Will a new judge help Utah’s immigration court cut a 49,000-case backlog?
It's been a crazy year for Utah's immigration court.
A new judge could speed things up for immigrants, which could be good or bad news.
u/ReporterMacyLipkin — 1 day ago
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Utah’s newest cities can’t charge taxes this year because of a calendar snafu
Ogden Valley City and Spring Lake got their incorporation certificates after January 1, so they can't levy taxes for the fiscal year that starts this July. Cutting services is also off the table.
“The only way I know how to balance a budget is either increase your revenue or decrease your expenses, one way or the other,” said the mayor of Ogden Valley City. “And right now we've got those two different laws holding our hands there.”
u/ReporterMacyLipkin — 6 days ago
▲ 600 r/SaltLakeCity
The Division of Water Rights has its work cut out for it.
“It is the process of the state engineer's office to look at every single protest, read every single document, be very thorough, and then make a decision based on that."
u/ReporterMacyLipkin — 14 days ago
It’s not common in Utah for ICE to detain both parents, but volunteers still want to make sure parents are prepared, just in case.
u/ReporterMacyLipkin — 19 days ago
▲ 190 r/Utah
It's been almost a year since Utah banned supplemental fluoride from drinking water and 43% of Utahns went from drinking fluoridated water to not.
Experts who oppose the ban say it's too soon to see changes in patients' mouths, but there's been a silver lining: outreach and education.
u/ReporterMacyLipkin — 22 days ago