This year, Utah lawmakers passed a bill allowing the state to gather data on where wildlife and drivers are in the greatest danger of collisions. Utah has historically led the way in making drivers and wildlife safer.
Utah health officials told lawmakers that the omicron variant of COVID-19 will spread regardless of community mitigation efforts, but masks will slow the spread.
The Chief Privacy Officer for Utah public education says that since a whistleblower’s lawsuit outed researchers at the University of Utah for overstepping student data privacy laws, things have improved. MORE: Read our previous reporting on Dr. Judith Zimmerman’s whistleblowing lawsuits. David Sallay’s job is to ensure that schools and districts comply with state and federal student privacy laws.