If you wouldn’t say it to your great grandmother’s face, don’t tweet it.
I delete & block so your great grandma isn’t disappointed in you.
You’ll thank me at Thanksgiving dinner.
Police: Utah farm worker reported he & coworkers hadn’t gotten their past 4 paychecks
Video shows when he asked the boss about back pay the worker got backhanded in the face by the boss, told to shut up in Spanish.
Their boss is also President of the Utah Farm Bureau.
1/3
More from law enforcement:
The investigation has also brought to light allegations of fraud and human trafficking, which are currently being thoroughly investigated by the Department of Public Safety's Special Bureau of Investigation.
What’s happened to the Utah I fell in love with 30 years ago?
Air is gross. Traffic is bad. Lakes are depleted. Housing too expensive. Sense of community is zapped.
It’s become clearer to me fixing it won’t start on Capitol Hill.
It’s got to start with us.
#Utah
@dianaberrent
I’m very sorry.
I’m 53. Doctors recently suggested my 23 year battle with glaucoma is linked to an evil case of measles I contracted at 12, despite being vaccinated.
I
#maskup
against
#COVID19
for that 12 year old girl who never had a fighting chance against the measles.
Young Utahns can’t afford homes in this state, rent, the rising cost of college tuition. Yet Utah lawmakers call a special session to overwhelmingly void Governor Cox’s veto of their ban of transgender females in girls sports.
Think about that.
#utpol
Ogden School District is feeding all students in 8 schools free school lunch for the next 4 years.
No questions asked.
No “low” income requirement.
Good.
Why we fund
#school
computers for children but stigmatize those who can’t afford a meal is flat wrong.
#kids
Let me get this straight Salt Lake CO hires renowned Dr. Angela Dunn to advise on fighting
#COVID19
But council politicians, who have ZERO experience in her field, cancel her school mask order alleging it’s heavy-handed & there’s low risk to kids who catch delta
Utahns showed disrespect this week all over social media during a presidential visit to the state.
Ironic for many reasons but let me start with:
Utahns dance when big stimulus checks drop in their bank accounts but call out Biden’s visit as a waste of taxpayer money.
The Utah Senate approved a tax cut that will give a lot of Utah families about $8.16 a month back.
So, when your state senator says, “I APPROVED A TAX CUT FOR YOUR FAMILY”
Context: it’s less than $2 a week.
#clickbait
#utpol
#Utah
Maybe this makes me a naive mom…
When my children walked through the front doors of Utah schools for 18 years in a row, I trusted teachers with curriculum decisions…and my kids’ safety.
Actually, that makes me a mom who trusts Utah teachers.
#SaturdayMorning
#Utah
#utpol
I’m crying happy tears. Utahns director of vaccines just told us on
@kslnewsradio
@D2KSL
that the first wave of
#COVID19
vaccines will likely mean 100k Utahns will get their first dose in the coming weeks. Merry Christmas Utah!
Looking to earn more than $15.09/hr working inside Utah classrooms assisting special needs children:
Beans & Brew Coffee Shop $17-$20; server at IHOP $15-$25 + meal discount 🥞 😋; Night Auditor at Hilton Garden Inn $17-$18.
Or, it’s time Utah bumps pay for paraeducators!
Imagine being a child in Utah and finishing up the school year in debt because you ate school lunches.
Utah is willing to ban kids from accessing social media for their mental health, but sadly we draw a line at providing nutrition.
I think it’s time for a change.
#Utah
#utpol
President of Utah Farm Bureau Ron Gibson resigns. A farm worker called 911 to report he’d backhanded him when he asked about 4 paychecks of back pay.
Cops are now investigating allegations of human trafficking too.
Farm Bureau’s statement ⬇️
In my view Utah politicians have a nightmare scenario on their hands:
1. A teen has died from
#COVID
in Salt Lake County
2. 24% of new cases are school-aged children
3. The feds investigating the state’s school mask criteria for possible civil rights violations against kids
Utahns scream, “Hire more hospital staff to deal with stuffed ICUs.”
Ok folks, my daughter has 8 yr+ & $100k+ ahead of her to get through med school & training to become a doc.
Please stop snapping your fingers like it’s magic & go get yourself vaccinated.
#Utah
#COVID19
In Utah a woman testified before lawmakers in her professional capacity. She opposed age restrictions for social media use.
Out loud male
lawmakers demanded to know if she is a mother. DO YOU HAVE CHILDREN!
It happened this week, in case you think I tweeted this in 1955
#utpol
This Utah group that is pushing for day of in-person voting has hit a nerve with me.
Tell me how this guarantees residents in Indian Country will have a fair & equal opportunity to vote, in-person the day of an election.
This is a disgusting setback for voting rights for ALL.
Utah Republicans were in the “Gold Room” in Utah’s State Capitol next to
#DeSantis
on his campaign stop when he doubled down on Florida’s new slavery curriculum that slaves benefited from being enslaved.
I didn’t see any sign of compassion & the UT GOP silence has disgusted me
The Utah legislature seems set to overturn Governor’s veto of a ban on female transgender students on middle/HS girls sport teams
Gov: There is one transgender girl playing on a girls team in UT
Me: Who should be the one to tell that beautiful child…you are off the team?
😢
If one Utah gas station can lower fuel prices to $3.99/gallon to help their community, why would other stations charge us 4.48/gallon?
Think about that.
Utah schools can’t decide to pivot to remote learning if
#COVID
cases spin up. A bill passed putting the Senate President, House Speaker, State School Superintendent, & Gov in charge.
It concerns me our locally elected school boards won’t have a say.
So let me get this straight...our 2020 Utah legislature held its sessions online to stay safe in
#COVID19
& is now withholding bonuses for online-only teachers & school staff...unless.
I think Capitol Hill just sucked the excitement right out of vaccine week in Utah. Oops.
Look, Utah politicians, if you firmly believe you’ve been following federal law to properly protect our young schoolchildren from spreading
#COVID19
to each other in classrooms, then u should welcome a federal investigation, not throw a temper tantrum about the possibility of it.
I’d returned from covering a raging fire when I got called to a meeting.
I was told to stop dressing like a man, to wear more skirts & dresses when on camera.
I said no.
That moment defined me to myself 30 years ago. I’ve never forgotten it.
#InternationalWomensDay2022
Please say a prayer for former Utah Congresswoman Mia Love. She’s fighting a cancerous brain tumor, and the good news is … it’s shrinking due to her treatments. But I feel she could use our positive energy.
#love
#support
#hope
#cancer
#Utah
#family
Utah lawmakers are pushing on w/a bill to ban businesses from requiring employees to show they’ve been vaccinated.
Sure glad Capitol Hill isn’t meddling in how employers run their businesses by taking away control from CEOs.
#utleg
Utah schools are revealing big hiring shortages in classrooms.
I was curious & researched job listings.
In one district, bus drivers earn $22.09/hr, while a special needs paraeducator’s starting pay is $15.09.
When I saw the requirements for $15.09/hr…it felt wrong to me.
This happened this week…
My daughter got sworn in as an EMT & her big brother, who’s a firefighter & paramedic, was there to support her.
They impress me.
#Utah
#firefighter
#Paramedic
@FireAuthority
The sign on the door to a rural Utah gas station required masks for entry. I masked up.
Once inside I didn’t see a single employee wearing a mask. I kept mine on.
When asked to mask, I wish people didn’t act entitled to make their own rules.
I’m disappointed in John Stockton.
USA Today put Utah at top of most affordable states to live.
I’d agree, if you don’t want to own a home, rent an apartment, need to place your child in daycare, want to take your kids on one ski outing up the hill, or pay $11k/yr in-state college tuition.
#utah
Utah lawmakers have an unfortunate history of pursuing bans on children who just want a place to belong at their public school.
#SaturdayThoughts
#utleg
#utpol
To those who NEVER worked for the feds but are issuing “statements”.
I was hired by the FBI. I went thru an extensive background check, a security interview, a polygraph. It cost taxpayers thousands.
Then I swore an oath to serve & protect.
A vaccine requirement is nothing.
Soul searched over today’s committee vote in favor of restricting media access in Utah Senate hearings & on floor.
I could say a lot, all I want to say is thank you to Utah journalists
who eloquently testified against it.
Restricting the press is restricting the public.
#utpol
Utahns showed disrespect this week all over social media during a presidential visit to the state.
Ironic for many reasons but let me start with:
Utahns dance when big stimulus checks drop in their bank accounts but call out Biden’s visit as a waste of taxpayer money.
A Utah snowplow got passed, clipped and flipped by a semi driver, the state says.
The plow driver had to be extricated.
I’ve seen y’all zipping around snowplows way too much so it’s time for a new state law that makes it illegal to pass a working plow.
#Utah
#utwx
President Trump calls it a raid of his Florida home.
Former
@FBI
spokesperson here. 🙋🏻♀️ An FBI search warrant is executed under legal authorization by a judge.
From my experience on the inside there’s a high bar for agents to get such authorization.
I interrupt
@gopTODD
tweet to provide context…
The state’s own data shows in the week since
#Utah
lawmakers tossed mask mandates, hospitalizations ballooned from 765 on 1/21, to 854 on 1/28.
Again, my thoughts are with Utah families who are coping through
#Omicron
#utpol
I’m sick to learn this afternoon that Staff Sgt. Taylor Hoover from Utah was one of 13 U.S. service members killed yesterday.
He was a Marine.
He was a Hillcrest High grad.
My heart goes out to his family, my gratitude to all who serve. 🇺🇸
#AfghanistanDisaster
I’ve read several news articles and countless tweets on Utah’s GOP Convention.
My take:
It was a mockery, not an example.
All this on the heels of another Utah GOP meltdown — the caucus fiasco in March.
Utah’s GOP:
The party that is destroying its image from within.
#utpol
Our Response to Natalie Cline’s bullying of a high school student
Today, Utah State Board of Education member, Natalie Cline posted a mocking statement on Facebook targeting a female high school student. Cline’s post inferred that the teenager might be transgender. The student
I received multiple messages/comments from Utahns who participated in Utah GOP
in-person neighborhood caucus night.
A few descriptors:
“A disaster”
“Ancient”
“Crazy lines”
“Grumpiness”
“Unorganized”
#SuperTuesday
#utpol
NEW: Utah man killed during FBI arrest warrant hours before President Biden arrived in UT, had ‘18 brush with cops. Two Google Fiber workers reported he was pointing handgun at them as they accessed pole in his yard. When cops arrived he opened door with AR-15.
More via
@Deseret
Surprise of
#GOPdebates
teacher unions under fierce attack by candidates.
Why?
Is average salary of under $50k/year not low enough?
Or, as Americans do we enjoy sending our kids to school only to rip on those we entrust them to.
How about a THANK YOU to teachers. 🙏
Do u think after decades as a journalist, being sexually harassed at 2 of my jobs, being smacked in a courthouse by a suspect’s family member, being threatened w/death for a story, being stalked at my home, that a negative comment about me here phases me.
If so, read that again.
When we dated 30 yrs ago, neither of us imagined
#Alzheimer
’s would reconnect us.
When Brian’s memories began to fade in his mid 50s I decided to visit him & act as his memory, at least for the yrs we dated.
Brian Hudson died Friday. Alzheimer’s stole his mind & his last breath
There’s plenty of blame to go around for inflation but I’m not going to point to the White House when our kids can’t afford a payment on a $500k fixer upper in Utah.
That’s a combo of patchwork development, years of lagging affordable housing, NIMBY attitudes & personal greed.
In the 90s I outed the UT legislature for spending tax $ on new laptops for themselves
Kids at the elementary in the shadow of the State Capitol shared 1 old computer & encyclopedias from the 60s
I thought about that story today while talking about the redistricting process
We must do better, Utah. The woman who snapped this photo of a man curled up on the sidewalk during yesterday’s blistering snowstorm will call
@kslnewsradio
at 9:30 am.
Photo credit: Shakira Carmona
@D2KSL
If you’re looking to pick an argument over 2034 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah, don’t.
From the moment the torch entered Arches at sunrise to closing ceremonies there’s
never been a better vibe in Utah than in Feb. ‘02.
Can’t wait to feel that energy again.
Monday’s show 🔥🔥🔥Because I feel
@slcmayor
Mendenhall did what other Utah politicians should have. PROTECT our children’s health in a PANDEMIC 😷
There is no greater calling right now. None.
Instead, we’ve had many leaders muttering inaccurate minutia
#MaskUp
@kslnewsradio
Utah lawmakers are moving to restrict the public’s access to police officers’ statements made during internal investigations.
I feel Utah residents deserve more sunshine & transparency, not less. Perhaps that’s just me.
First, I thought it was my age.
Then, I thought it was a
#Covid_19
leftover.
Turns out, if you take 10
days off work to focus on yourself, sleep 8+ hours a night, take 20 minute naps, spend quality time soaking up nature …perpetual exhaustion fades.
#vacationmode
#Utah
I support capping the cost of insulin $35 a month. No one should ration to save $ or go broke battling
#diabetes
.
Let’s stop the talk and make it happen.
#POTUS
#SOTU
I hope Utah public school teachers know that most Utah families I know appreciate what teachers do to educate our kids and that we’re not out to “destroy public education”. We support our neighborhood *PUBLIC* schools!
#Utah
#vouchers
#kids
Huh? I opened my ballot & saw a Constitutional Amendment.
Turns out the Utah legislature wants a significant increase in how much $ it can spend in an emergency.
I feel constitutional amendments shouldn’t be a mystery, voters should’ve heard more before ballots dropped.
#utpol
My question today: will Utah GOP agree to an independent audit of Super Tuesday caucus procedures & tally based on numerous complaints from in-person caucus night from Utah Republicans who reported problems from Website problems, to being turned away.
#SuperTuesday
You are in the wrong relationship if the person who claims they love you, hurts you, causes you anxiety, doesn’t make you feel safe, gaslights you, tears you down, makes you feel small, controls you, belittles you.
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In Utah’s Davis County School District someone has submitted a challenge to the Bible and wants it removed from school libraries.
Read full report in thread.
Credit:
@Deseret
@KSLcom
@adonsports
@DN_Marjorie
So Utah’s largest county is sending kids off to school unvaccinated and with no mask mandate in a massive upswing in
#Covid_19
cases.
My stomach literally aches right now.
How I feel about Utah Gov. Spencer Cox emailing state workers that they’re exempt from Dr. Angela Dunn’s county mask mandate in state facilities. 😷
From a former gov’t employee who doesn’t believe in special treatment for gov’t employees.
#MaskUp
#utah
#OmicronVariant
Glad to see Governor Cox filling Utah’s substitute teacher shortage by giving state employees 30 hrs paid leave to jump in the sub pool.
They get state pay + sub pay.
It’s one of the best ideas from Capitol Hill this month.
#utpol
#Utah
#Teachers
#COVID19
It’s time for Utah to have a serious discussion about making public school lunches free for all. We pay for so many school supplies someone tell me why we draw the line at our children’s lunch line?
#Utah
#kids
Rep. Jim Jordan has served in congress 16 years.
Here’s
@SenatorRomney
take:
"We're looking at electing a person who would be second in line to the presidency who's never passed a bill.
But he's certainly well known because he's able to make a lot of noise.”
#HouseSpeakerVote
A day before Gov. Ron
DeSantis swept into Utah’s State Capitol for a campaign press event he averaged 20% in Republican primary polling
Then came his comments about slavery curriculum & endorsements by Utah republican lawmakers
He’s now polling at 15.5%
Source: FiveThirtyEight
FBI: Utah man killed during arrest warrant hours before President Biden came to Utah not only made threats to Biden & other elected officials but:
“resisted arrest and as agents attempted to take him into custody, he pointed a .357 revolver at them”
This seems important.
Amendment 14, Section 3
Disqualification from Holding Office
No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice-President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who
This news ripped my heart out. Former Utah Attorney General Jan Graham has died.
She served from ‘93-‘01. Not long enough, but what she wanted.
Jan was everything Utah needed: fair, honest, tough.
In all the times we spoke, I regret not telling her I looked up to her.
#utpol
I can’t believe what I’m reading.
I can’t believe this is Utah. I can’t believe the U of U patted itself on the back & handed out awards for the handling of the Lauren McCluskey stalking & homicide case.
I am so very sorry
@jjmccluskey
.
Via
@sltrib
My view: the
#FBI
needs to run with this case out of Coeur D’Alene, Idaho.
America has no space for a bunch of masked men stuffed into a moving van, allegedly heading toward a Pride Parade.
But a federal courtroom has space.
Utah residents can’t credibly call out a presidential visit as a waste of taxpayer money when Utah residents got the largest amount of stimulus checks in round 3, which was signed by President Biden.
This is the GA criminal charge that matters a lot to me:
“Defendants, falsely accused Fulton County election worker Ruby Freeman of committing election crimes in Fulton County, Georgia. These false accusations were repeated to Georgia legislators and other Georgia…
Retired Utah state park ranger, Joe Donnell, who dove into murky reservoir waters 7 times to pull a 9 yol boy out of a truck that had been submerged for 10 mins deserves an award. 🏅
No one expected Paxton to make it. He made it and is expected to make a full recovery.
Utah’s Governor: has power to tell us to wear masks & not eat or drink within 6 feet of a stranger at a restaurant.
Also Utah’s Governor: has zero power to ban fireworks statewide.
#Drought21
#utwx
A woman at the coffee shop complimented me on my new green jacket.
I shouted, “$29.99, regular $159.00.” Like I was the loudest contestant on a game show.
How about I teach myself to simply say “thank you”.
My heart wept when I read that in the final hours of the ‘22 session Utah lawmakers passed an all out ban on transgender females playing girls sports.
Glad to see the governor says he will veto it.
I’m disappointed in the Utah legislature over the redistricting map controversy.
To release drawings late Friday night & go into special session today to adopt decade-long maps they want doesn’t scream this process is about the people.
Thanks anyway IRC, maybe next time.
#utpol
And now they’re calling on parents to sub in Utah schools.
At what point does someone in Utah lead us through this hot mess?
Am I the only one who feels there’s a void in strong leadership in Utah right now?
#Omicron
I’m tired of bad news.
So here’s my good news.
6.5 years after my mammo, biopsy & lumpectomy turned up odd cells, my MRI came back clean today.
Thanks to my docs
@huntsmancancer
for making sure the cluster of cells that scared me in ‘13 doesn’t become breast cancer. 💖
Releasing my calendar because as a long-standing member of the Utah media I will always believe in transparency from our public officials.
The public has a right to know if Utah’s elected officials are doing the work of taxpayers when they’re on our dime.
#utpol
I thought it would be worthy to one day, eons from now, when I hang up my news career, to be a school teacher. Loved raising kids, loved volunteering at school, loved my run as an education reporter.
NVM. I wouldn’t know how
to work for kids, while in fear of lawmakers & parents
No teacher should ever ask a student their pronoun verbally or on a questionnaire. They also aren’t allowed to ask students questions about their parents, home life, religion, drug or alcohol use, or anything that might disclose an emotional or mental issue
It sickens me that Utah’s transgender community must now fear criminal consequences for using a public restroom.
I adamantly disagree with Utah lawmakers approval of that bill. I stand with
@gopTODD
and appreciate his votes opposing it.
#utah
#transgender
#utpol
.
@goud4utah
have you ever wondered why you are unelectable? Your investigation request directed at
@gopTODD
is nuts! Thank you to those at the GOP meeting today who shut this nonsense down. Utah GOP needs to focus on winning.
#utpol
Sometimes I wonder if some Utah politicians understand that education bans will leave our children uneducated. And one day when Utah kids graduate high school they may take their lack of education and move to a place called the United States to compete with well-educated grads.
NEW: Rep
@JeffStenquist
wants to keep sexuality, politics, and religion from being taught in Utah classrooms.
He says a new bill will be different than last year's, which banned discussion/instruction on sexual orientation/gender identity in K-3.
#utpol
Went to a car shop for my emissions & they “discovered” a big alignment problem.
Took it to my trusted mechanic for a 2nd opinion.
“Nothing wrong.”
I felt the 1st place tried to take advantage of me because I’m a woman.
Utah Republican lawmakers for Ron
#DeSantis
may have set a new standard by using the Gold Room, I believe the most pristine room in Utah’s State Capitol, to hold a campaign press event for DeSantis.
Seems fair to open it up to all to 200+ political parties in America.
I’m sad.
Don’t tell me things like, “At least they made it to the Rose Bowl”.
No.
Let me be sad for 24 hours and then you can talk some sense into me.
#utah
#RoseBowl