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New Report Details How the Federal Shutdown Hit Utah Families, Workers, and Communities

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SALT LAKE CITY, UT — Following Congress’s vote to reopen the federal government, the Alliance for a Better Utah today released its Q3 2025 Congressional Quarterly Report, offering the first look at how the shutdown affected Utah’s economy, families, and public services. The report finds that the weeks-long impasse over skyrocketing healthcare premiums came with […]

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Utah Legislature Undermines Proposition 4 with New Maps and Tests

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PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 6, 2025 Utah Legislature Undermines Proposition 4 with New Maps and Tests Salt Lake City, UT – Today, the Republican supermajority of the Utah Legislature adopted a new congressional map, S.B. 1012, and codified tests used to judge that map by lawmakers and the courts, S.B. 1011. Taylor Knuth, Executive Director for

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Better Utah Institute Releases Redistricting Map Analysis During the Public Comment Period

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: September 29, 2025 Better Utah Institute Releases Redistricting Map Analysis During the Public Comment Period (SALT LAKE CITY, UT) — As Utah is in a pivotal phase in the court-ordered redistricting process, Better Utah Institute has released an in-depth analysis of the congressional map proposals currently under consideration by the Utah Legislature. This

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“Dear Utah” Letter Writing Campaign Has Over 550 Attendees Sending Senator Mike Lee Over 2,000 Letters

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(SALT LAKE CITY, UT) — Last night, Alliance for a Better Utah, Elevate Utah, and others hosted a letter-writing event to remind Senator Lee who he works for: Utahns. There were over 550 people in attendance from across the state who wrote over 2,000 letters. The issues ranged from public lands to Senator Lee’s spread

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This is (Not) A Pride Flag: Alliance for a Better Utah Launches Pride Merch Line in Response to Statewide LGBTQ+ Flag Ban

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(SALT LAKE CITY, UT) — Alliance for a Better Utah today announced the launch of a new merchandise collection titled “This Is (Not) A Pride Flag,” inspired by Salt Lake City’s newly adopted municipal flags. The collection is a creative, community-driven response to HB77, a recently passed law that bans the display of Pride flags

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Alliance for a Better Utah Launches Website Selling SLC Municipal Flags in Protest of HB 77

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Salt Lake City, UT – In response to last week’s Salt Lake City Council meeting, where council members unanimously adopted three new municipal flags inspired by the LGBTQ+ Pride flag, Trans Pride flag, and Juneteenth Flag, Alliance for a Better Utah has created a website that sells those very flags.  ThisIsNotAPrideFlag.com is an online store

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