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Pulling back the curtains on wage-theft enforcement in MN; Trump's latest attack is on RFK, Jr; NM LGBTQ+ equality group endorses 2024 'Rock Star' candidates; Michigan's youth justice reforms: Expanded diversion, no fees.

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Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg says rebuilding Baltimore's Key Bridge will be challenging and expensive. An Alabama Democrat flips a state legislature seat and former Connecticut senator Joe Lieberman dies at 82.

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Historic wildfires could create housing and health issues for rural Texans, a Kentucky program helps prison parolees start a new life, and descendants of Nicodemus, Kansas celebrate the Black settlers who journeyed across the 1870s plains seeking self-governance.

UT: Media Reform

Extremist groups are trying to undercut the 30x30 Initiative in President Joe Biden's America the Beautiful Program. (JoPanuwat/Adobe Stock)
Conservationists Call Out Extremist Group for Dispensing Disinformation

Disinformation has sadly become a part of American political discourse, but one environmental organization is calling out a group of anti-government …

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A new study shows that local governments are better positioned to connect traditionally underserved communities to broadband internet. (Pixabay)
Group Recommends Locally Controlled Broadband for Consumer Privacy

SALT LAKE CITY – As Congress considers remedies for large-scale privacy breaches by Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, a recent report suggests …

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Twitter has about 68 million active users in the United States. (Pixabay)
Tweets "Fair Game" for Scientific Research

SALT LAKE CITY — New legal and ethical questions surrounding the business practices of Facebook seem to surface daily. But at the same time…

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Alexei Wood faces a felony charge after being swept up in the arrests of rioters at President Donald Trump's inauguration. (Alexei Wood/Vimeo)
Photojournalist Covering Trump Protest Facing Felony Charges

SALT LAKE CITY – Press groups and photojournalist Alexei Wood say there are troubling implications to Wood's trial on charges of multiple feloni…

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According to one study, mobile media device use has tripled among young children aged 5 to 16 in the past six years. (Getty Images)
Kids' Sleep Time, Quality Impacted by Screens

SALT LAKE CITY – If your kids are falling asleep watching TV or with a cell phone tucked under the covers, they're probably going to bed later …

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Completing homework assignments could become more time consuming if the FCC's proposal to reduce broadband standards moves forward. (Getty Images)
Groups Protest FCC Attempts to Lower Broadband Standards

SALT LAKE CITY – The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission wants to redefine broadband by lowering the standard for speed, a move …

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The FCC is accepting public comments on its plan to revoke net-neutrality protections through July 17. (Getty Images)
Study Says Faulty Claims Behind Plans to Revoke Net Neutrality

SALT LAKE CITY – As the Federal Communications Commission takes steps to reverse net neutrality, a term for a free and open Internet, …

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Advocates for net neutrality worry that under the Trump administration, the Federal Communications Commission may reverse course on its rules to treat the Internet like a utility. (Pixabay)
Is Trump's FCC Pick Threat to Open Internet?

SALT LAKE CITY – The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) guaranteed equal access to the Internet two years ago, when the regulatory agency …

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Coal companies met with GOP attorneys general to stop the EPA's Clean Power Plan. (Pixabay)
Fossil-Fuel Firms Met with GOP AGs over Clean Power Plan

SALT LAKE CITY - Fossil-fuel companies Murray Energy and Southern Co. paid for private meetings with Republican state attorneys general to discuss …

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A new report confirms that clashing ideas about climate change are contributing to partisan polarization. (Wildpixel/iStockphoto)
Partisan Polarization Spikes Over Climate Change, Report Finds

SALT LAKE CITY – Republicans and Democrats have never been farther apart on climate change, according to a new Oklahoma State University study…

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A win in federal court for consumers, say advocates of net neutrality. (Greg Stotelmyer)
Federal Court Backs FCC's Treatment of Internet as Utility

WHITESBURG, Ky. – A federal court has upheld the Federal Communication Commission's decision to treat the Internet like a utility – a …

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PHOTO: Tom Wheeler, chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, is seeking to regulate the Internet as a utility. Photo courtesy U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders.
Expanded Internet Access May Be Headed to Rural Utah

SALT LAKE CITY - Internet use in Utah and across the nation soon may be regulated as a utility. Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom …

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