First lady Jill Biden seemed right at home Wednesday interacting with students and praising teachers at a middle school on the west side of Salt Lake City.
If you want to volunteer but arenât sure where, Salt Lake City can help
SLC Corps will connect volunteers with local organizations that need an extra hand. | Updated: May 7, 2021, 11:45 p.m.
People who want to lend a helping hand in Salt Lake City but arenât sure where to start can sign up through a new city program that matches wannabe volunteers with organizations in need.
SLC Corps was launched on Tuesday through Mayor Erin Mendenhallâs office. Residents as well as people from other cities who are at least 18 years old can find projects online through the cityâs website at slc.gov/mayor/slc-corps. No prior experience is necessary, since training will be provided as needed.
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As Salt Lake City emerges from a year marked by economic uncertainty, a reckoning with racial injustice and an ongoing public health crisis, Mayor Erin Mendenhall said the community now confronts a turning point.
Itâs time, she said, to âblaze a new trail.â
The mayor presented her recommended budget, which includes a general fund of just under $350 million, for fiscal 2021-22 on Tuesday night to the City Council.
Mendenhall said a big infusion of federal cash coming from the American Rescue Plan, coupled with the cityâs relatively strong economic position, presents an opportunity. She plans to pump more money into affordable housing, greater public safety, cleaner air and improved quality of life for west-siders.
SLC Corps volunteers collecting kitchen supplies to go with apartments for the homeless
Salt Lake City is launching a pilot program that aims to help those in chronic homelessness to lead better, more stable lives.
Posted at 11:33 AM, May 04, 2021
and last updated 2021-05-04 15:20:18-04
SALT LAKE CITY â Salt Lake City is launching a pilot program that aims to help those in chronic homelessness to lead better, more stable lives.
The Magnolia apartment building will soon be home to 65 people transitioning away from life on the street.
On Tuesday, city officials announced an effort to collect kitchen kits, to make the new apartments feel as much like home as possible.
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Utah Rep. Burgess Owens went on Fox News Monday and falsely claimed that Salt Lake City âdefundedâ its police by $5 million, and seemed to connect that to an increase in murders.
Asked by a show anchor how Owens and the rest of the Republican Party intended to use ârising anti-cop sentimentâ to take back the U.S. House of Representatives in 2022, Owens said he intended to get a message out to Americans on what he called a âbetrayalâ by the left.
âMy city of Salt Lake City,â Owens said, âthey defunded [police] by $5 million and the murder rate went up 40%.â