Addy Baird

1 month ago | 19thnews.org | Addy Baird

Published This story was first published by The Salt Lake Tribune. In 2009, Stephanie Pitcher, then the director of the Utah State Women’s Chess Tournament, told The Salt Lake Tribune that she’d spent much of her chess career trying to avoid being boxed in.

2 months ago | sltrib.com | Addy Baird

At an event Monday with U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffey, Sen. John Curtis said he was "very sympathetic" to small businesses affected by recent wide-ranging tariffs imposed by the Trump administration. "Listen, we've all seen this before," Curtis told reporters at a brief news conference Monday. It was unclear what specifically Curtis was referring to, though previous mass tariffs have caused significant economic turmoil.

2 months ago | sltrib.com | Addy Baird

In 2009, Stephanie Pitcher, then the director of the Utah State Women's Chess Tournament, told The Salt Lake Tribune that she'd spent much of her chess career trying to avoid being boxed in.

2 months ago | sltrib.com | Addy Baird |Carmen Nesbitt

Gov. Spencer Cox has sung the praises of new laws that aim to increase data privacy protections and protect kids online, but said Friday he feels that a new law to limit cellphone use in Utah schools does not go far enough. The bill, SB178, sponsored by Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, prohibits cellphone use during classroom hours in Utah's public schools, while allowing for school districts to make some modifications and exceptions to the policy.

2 months ago | ironcountytoday.com | Addy Baird

Gov. Spencer Cox let the controversial bill become law without his signature late Thursday. By Addy Baird, The Salt Lake Tribune This article is published through the Utah News Collaborative, a partnership of news organizations in Utah that aims to inform readers across the state. Utah became the first state in the nation to ban pride flags from all public schools and on all government property after Gov.