People gathered in Salt Lake City to push the Utah State Board of Education not to adopt a policy that would restrict the availability of books deemed explicit from school libraries.
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Frustrated Utahns met at the Utah State Capitol to protest Republican majority actions in the Utah Legislature to outlaw mask mandates across the state and to asked for local control and health department control over health issues.
About 200 individuals gathered on the state Capitol steps on Saturday to rally in favor of letting health officials \u2014 not politicians \u2014 make public health decisions.
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Roughly 50 supporters of the Equal Rights Amendment gathered Tuesday outside the state Capitol, where lawmakers were wrapping up the final week of the general legislative session after, once again, not holding a hearing on whether Utah should ratify the federal amendment.
“There have been successes and losses this year for the state of women in Utah, but today I celebrate the recognition of shared ideals,” Emily Bell McCormick, co-chairwoman of the Utah ERA Coalition and founder of The Policy Project, said in a statement.
“There are many ideological overlaps that Republicans and Democrats can get behind,” she said, and that includes “constitutional equality for women and men.”