Governor, firefighters and city leaders beg Utahns not to use personal fireworks this year
Governor, firefighters and city leaders beg Utahns not to use personal fireworks this year
and last updated 2021-06-30 19:13:34-04
SALT LAKE CITY â Flanked by dozens of firefighters, city leaders and some state lawmakers, Governor Spencer Cox pleaded with Utahns to not use personal fireworks this year in the face of potentially catastrophic wildfires. If I could issue a ban on personal fireworks, I would, the governor said at a news conference Wednesday. But state law does not allow me to do that. So Iâm asking you, Iâm imploring each of you to do the right thing: And the right thing this year is to put your personal fireworks away.
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This new president supported their work and promised to boost the number of vulnerable people from war-ravaged countries that are welcome into our communities.
It was time to ramp up.
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Utah schools discuss on-campus representation of Indigenous peoples
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Adult film actress Cherie DeVille is concerned Utah’s new content filter requirements are opening the door to allow greater government control of the Internet. (Credit: Ryan Dwyer)
(CN) When Utah’s innocuously titled “Device Filter Amendments” bill circulated the state Legislature, opponents worried requiring content filters to be the default in new cell phones and tablets amounted to the first step in a larger plan to restrict access to adult content.
“This sets the precedent for saying, ‘Yes, we are accepting governmental control or governmental assistance in parenting our children, and governmental control in the types of content that we’re seeing,’” said Cherie DeVille, an adult film actress based in Los Angeles.