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OGDEN, Utah – Utah is reportedly getting much fewer doses of the COVID-19 vaccine from the federal government per capita than other states.  Elected officials say they’re trying to determine why this is happening, especially since health departments are equipped to give out many more doses than they currently are. Currently, the state is getting 33,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine every week from the federal government.  Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson says the CDC determines how many doses each state will get based on population over the age of 18.  For now, she says there isn’t much Utah can do to…

UTAH – An effort to “modernize” Utah’s state flag design didn’t sit well with some state senators, though it did win enough support to move onto further debate in the Senate. Senator Daniel McCay, R-Riverton, told KSL, “There’re iconic flags all over the country. A good portion of the top half of the states have a flag with a blue background with their state seal on it. We thought maybe there, with some effort, and with some design input from the public, that we could modernize our flag, and make it so that it adheres to modern vexillology and vexillological principles. I…