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Jocelyn De La Rosa, executive director of The Family Support Center, plants blue pinwheels in honor of every child who was abused in Salt Lake County during 2020 at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. In Salt Lake County alone there were 3,616 confirmed cases of child abuse last year.
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
Police and child welfare workers in Utah’s most populous county confirmed fewer cases of child abuse in 2020 after the pandemic closed schools, churches and other places where adults tend to spot signs of abuse.
Now, Salt Lake County leaders and advocates are urging people to keep an eye out in their own communities and report any evidence of neglect or physical, emotional and sexual abuse so authorities can intervene.
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Resolution recognizing Utah’s election success OK’d but not without a challenge Katie McKellar © Associated Press Mail-in ballots are shown at the Salt Lake County Government Center in Salt Lake City in this Nov. 1, 2016, file photo.
SALT LAKE CITY A resolution recognizing Utah’s 2020 election success a clear, factual absence of fraud won approval from a panel of lawmakers Wednesday, but not without protests from some Republican legislators.
Rep. Joel Briscoe, D-Salt Lake City, sponsored HCR11 to acknowledge Utah’s county clerks ran a widely successful election without significant problems in an election year when other states grappled with voting by mail and comments from former President Donald Trump that undermined the validity of the election results baseless claims that lacked evidence and faltered in dozens of court cases.
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