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Published May 20, 2021 at 7:16 PM MDT Listen • 4:46 Courtesy of David Newkirk Utah actor and LGBTQ activist Charles Lynn Frost has died. Frost was best known for his work as Sister Dottie Dixon a faithful Latter-day Saint with a quirky Utah accent who fiercely loved her gay son Donnie. This story and more in Thursday evening s news brief. Thursday evening, May 20, 2021 State Gov. Spencer Cox Responds To Moves By State Legislature Utah Gov. Spencer Cox responded Thursday to the state Legislature’s actions during its special and extraordinary sessions this week. Lawmakers passed resolutions opposing critical race theory and a bill to ban mask mandates in schools. Cox said he supports the CRT resolutions, even though he left the topic off the agenda for the special session. He also said he plans to sign the bill that bans future mask mandates in schools. ....
The Utah House and Senate both passed non-binding resolutions Wednesday that urge the state’s school board to ban teaching certain principles lawmakers say could be a part of critical race theory. Critical race theory is an academic framework for understanding how racism creates and sustains the many disparities that exist in the country today. The framework is not currently part of curriculum in Utah’s public schools. According to a statement from the board, no member has suggested adopting it into its standards. “A lot of parents they’re afraid,” said Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross. “They’re afraid that critical race theory may be used in schools to shame their children. They don’t want their children to feel guilty or to feel anguish because of the way God made them.” ....
iStockphoto Gov. Spencer Cox announced last week that public K-12 schools will not be required to have a mask mandate during their final week of school. Whether people are in support of mask mandates or not, one thing many of them can now agree on is that the decision to end the school mask mandate early was a bad one. Gov. Spencer Cox announced last week that public K-12 schools will not be required to have a mask requirement during their final week of school. He said the decision was a compromise between people who wanted the mandate removed immediately and those in favor of keeping it. It was also made because COVID-19 cases in schools have been declining, he said. ....
Deseret News Gov. Spencer Cox spoke at the weekly COVID-19 briefing Thursday where he announced the end of Utah’s school mask mandate. Schools in Utah will not be required to have a mask mandate in place during the last week of the academic year, Gov. Spencer Cox announced Thursday. But if they choose, individual schools can still institute their own mandates. Cox said lifting the requirement is the right thing to do. “We ve had cases dropping in many, many of our school districts,” Cox said. “We have many schools where there have been no positive cases now for several weeks and we ve been able to vaccinate teachers.” ....
Dr. Angela Dunn Leaving As State Epidemiologist To Lead Salt Lake County Utah’s epidemiologist Angela Dunn is leaving the state’s department of health to lead the Salt Lake County Health Department. In a statement Tuesday, UDOH said it’s “hard to overstate” the life saving contributions Dunn made to the state’s COVID-19 response. She sometimes found herself at odds with elected officials over the past year in how the state was handling the pandemic. But Dunn has been a mainstay at COVID press conferences since last summer. She is replacing Gary Edwards who has been with the county health department for the past 16 years. Her first day is June 1. ....