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Utah gets an F when it comes to protecting teachers from COVID-19.  A study from online insurance company Insurify ranked states on several factors, such as classroom size, school funding, teacher pay and the influence of the teachers' unions.  ...

St. George is receiving over three-million dollars in federal CARES Act funding to be used to support and maintain public transit amid the pandemic. Officials say those funds will be going to the St. George SunTran, with most of it being used for operations, then capital investments, paratransit van replacements and more ...

United Way Dixie and United Way of Central and Southern Utah are seeking funds for vital programs impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. United Way Dixie Executive Director, Rebekah Pectol, says their COVID-19 Community Response Fund is receiving some donations, but some of the state's most vulnerable counties are not seeing as much ...

A proposal to create Utahraptor State Park north of Moab will head back to the drawing board after failing to clear a committee in the State Senate. House Bill 322 would have established the state park near Arches National Park to preserve a dinosaur quarry nearby...

The Dove Center is asking leaders in Washington City for more funding to help survivors of abuse. The nonprofit has asked city council members for an additional 75-thousand dollars to renovate a transitional housing center known as Erin's Home...

ST. GEORGE - Utah's government will have at least enough funding to perform its basic functions during the next fiscal year. Governor Herbert signed nine budget bills yesterday, ensuring basic funding for public education, higher education, social services and other parts of the state government...