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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…

UTAH – A legislative committee shut down briefly on Monday after a small group of anti-mask demonstrators showed up. It came on the same day two senators disclosed they had tested positive for COVID-19. Lawmakers said they were in the middle of the Social Services Appropriations Committee on Monday morning when three people, unmasked, walked into the room. “We’re going to go ahead and pause. We’ve just received direction from House and Senate leadership that we need to take a break on our committee,” Senate co-chair Jake Anderegg said. “We have members in the audience that are not complying with…