Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City Cracks Down on Large Groups Greeting Missionaries at Airport
The stricter rules came after hundreds of residents ignored social-distancing guidelines to greet missionaries returning from abroad.
Route Fifty Navigator Awards Discussion: Uncovering Innovation In Utah
Join us in Salt Lake City (or remotely) for our first Navigator Awards discussion with innovators driving transformation at the state and local level.
Dirty Air, Climate Change Preoccupy Salt Lake City Leaders
Local officials in smoggy Utah are fighting to reduce pollution and move toward solar and other renewable energy sources.
Increase in Youth Suicide Prompts States to Act
The decade-long rise in youth suicide in the U.S. has been particularly steep in Utah, which has launched several suicide prevention efforts aimed at young people.
A New Coalition to Lower State and Local Incarceration Rates
Launched by the White House, the Data-Driven Justice Initiative wants to lower prison inmate numbers and increase the number of prisoners receiving health care and mental health services with proven methods.
Code for America Names Local Government Partners for Its 2016 Fellowship Program
Among the priorities for 2016 fellows: Improve access to health and human services, reduce incarceration levels and promote economic development.
8 State and Local Election Results Worth Noting
From the Kentucky gubernatorial election to ballot measures on affordable housing in San Francisco, here are some of the races and initiatives we were tracking.
Police Lawsuit Aims to Make Milwaukee Gun Shop Pay; Major Kentucky ‘Obamacare’ Insurer Goes Belly Up
Also: Salt Lake charter school teachers are ‘unqualified,’ not sticking around and judge orders Arkansas to reveal the identity of its execution-drug supplier.
Mixed Messages With Utah’s Deseret Flag?; Virginia’s ‘Road to Nowhere’ Settlement
Also: More woes for Detroit and mental health challenges for hospitals in Massachusetts.
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