Action Alert: Support Medical Decisions Being Left To Individuals & Parents buff.ly/dGylori 3 years ago, lawmakers placed a moratorium on gender affirming care for minors and ordered a study to determine the future of that pause.

Action Alert: Protect the Disability Law Center! buff.ly/mMQiN6f SJR7 is a resolution that would ask the Governor to take away the Disability Law Center’s designation as the Protection and Advocacy Agency for the State of Utah.

The Great Salt Lake is not optional. Its collapse would mean toxic dust, worsening air quality, and long term harm to Utah’s economy and health. Public pressure is growing for real water conservation and accountability, not half measures. 🔗 FOX 13:

Support Your Right To Access Democracy- Say No To Voter ID Laws! buff.ly/2IobfiN HB209 would require every eligible voter to provide proof of citizenship, such as a U.S. passport or birth certificate, to vote in state elections.

Snowpack is Utah’s largest reservoir. Continued declines mean tougher choices ahead for agriculture, cities, and the Great Salt Lake. Climate driven water scarcity is no longer theoretical. It is already shaping policy decisions. 🔗 Deseret News:

Immigration enforcement choices ripple through schools, workplaces, and neighborhoods. When policies rely on fear rather than fairness, entire communities feel the impact. 🔗 KSL: buff.ly/Ioedmtb

Utah’s own reviews have found no evidence of noncitizens voting. Policies that add barriers without evidence risk disenfranchising eligible voters while undermining trust in elections. 🔗 Deseret News: buff.ly/gokONp1

Housing stability is essential for student success and mental health. Singling out transgender students for restrictions does not improve safety. It increases isolation and risk. 🔗 KSL TV: buff.ly/1Suzeo4

Homelessness is a housing problem, not a crime problem. Models built around control rather than care often deepen trauma and fail to reduce homelessness long term. 🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune: buff.ly/AXlrFiE

Courts are meant to serve as a check on political power, not a branch reshaped when rulings become inconvenient. Expanding the court in the middle of ongoing political disputes sends a clear signal that judicial independence is conditional. 🔗 Utah News Dispatch: buff.ly/SCWO7VY

The Great Salt Lake is a public health issue, not just an environmental one. Toxic dust, shrinking water supplies, and climate pressures are converging. Buying a polluter without clear accountability or long term water reform is not a solution by itself. 🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune: buff.ly/gk3avBx

Infrastructure choices shape growth for generations. Approving major highways without fully reckoning with air quality, water use, and public lands reflects an outdated growth at all costs mindset that Utah can no longer afford. 🔗 FOX 13:

Homelessness is not a moral failure. It is a policy failure. Evidence consistently shows that housing first approaches save money and reduce suffering. 🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune: buff.ly/whjLwal

Transgender youth already face higher risks of depression, anxiety, and suicide. Policies that erase their identities or deny care send a clear message about whose lives are valued. 🔗 Utah News Dispatch: buff.ly/RXYleWJ

Heavy handed enforcement tears at community trust and public safety, while a lack of federal reform leaves states stuck managing the fallout. Utah’s long stated commitment to being welcoming and humane is being tested in real time. 🔗 FOX 13:

Calls for unity ring hollow when paired with legislation that undermines courts, marginalizes vulnerable communities, or blocks meaningful solutions on housing and homelessness. Values matter most when they guide hard decisions, not just speeches. 🔗 Deseret News:

Gerrymandering and voter suppression thrive on distrust, not facts. A healthy democracy depends on fair maps, equal representation, and confidence that every eligible voter counts. 🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune:

Courts are meant to be a check on political power, not an extension of it. When lawmakers respond to unpopular rulings by reshaping the judiciary itself, it threatens the separation of powers that protects everyone’s rights. 🔗 KUER:

Republican legislative leaders have formally appealed a lower court ruling in Utah’s redistricting lawsuit directly to the Utah Supreme Court. It is a direct challenge to whether voters or politicians ultimately control Utah’s election maps. 🔗 KSL buff.ly/7zciiR6

A sustainable tax system asks a simple question: are we funding the Utah we say we value? Strong schools, safe communities, and shared prosperity don’t happen for free. They’re the result of collective investment. 🔗 FOX 13:

A generation priced out of housing is a warning sign. Modest tweaks won’t fix a market tilted toward speculation and scarcity. If leaders are serious about “family values,” that means ensuring families can actually afford to live where they work.

Even short funding freezes have real consequences. Clinics close, staff leave, and patients lose care. Reproductive health should not hinge on political maneuvering. Stability matters, especially for low-income Utahns who rely on these services.

Bad air isn’t just a weather problem. It’s a policy failure. Short-term relief from storms won’t replace long-term action on emissions and transportation. 🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune:

With nearly every seat contested, this cycle suggests growing frustration with the status quo and a willingness among Utahns to step forward rather than sit back. 🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune: buff.ly/uve2OPD

Public trust in courts erodes when political leaders undermine judicial independence because they dislike outcomes. Town halls are welcome, but the bigger test is whether lawmakers stop treating courts as obstacles. 🔗 Utah News Dispatch:

Utahns turned to Prop 4 after watching lawmakers repeatedly sidestep promises on fair maps. Calling that “pure democracy” ignores a basic truth: representative government only works when representatives respect the people they serve. 🔗 KSL: buff.ly/HpE3f4r

If lawmakers truly believe long tenures are a problem, postponing accountability looks more like self-protection than reform. Utahns deserve structural changes that apply evenly, not reforms that conveniently spare those already in charge.

Utah and the federal government have signed a new agreement that expands the state’s role in managing roughly 8 million acres of national forest land. 🔗 Utah News Dispatch: buff.ly/aaKqaI0

Policies that deliberately undermine public health and food security run directly counter to Utah's values, while doing little to solve the underlying immigration system failures lawmakers refuse to address. 🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune: buff.ly/gK77Zso

By appealing, the Utah Legislature is asking the state’s highest court to bless a system where lawmakers can ignore voter mandates when those mandates threaten their own power. 🔗 KSL: buff.ly/RuCnZlo

If leaders are serious about economic opportunity and strong communities, housing policy has to prioritize people over speculation and long-term stability over short-term political comfort. 🔗 KUER:

This proposal reflects a broader national reckoning with the impact of social media and screen addiction on kids, but it also shifts responsibility onto schools to manage a cultural problem that extends far beyond the classroom. 🔗 Utah News Dispatch: buff.ly/6QYs6JN

As The Great Salt Lake shrinks, toxic dust threatens air quality along the Wasatch Front and the economic costs rise for everyone. The report underscores that cities and industry are no longer bystanders. Growth without accountability is part of the problem. buff.ly/WzPsj4n

Innovation should serve people, not rush past them. Utah can lead here by pairing new technology with strong oversight, transparency, and patient protections. Efficiency is valuable. Trust is essential. 🔗 Deseret News:

Parents want focus. Teachers want tools that work. This debate deserves nuance, not nostalgia. Improving education means supporting educators with evidence-based solutions—not imposing one-size-fits-all limits from the Capitol. 🔗 Deseret News:

Choice without accountability is not freedom—it’s favoritism. Public dollars should strengthen public education, not quietly drain it. A system that works best for those already ahead leaves too many kids behind. 🔗 KUTV:

This is good news. But it should not be used as cover to avoid harder conversations about chronic underfunding. Utah’s kids deserve more than windfalls. They deserve a system that prioritizes them every year, not just when markets perform well.

This case puts Utah’s approach to education and censorship under a national spotlight. At stake is whether schools are places for learning and critical thinking—or places where political pressure determines which ideas are allowed on the shelf.

Utahns pride themselves on stewardship. But stewardship requires action, not optimism. Year-to-year weather swings cannot substitute for serious water policy. Protecting the lake means confronting overuse, not kicking the can to the next drought. buff.ly/I2bsACj

Rules should be proportional to the problem they are trying to solve. Treating every adult like a potential violator does little to build trust or responsibility. Utah can promote public health without blanket restrictions that inconvenience everyone.

Real commitment to children means investing in what works. That includes proven literacy programs, classroom support, and time for teachers to teach. If nearly half our kids are struggling to read, the system is failing them. 🔗 Deseret News: buff.ly/eiAMmh0

This is not about protecting kids. It’s about control. Utah should trust parents, educators, and students more than fear-based censorship campaigns. Reading builds critical thinking, compassion, and understanding. 🔗 KUER: buff.ly/YgAfhbt

Utahns can hold two truths at once. It is possible to celebrate the end of an authoritarian regime while still insisting that no president should act as judge, jury, and commander without oversight. 🔗 KSL: buff.ly/6pwaomt

Utahns believe in hard work, family stability, and fairness. Mass enforcement tactics that tear families apart violate all three. Immigration policy should focus on real threats, not treating entire communities as disposable. 🔗 Utah News Dispatch: buff.ly/hX4KJuA

Candidate filing days reveal priorities. Who steps up. Who sits out. And which seats are treated as foregone conclusions. As lines are drawn and rules are contested, the quality of choices voters get in November depends on what happens right now.

This is about checks and balances. Utahns expect courts to be fair and independent, even when their rulings are inconvenient for those in power. 🔗 KUER:

Tax cuts sound simple, but the tradeoffs are not. Income taxes fund schools and services that keep families strong and communities functioning. Cutting them again raises a familiar question: who benefits, and who pays later when budgets tighten? 🔗 ABC 4: buff.ly/RkqxssL

This debate is being framed as caution, but the real-world consequence is government overriding families, doctors, and evidence-based care. 🔗 Deseret News: buff.ly/L9jFdFJ

Just a reminder to defend fair maps and independent courts this year! Utah’s democracy works best when voters choose politicians and when courts can enforce the law without political retaliation.

If it isn’t just administrative burdens, the lagging signatures could suggest something important: Utahns are not eager to give politicians more power over elections. When democracy is on the ballot, people notice. 🔗 The Salt Lake Tribune: