SLC mayor to require face masks inside all city facilities
Rick Bowmer / AP
and last updated 2021-07-28 19:14:53-04
SALT LAKE CITY â Mayor Erin Mendenhall has signed an executive order mandating face coverings in all city-owned and operated facilities.
The order, which goes into effect on Wednesday, requires all employees to wear masks inside city facilities regardless of their vaccination status. Visitors to city facilities like libraries, recreation centers, the Salt Lake City & County Building or the police station, will also be required to wear a mask.
It follows recent guidance from the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention that people should return to wearing masks indoors in high-transmission areas for COVID-19.
Utah courts face trial backlog because of COVID-19
Utah State Courts
and last updated 2021-01-19 17:42:45-05
SALT LAKE CITY â The Utah State Court system faces a backlog of jury trials because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the state legislature was told. We have been able to largely keep pace, at all court levels, with our pre-pandemic caseload, Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice Matthew Durrant told the Utah State Legislature during his annual State of the Judiciary address.
But in his videotaped remarks, delivered remotely because of the pandemic, Chief Justice Durrant said he had concerns about so many delays because of the deadly virus.