Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) has introduced the Student Voter Data Protection Act, a bill aimed at protecting the personal data of college students from being used in partisan voter registration efforts. The legislation seeks to amend the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) to prohibit the sharing of students' private information without their consent for such purposes. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) is an original co-sponsor of the bill.
WASHINGTON – Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Ted Cruz (R-TX), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) have introduced the Stop California from Advancing Regulatory Burden Act, or Stop CARB Act. This legislation aims to limit California's influence over national emissions standards, which has been facilitated by federal waivers under the Clean Air Act.
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City has indicted a Salt Lake County man on multiple violent crime charges after he allegedly shot another man inside a vehicle following an argument.
A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned a superseding indictment on August 21, 2024, charging a Salt Lake County man with stalking. The individual was arrested on April 4, 2024, following accusations of making repeated threatening phone calls to the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office and other government offices.
Enrollment data for the 23 universities in Salt Lake County revealed white was the most common ethnicity among students in the 2022-23 school year, according to the latest disclosure from the National Center for Education Statistics.
There were two companies in cities associated with Salt Lake County that received two FDA inspections in July, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Association.