordable housing and permanent supportive housing Commitment from the city, county and state to the plan and its execution Read more about the comprehensive initiative. More in Utah Should Utah state employees be able to work from home? Governor says isolation is ‘not healthy,’ confirms changes coming (Deseret News) Rescued pets from California wildfires have been sent to Utah (Deseret News) Park City Mountain apologizes for strike disruption, offers discounts (Deseret News) Utah homeowners in areas now considered fire zones see jump in insurance rates (KSL-TV) Riley Peck named new Utah Division of Wildlife Resources director (St George News) As Utah now knows, schools are increasingly caught up in data breaches (KUER) Statewide need prompts Weber State to launch doctoral emphasis in psychiatric mental health (Utah Policy) |
| Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is prepared for President Donald Trump to issue several executive orders that will impact Utah on Monday, including major reversals of Biden administration decisions on land and energy. “The message from President Trump was that, literally on Day 1, that his plan is to leave the dais after being sworn in and go into the Capitol and start signing orders to undo some of those things,” Cox said during his monthly PBS press conference. “I don’t know what that will look like but we’ll be prepared from day one to start working together on whatever that is.” What will be Trump's first executive orders? According to reporting by Brigham Tomco, Trump reportedly plans to announce 100 executive orders, and some of his "Day 1" executive orders would: Suspend refugee resettlement programs. Increase deportations of migrants who entered the country illegally, focusing on those who commit violent crimes. Terminate birthright citizenship for children of migrants who entered the country illegally. Instruct federal agencies to remove inflationary regulations. End electric vehicle mandates. Implement blanket tariffs of 25% on all products from Canada and Mexico. Ban transgender women from competing in women’s sports. Sanction new oil drilling. Pardon individuals involved in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. Revoke a series of President Joe Biden’s policy changes. Read more about what Cox said about Trump's plans. More in Politics Burgum says he’ll work with Sen. Lee, Utah officials on federal lands issues (Deseret News) Bill would prevent some Utah franchise locations from being forced to open on Sundays (KSL) U.S. officials express confidence in ceasefire implementation (Deseret News) Gov. Ron Desantis' pick for Florida's next senator (Deseret News) Dems pressure AG Garland to release full report on Trump classified documents case (Deseret News) |
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🗓️ Events Calendar We put together a calendar list of events and activities going on around the state of Utah during the next month. Check it out and let us know if we are missing anything! Here are some highlights for events in Utah today: Sebastian Maniscalco | Maverik Center BYU men’s tennis vs. Weber State BYU women’s gymnastics vs. SUU | Marriott Center 7 p.m. U of U men’s and women’s swimming vs. Denver, Cal U of U gymnastics vs. Iowa State University | Jon M. Huntsman Center 7 p.m. |
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