Author: Mariah Wheeler

UTAH – Gov. Spencer Cox on Thursday applauded the Legislature for approving a resolution encouraging the Utah State Board of Education to ban what lawmakers consider “harmful” critical race theory concepts. “They actually did what I asked them to do,” Cox said during his monthly news conference on PBS Utah in Salt Lake City, pointing to his letter that explained why he’d decided to leave legislation for both critical race theory and an effort to make Utah a Second Amendment sanctuary off the special session agenda: to give the hot-button issues more “time, thought, dialogue and input” before passing a bill. “This…

UTAH – Democrats in Utah’s House of Representatives walked out in protest on Wednesday as the chamber considered a resolution rebuking critical race theory. The walkout allowed Republicans to adopt unanimously a resolution urging the state’s Board of Education to ensure that “certain concepts” the measure associated with critical race theory are not taught in schools. The resolution includes concepts that “one race is inherently superior or inferior to another race” and that “an individual’s moral character is determined by the individual’s race.” House Speaker Brad Wilson, a Republican, said in a statement that the resolution is meant to “ensure [Utah’s] public schools teach the important…