California’s plan could save between 1M and 2M acre-feet of water based on elevation levels at Lake Mead.
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The border town of Hildale, a former FLDS stronghold, isn’t a stranger to alternative religous movements.
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When police officers encounter someone unsheltered in the cold, they can point them toward resources to get a voucher for 1 night in a hotel.
California isn’t planning to account for evaporative loss of water and has indicated that it might file a lawsuit if the feds attempt to do so.
Toxic burn pits have been linked to respiratory conditions and many types of cancer.
“We just try to create a spiritual experience without any dogma and just let people experience God for themselves,” said the founder of Hummingbird Church.
Nakajjigo’s family wanted $140M in damages, basing that number off the activist’s earnings potential. Government attorneys said a more appropriate amount was closer to $3.5M.
Not everyone is using grant money on police. Cities like Logan and Richfield used the funds to expand services to domestic violence shelters.
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Nakajjigo’s earnings potential was central to the trial. Her family likened her to a nonprofit CEO who would have gone on to make millions, but government attorneys based the number on her actual earnings.
Provo says officers will continue to enforce the anti-camping ordinance, but will point individuals toward the voucher program before resorting to citations, arrests or confiscation of belongings.
“There is not as much information about safety as the regular other medical treatments that you might get if you went to a regular doctor in the United States.”
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“It's a lot of not earth-shaking movements,” said water attorney , explaining that this year is more about honing and refining policy.
“It's a problem and we need to deal with it," said Orem’s community service manager, who says they’ve found 27 people who were homeless over the last few days, including a family with a 10-year-old.
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California’s plan doesn’t account for water lost to evaporation or during transportation. If it did, the state would be looking at some big cuts.
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“The understanding is, that [burn pits are] the lesser of two evils because you don’t have this waste that could produce illnesses.”
The Utah State Bar has concerns over the implications the resolution might have on current and future cases.
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"It's not about direct enforcement on the first contact. It's like, ‘hey, you sleep in a tent, these are your options. Where would you like to go? Can we get you a room? Can we do something different?’”
The former parking lot that decided to swap for housing will provide space for 775 students – and 90 parking spots – when it’s completed in late 2024.
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Ayahuasca is being sought as an alternative way to treat several mental and physical afflictions, including depression, substance use disorders, eating disorders and PTSD.
The program offers an alternative to homeless encampments, which Provo prohibited in 2017.
Unsheltered Utah director noted that social and housing case workers have tools to help the unsheltered, while generally speaking, “police have one tool and that’s a hammer — they send them to jail.”
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Your primary irrigators, the irrigators that are using way more water, they don't even have a meter,” said one Utah farmer, who thinks agriculture optimization could be a good starting point.
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Ayahuasca use has come under increased scrutiny, due to limited knowledge about its benefits and possible dangers.
“It’s not a privilege. They fought for it. It’s their right to have it and receive it.”
The PACT Act has helped U.S. veterans get better health care.
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While a federal version of the bill is in front of the Supreme Court, Rep. Lisonbee wants to wait to vote on a state version since “we might be preemptively making a decision that has implications we don’t quite understand.”
The Utah State Bar opposed the resolution “on the grounds that it will hinder access to justice and adversely affect the administration of the courts.”
"I think people think because we're in Happy Valley, Utah County, that we don't have a homeless problem here, but we do.”
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California’s plan is designed to keep Lake Mead from dropping too low by imposing cuts that Arizona and Nevada would likely bear the brunt of.
Veterans used to have to go through a lengthy process to prove they were exposed to burn pits. Congress changed it last year so they can be presumed to have been exposed based on location and time of service.
What happens if the resolution passes? It’s likely the injunction currently blocking Utah’s trigger law on abortion would be lifted.
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We’re committed to doing everything we can to protect the Great Salt Lake.
As a result, we’ve issued an executive order directing the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands to raise the Great Salt Lake causeway berm. Read more ⬇️
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“Really, all an officer can do is arrest someone, drive them to a homeless shelter or tell them to move along. None of those options is a real solution,” said an analyst from .
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If there was ever a time to get serious about water, it's now: “We've got history, we've got policy, we've got climate change, we've got demands.”
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One Utah lawmaker wants clearer language in the bill so that courts understand what it means to place children with families who “maintain social and cultural ties” to Indian Country.
“California knows how to permanently reduce use of the river — we have done it over the past 20 years, through billions of dollars in investments and hard-earned partnerships."
The inversion continues and today is red (unhealthy) in SLC, but what does that really mean?
Skijoring is about more than a high score. As skier Troy "T-Roy" Houston puts it, “Everybody needs to get outside to enjoy and breathe the clean air and live life to its fullest under the blue dome.”
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⚠️ Northern Wasatch Front, Utah Counties and Western Uinta Basin
Inversion conditions continue, with an orange (unhealthy for sensitive groups) forecast today.
For updated air quality forecasts and information, see air.utah.gov/forecast.php?i #utwx
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