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Utah DPS disputes driver’s license pics used in facial recognition mining, but lawmakers may hold hearings

Mackenzie Heim July 8, 2019

This story originally appeared at fox13now.com. Read it in its entirety here. State officials are disputing a bombshell report that suggests the FBI and ICE mined the photos of every Utahn with a driver’s license or state ID card using facial recognition software. The report is based on research by Georgetown Law’s Center on Privacy and

Utah lawmakers tee up a court fight with passage of an 18-week abortion ban

Better Utah March 13, 2019

This article originally appeared in the Salt Lake Tribune. Read it in its entirety here. Republican Utah senators were undaunted by the near-certainty of lawsuits and an uphill battle through the courts as they voted 23-6 along party lines Wednesday evening to ban elective abortions after 18 weeks of fetal development. A bipartisan majority of

Here’s What You Need to Know About Utah’s Proposed Down Syndrome Abortion Ban

Kyle Garahana March 5, 2018

Legal experts — including a Brigham Young University professor — have labeled the Down syndrome abortion bill before the Utah Legislature as all but certainly unconstitutional. Physicians point out it needs to be clarified and even then would limit their ability to have open conversions with their patients. And data suggest few Utah women seek

How do we as Utahns respond to DACA?

Chase Thomas September 6, 2017

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To say I was disappointed by the Trump administration’s announcement today ending DACA would be an understatement. I’m sad that so many of my friends–here in Utah where I live, in Arizona where I grew up, in Texas where I served a spanish-speaking mission, and across the nation–may face the possibility of being ejected from

Press Release – BETTER UTAH HOSTS ANNUAL POST-LEGISLATIVE SESSION PANEL

Better Utah March 15, 2017

Salt Lake City, UT – Tomorrow evening, Alliance for a Better Utah is hosting its annual Post-Legislative Session Panel. The discussion will take a behind-the-scenes look at the big issues of this year’s legislative session. Each of the panelists will bring a different perspective to these issues as they attempted to influence those issues through

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Utah DPS disputes driver’s license pics used in facial recognition mining, but lawmakers may hold hearings

Utah lawmakers tee up a court fight with passage of an 18-week abortion ban

Here’s What You Need to Know About Utah’s Proposed Down Syndrome Abortion Ban

How do we as Utahns respond to DACA?

Press Release – BETTER UTAH HOSTS ANNUAL POST-LEGISLATIVE SESSION PANEL

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