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Members of the Utah House are supporting a proposal to ask state school districts to start high school later in the day. The House voted 51-to-20 yesterday in favor of House Concurrent Resolution 3. The sponsor of the bill says research shows that students do better in high school and suffer less depression when they start classes later in the morning...

The Salt Lake County Health Department is showing students how badly smoking can affect lung health in a very short period of time. The Health Department displayed a pair of pig lungs side by side to fifth-graders at Hawthorne Elementary School during a recent presentation on the dangers of smoking and vaping...

Utah students may be facing a new crackdown on vaping on school grounds. State Representative Susan Pulsipher has proposed a bill that would allow teachers and administrators to confiscate e-cigarettes, vape pens and other vaping devices found on campus...

A group of students at the University of Utah are demanding a meeting with U. President Ruth Watkins to discuss concerns they have about campus safety. Members who started the "Unsafe U" Instagram account say they want to discuss issues they have with transparency and accountability following the murder of Lauren McCluskey last year...

A University of Utah administrator says he aware the school has to work to regain the trust of students. During a meeting with the school's Academic Senate last night, Senior Vice President Dan Reed acknowledged tensions on campus following the murder of Lauren McClusky last year, with the student government condemning how the U...

On September 20th and 27th, young people and adults will strike to demand transformative action be taken to address the climate crisis. Building on a historic surge of student protests and strikes for climate action, the September 20 strike comes ahead of the United Nations Summit on Climate Change three days later, when world leaders will convene in New York with the goal of deepening climate amb

The Salt Lake City School District is strongly discouraging students from watching the Netflix series "13 Reasons Why." The district sent a letter home to parents noting that the new season of the series debuted last week. Organizations such as the Society for the Prevention of Teen Suicide have voiced concerns about the show's content, which deals with the aftermath of a young person's