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Life

Provo councilwoman Kim Santiago finds strength in challenges

By Alyssa Ledoux
May 09, 2017 12:00 AM
Kim Santiago has been serving on the Provo City Council since 2014. She is currently the only woman on the council. (Kim Santiago)
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Life

Puppies and kittens: Can't adopt? Try fostering

By Alyssa Ledoux
May 02, 2017 12:00 AM
Stephanie 'Swiss' Beller feeds a 4-day-old kitten that was dropped off at the Humane Society. Beller works in the Humane Society's foster department. (Joseph LeDoux)
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State

Missionaries happy to turn in cellphones for badges

By Alyssa Ledoux
April 07, 2017 12:00 AM
Many young adults entering the Missionary Training Center before beginning their missions are finding it a relief to give up the phone for the badge. (Ryan Turner)
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State

New legislation addresses homelessness in Salt Lake

By Alyssa Ledoux
April 07, 2017 12:00 AM
People gather near a shelter in Salt Lake City Feb. 24, 2017. Utah officials are considering five locations for a new homeless center, including three in West Valley City and two in South Salt Lake. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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State

How new legislation will affect crime in Utah

By Alyssa Ledoux
April 05, 2017 12:00 AM
Rep. Dan McCay, R-Riverton, looks on during a vote on the House floor at the Utah State Capitol Thursday, March 9, 2017, in Salt Lake City. Utah lawmakers aim to power through several hundred bills and finalize a budget before wrapping up their 45-day legislative session. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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State

Bills expected to change medical environment in Utah

By Alyssa Ledoux
April 05, 2017 12:00 AM
Republican Rep. Keven Stratton, R-Orem, speaks at the Utah House of Representatives, in Salt Lake City on Feb. 22, 2017. Stratton is running legislation requiring doctors to tell women that a medication-induced abortion could be halted halfway through, though doctors' groups say there is no data to back up that claim. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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State

HB50 Bill to fight opioid deaths in Utah

By Alyssa Ledoux
March 08, 2017 12:00 AM
Since 2000 the number of deaths per year from opioid overdose has increased from 60 to 300. (Chuck Dearden)
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State

HB139: Intoxication no longer defense for rape

By Alyssa Ledoux
March 08, 2017 12:00 AM
According to the Utah Department of Health, there were more than 70 rapes for every 100,000 women in Utah in 2015, versus about 60 rapes per 100,000 nationally. Utah lawmakers recently passed a bill that removes intoxication as a defense for rape. (Haley Mosher)
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State

HB149: Utah may get new child abuser registry

By Alyssa Ledoux
March 07, 2017 12:00 AM
The American flag flies above the Utah State Capitol Building in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Utah Legislature is one of the more conservative state legislatures in the country. (Porter Chelson)
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Campus News

Campus Free Speech Amendments bill in committee

By Alyssa Ledoux
March 06, 2017 12:00 AM
Hundreds of Middlebury College students protest during Charles Murray's lecture in Middlebury, Vermont, Thursday, March 2, 2017. A bill protecting students' right to protest on their campuses is in committee. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)
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State

New bill to create Utah Missing and Exploited Children's Day

By Alyssa Ledoux
March 03, 2017 12:00 AM
Rachael Runyan, 3, was abducted on August 26, 1982 and murdered. HB53 would name that day Rachael Runyan and Missing and Exploited Children's Day. (Elaine Runyan)
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State

Utah Senate passes bill to raise age of helmet wearers

By Alyssa Ledoux
February 27, 2017 12:00 AM
A man and a woman holding a dog ride a motorcycle Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2017. SB159 could change the age of requirement for helmet wearing. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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State

Bill that would raise marriage license cost dies in legislature

By Alyssa Ledoux
February 25, 2017 12:00 AM
A Utah couple celebrates after their marriage in front of the Salt Lake City Temple. A Utah bill concerning the price of marriage licenses didn't make it through committee. (Lindsey Orton)
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