Hannah Lafond
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Proposal to study gender wage gap dies in committee
February 22, 2018 12:00 AM
In this Feb. 6, 2018, photo, Democratic Sen. Luz Escamilla speaks during a news conference at the Utah State Capitol in Salt Lake City. Utah Republican lawmakers shut down discussion of a bill Tuesday, Feb. 13, that would study whether women working in some state government offices are paid less than men. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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Legislature considers bills addressing domestic violence
February 20, 2018 12:00 AM
Photo illustration (Savannah Hopkinson and Ty Mullen)
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HB64: hands free cell phone bill fails
February 16, 2018 12:00 AM
Utah saw 5,748 distracted driver crashes in 2016, according to the Governor’s Highways Safety Association. Ten percent of all Utah crashes involve a distracted driver. (Haley Mosher)
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Bills could legalize medical marijuana for terminally ill
February 12, 2018 12:00 AM
The Utah Legislature is considering a bill that would allow the state to cultivate marijuana, as pictured here in a private Texas facility. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
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Trump addresses the nation in his first State of the Union
January 31, 2018 12:00 AM
President Donald Trump arrives to deliver his first State of the Union Address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber of the U.S. Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2018 in Washington. (Win McNamee/Pool via AP)
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Education Excellence Commission presents plan to improve Utah education
January 28, 2018 12:00 AM
SALT LAKE CITY — Members of Gov. Gary Herbert’s Education Excellence Commission presented their plan to improve the quality of education throughout Utah at a State Capitol news conference on Jan. 26.
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Gov. Herbert looks to Utah's future in State of the State address
January 25, 2018 12:00 AM
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert speaks during his annual state of the state address at the Utah State Capitol Jan. 25, 2017, in Salt Lake City. Herbert's 2018 state of the state address optimistically looked forward to 2018 legislation and acknowledged Utah youth suicides and the #MeToo movement. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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HB129: Lawmaker looks to pass Utah version of "stand your ground" law
January 23, 2018 12:00 AM
Utah lawmaker and BYU graduate Rep. Cory Maloy, R-Lehi, is sponsoring a Utah version of the so-called 'stand your ground' bill in the 2018 Legislature.
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Utah bill aimed at making voters more thoughtful
January 20, 2018 12:00 AM
A Murray lawmaker is proposing a bill in the 2018 Legislature that would eliminate straight ticket voting for mail-in voters, but not for voters at polling places. A BYU political science professor isn't sure that Republican lawmakers will approve the measure.
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