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As Brandon Kaleo Flores changes roles from an office that helped marginalized students at Weber State University to broader student services, he said staffers feel a great sense of loss. He worries their work will be constantly “overanalyzed in this hypersensitive climate" #utpol

UTA needs to innovate in performance to accommodate growth and the potential 2034 Olympic games, legislative audit says. But, the state also faces other challenges to make transit more ubiquitous. buff.ly/3xDE7js

Though Ogden has hoped to reduce the amount of taxpayer dollars subsidizing Ogden-Hinckley Airport as it loses money each year, so far the city hasn't succeeded. Here's how much the airport has lost since 2006: buff.ly/4cYSCi1

The Explore Act would study internet access at National Parks, identify potential long distance bike trails and paths, support gateway communities and allow for new rock climbing routes on public land. #utpol buff.ly/3U17V12

NEW: Judge dismisses lawsuit alleging #SLC allowed 'nuisances' by not enforcing anti-camping laws against unsheltered people. #utpol Read more about his reasoning, and what the group of nine residents/business owners that sued the city plan to do next: buff.ly/4ayXyIA

No ‘working class' in the Utah Legislature? These lawmakers beg to differ — but are there enough? @KatieMcKellar1 looked at the professions that make up the #utleg and asked lawmakers what "working class" meant to them. Here's what she found: #utpol buff.ly/4axRU9G

New research suggests Salt Lake City was exposed to radiation during nuclear weapons testing, but residents who got sick were never eligible for compensation. Now activists are urging Congress to expand Radiation Compensation Exposure Act before it expires buff.ly/41T9jGx

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