NEW: Utah Republicans passed a law making it harder for voters to remove their signatures from the GOP's petition to legalize partisan gerrymandering — an initiative it's been hellbent on after courts struck down its previous map for violating a gerrymandering ban.
The law takes effect immediately.
Memories …
Utah lawmakers introduced a late-night change to an election bill apparently geared toward slowing the removal of signatures from a ballot initiative that would repeal Proposition 4.
The Utah Legislature has adjourned following a 45-day session dealing with taxes, housing, courts, immigration and a host of other issues.
Nuggets from my interview last night w/ Gov. Cox:
💧 Water restrictions possible this summer
🗳 Potential special session for a constitutional amendment on "right to alter and reform government" after redistricting lawsuit
🖋 So far, nothing he sees is an automatic veto
Watch it here: #utpol #Utah
My recap is exhaustive of the 1,000+ bills introduced in the 2026 Utah legislature. I've put a lot of work into it, so I hope you find it helpful! www.fox13now.com/news/politic... #utpol #Utah
@slindivisible.bsky.social A reminder from Helen Cox Richardson first made in January, but warrants repeating in March: Take care of yourself; "make sure you are reachin' out to people; fight back with fierce joy not least because it will piss 'em off so much!" youtube.com/shorts/ifY4s...
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Today’s action item
@slindivisible.bsky.social On February 28, 2026, Trump first calls the Iran War a "major combat operation."
Where have I heard those words before? They sound so familar.
Vladimir Putin first used the term "special military operation" to describe the invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
Tonight!
You’re at the top of the list again, Utah. Keep calling!
At a committee hearing this afternoon, Burton acknowledged his "300 dead people voted" statement is not true, and the Senate ultimately killed his bill that would've made it harder to vote by mail or dropbox.
Burton said he offered the correction because The Tribune questioned him on it.
A controversial Utah bill that would restrict some of Salt Lake City's traffic-calming efforts stalled in a House committee Monday.
We have to continue calling and make them hear us
A Sing-in for hope and solidarity
Thank you for sending our sons to die in War Senator Curtis 🫡
🚨📢 No war - hands off Iran! Join @chicago-cata.bsky.social coalition and other orgs in protest TODAY, Saturday, Feb 28th, 5:00 pm at Chicago's Federal Plaza, 230 S. Dearborn.
We are at war for no good reason because we created a presidency with unbounded war powers and then elected a madman to it www.vox.com/politics/481...
this is a great brief and it appropriately ends with a killshot: the simple observation that if trump's meaning held, the birthright clause would not have overturned dred scott, the one thing it was absolutely meant to do.
🚨 BREAKING
The Prop. 4 repeal campaign is just EIGHT signatures away from qualifying for the November ballot.
The campaign has reached the signature threshold in 25 of the 26 required Senate districts on Friday morning.
Read more:
utahpolitics.news/prop-4-repea...
Christian wanted people to know what immigrant families like hers were going through inside the Dilley detention center, so she gathered dozens of letters and hid them in her jacket. She and others told me and @mckenziefunk.com its becoming harder to speak out www.propublica.org/article/dill...
#Standupforscience Philadelphia March 7th 2026, 11 am. (Philadelphia City Hall) @standupforscience.bsky.social www.facebook.com/events/city-...
Rep. Shepherd's bill to repeal the guest worker program and sponsored immigration program in Utah PASSES a committee UNANIMOUSLY: le.utah.gov/Session/2026... Off to the full House of Representatives. #utpol #Utah
Remember, you can still remove your signature 👇
Coming up on Saturday 👇
In 2024 clean air advocates had high hopes a $1 million EPA grant could help communities understand how toxic the air in their neighborhoods can be and install radon systems in at-risk homes across the state.
But then the grant got DOGE’d.
Read more from the Utah Investigative Journalism Project
The United States can learn from other countries that have faced challenges to their democracies. Here’s how: bit.ly/4rkbpeC
Join us for something different at our March meeting!
