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Utah House, Senate both approve of Dixie name change bill Kaitlyn Bancroft, St. George Spectrum & Daily News
With far less debate and opposition than heard in previous meetings, legislation approving Dixie State University s name change process passed 26 to three in the Utah Senate on Wednesday morning. © Chris Caldwell / The Spectrum & Daily News Community members gather to voice their opinions on the potential Dixie name change Monday, Jan. 11, 2021.
Only Sens. Wayne A. Harper, John D. Johnson and Michael S. Kennedy voted in opposition.
The bill, HB 278 substitute one, then passed back to the House of Representatives for consideration of the bill s changes.
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RayShell Shelden, a paraeducator who works with special education students at Philo T. Farnsworth Elementary School in West Valley City, poses for a photo on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, while sitting behind the screen she uses when teaching at the school.
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At an elementary school named for American television technology pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth, RayShell Shelden helps students with intellectual disabilities tackle learning.
Shelden, a paraeducator for the Granite School District, is also a mom and a college student who is working toward her bachelor’s degree in special education from Western Governors University.
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Some worry the bill would lead to a referendum effort to do away with Utah’s convention system.
(Rick Bowmer | AP file photo) Republican Sen. Dan McCay s bill giving political parties the ability to prevent candidates from gathering signatures to get on the ballot was killed then resurrected in the Utah Senate on Feb. 25, 2021 | Updated: 3:50 a.m.
The Utah Senate on Thursday evening killed a proposal to give political parties the option of doing away with the alternative path to the ballot for candidates who gather signatures. But, less than an hour later, they revived the bill and advanced it.
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