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How Utah Aims to Help Businesses Flourish After Pandemic

Where many states have created legal complications for companies wanting to serve their customers, Utah is providing them the option to hit the 'pause' button on any law or regulation that stands in their way.

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Utah should not restrict or mandate online speech

If this bill takes effect, it could also result in less online speech for Utahns and expose them to more harassment and vitriol because technology companies would fear lawsuits and sanctions if they tried to proactively moderate content on their platforms. Even worse, this bill would effectively authorize the government to force private online platforms to carry and distribute speech they would have previously restricted.

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COVID has changed education forever. Let’s embrace the new direction.

There are a few solutions schools should pursue in aiming to be more flexible.

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These Utah bills will expand health care and lower costs

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Utah needs to streamline its permitting processes

Rather than ask Utahns to weave through a patchwork of confusing regulations, Senate Bill 204 would ensure that permitting processes throughout the state meet three simple and common-sense rules.

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Utah can strike a better balance to protect privacy

State Rep. Francis Gibson has introduced a new bill to tackle this issue head-on. Privacy Protection Amendments, House Bill 243, requires a public, transparent review regarding law enforcement wanting to use new surveillance technology. This enables the Legislature to ensure that the appropriate guardrails and oversight exist to protect civil liberties while still achieving public safety.

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