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Take Action- support water-use transparency for Utah’s data centers:
- Contact Your State Representative: buff.ly/UjNWGFb
- Contact Your State Senator: buff.ly/K2Wf3le
- Contact Your State Representative: buff.ly/UjNWGFb
- Contact Your State Senator: buff.ly/K2Wf3le
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Take Action- support water-use transparency for Utah’s data centers:
- Contact Your State Representative: buff.ly/UjNWGFb
- Contact Your State Senator: buff.ly/K2Wf3le
- Contact Your State Representative: buff.ly/UjNWGFb
- Contact Your State Senator: buff.ly/K2Wf3le
SLC Councilmember Eva Lopez Chavez told ABC 4 that she did not endorse Ben McAdams’ congressional run. She said her supportive remarks were meant as encouragement, not a formal endorsement, which she said she was never asked for.
🔗 ABC 4: buff.ly/6POZMGF
🔗 ABC 4: buff.ly/6POZMGF
November 19, 2025 at 10:11 PM
SLC Councilmember Eva Lopez Chavez told ABC 4 that she did not endorse Ben McAdams’ congressional run. She said her supportive remarks were meant as encouragement, not a formal endorsement, which she said she was never asked for.
🔗 ABC 4: buff.ly/6POZMGF
🔗 ABC 4: buff.ly/6POZMGF
🚨 Help Protect Utah’s Fair Maps!
Tell your lawmakers to respect the court’s decision and uphold Utah’s constitutional right to fair districts. This map belongs to the people, not the politicians.
Contact Your State Representative: buff.ly/eIa4zqN
Contact Your State Senator: buff.ly/YG2Mith
Tell your lawmakers to respect the court’s decision and uphold Utah’s constitutional right to fair districts. This map belongs to the people, not the politicians.
Contact Your State Representative: buff.ly/eIa4zqN
Contact Your State Senator: buff.ly/YG2Mith
November 19, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨 Help Protect Utah’s Fair Maps!
Tell your lawmakers to respect the court’s decision and uphold Utah’s constitutional right to fair districts. This map belongs to the people, not the politicians.
Contact Your State Representative: buff.ly/eIa4zqN
Contact Your State Senator: buff.ly/YG2Mith
Tell your lawmakers to respect the court’s decision and uphold Utah’s constitutional right to fair districts. This map belongs to the people, not the politicians.
Contact Your State Representative: buff.ly/eIa4zqN
Contact Your State Senator: buff.ly/YG2Mith
We have banded together with other people and organizations to put together a master list of food resources where anyone can access food, donate, volunteer or submit their own event. Please share this far and wide- we never know who is struggling in our community.
November 7, 2025 at 4:50 PM
We have banded together with other people and organizations to put together a master list of food resources where anyone can access food, donate, volunteer or submit their own event. Please share this far and wide- we never know who is struggling in our community.
Thank you to everyone who voted in their municipal elections the last few weeks!
November 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Thank you to everyone who voted in their municipal elections the last few weeks!
October 31, 2025 at 3:11 AM
🗺️ Another redistricting twist: Utah GOP changes tactics to repeal independent map-drawing law
Read the story: buff.ly/hTrQ2Sv
Read the story: buff.ly/hTrQ2Sv
October 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
🗺️ Another redistricting twist: Utah GOP changes tactics to repeal independent map-drawing law
Read the story: buff.ly/hTrQ2Sv
Read the story: buff.ly/hTrQ2Sv
Under changes enacted by the state legislature earlier this year, for the first time in the Nov. 4 general election a mailed ballot must be in the county clerk’s possession by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, regardless of the postmark.
October 30, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Under changes enacted by the state legislature earlier this year, for the first time in the Nov. 4 general election a mailed ballot must be in the county clerk’s possession by 8:00 p.m. on Election Day, regardless of the postmark.
To succeed in their power grab, they need OUR signatures.
🤔 What can you do?
🙅♂️Say No To Petitions From Politicians 🙅♀️
If approached by petition gatherers about redistricting or Prop 4, say NO and walk away
📣SPREAD THE WORD📣
Tell friends, family, neighbors
🤔 What can you do?
🙅♂️Say No To Petitions From Politicians 🙅♀️
If approached by petition gatherers about redistricting or Prop 4, say NO and walk away
📣SPREAD THE WORD📣
Tell friends, family, neighbors
October 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
To succeed in their power grab, they need OUR signatures.
🤔 What can you do?
🙅♂️Say No To Petitions From Politicians 🙅♀️
If approached by petition gatherers about redistricting or Prop 4, say NO and walk away
📣SPREAD THE WORD📣
Tell friends, family, neighbors
🤔 What can you do?
🙅♂️Say No To Petitions From Politicians 🙅♀️
If approached by petition gatherers about redistricting or Prop 4, say NO and walk away
📣SPREAD THE WORD📣
Tell friends, family, neighbors
The Utah GOP, along with their friends in high places like the Utah Attorney General @agderekbrown are out to steal more power for themselves by erasing what Utahns votes for in 2018: fair voting maps.
October 22, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Utah GOP, along with their friends in high places like the Utah Attorney General @agderekbrown are out to steal more power for themselves by erasing what Utahns votes for in 2018: fair voting maps.
💸 Property taxes surging across Utah
Utah’s property tax system is supposed to reflect fairness and shared responsibility—but right now, it’s doing the opposite. Corporations can shield parts of their property data while families see their bills soar.
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Utah’s property tax system is supposed to reflect fairness and shared responsibility—but right now, it’s doing the opposite. Corporations can shield parts of their property data while families see their bills soar.
buff.ly/wljBzpg
October 17, 2025 at 3:58 PM
💸 Property taxes surging across Utah
Utah’s property tax system is supposed to reflect fairness and shared responsibility—but right now, it’s doing the opposite. Corporations can shield parts of their property data while families see their bills soar.
buff.ly/wljBzpg
Utah’s property tax system is supposed to reflect fairness and shared responsibility—but right now, it’s doing the opposite. Corporations can shield parts of their property data while families see their bills soar.
buff.ly/wljBzpg
Redistricting: Utah GOP moves to block changes to electoral map, undo voter-backed law
Utah News Dispatch: buff.ly/YjFXZRc
Decline to sign and tell your friends & neighbors
Utah News Dispatch: buff.ly/YjFXZRc
Decline to sign and tell your friends & neighbors
October 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Redistricting: Utah GOP moves to block changes to electoral map, undo voter-backed law
Utah News Dispatch: buff.ly/YjFXZRc
Decline to sign and tell your friends & neighbors
Utah News Dispatch: buff.ly/YjFXZRc
Decline to sign and tell your friends & neighbors
The Utah GOP is gathering signatures to overturn Prop 4—the voter-approved law for fair, independent redistricting. This is a power grab to protect gerrymandered maps. Utahns voted for fair maps in 2018.
Read more: buff.ly/DgMGnlU
Read more: buff.ly/DgMGnlU
October 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Utah GOP is gathering signatures to overturn Prop 4—the voter-approved law for fair, independent redistricting. This is a power grab to protect gerrymandered maps. Utahns voted for fair maps in 2018.
Read more: buff.ly/DgMGnlU
Read more: buff.ly/DgMGnlU
Get Utah’s top headlines distilled for you with The Beehive Briefing; a near daily newsletter with bite size versions of big stories
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October 11, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Get Utah’s top headlines distilled for you with The Beehive Briefing; a near daily newsletter with bite size versions of big stories
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The fight for fair maps isn’t over. With the Legislature’s map now in court, Utahns should stay informed and engaged.
Follow Better Boundaries(buff.ly/8G1I7uW ) and
The Beehive Briefing(buff.ly/5o2SB0k ) for updates as the judge reviews the maps.
Follow Better Boundaries(buff.ly/8G1I7uW ) and
The Beehive Briefing(buff.ly/5o2SB0k ) for updates as the judge reviews the maps.
October 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
The fight for fair maps isn’t over. With the Legislature’s map now in court, Utahns should stay informed and engaged.
Follow Better Boundaries(buff.ly/8G1I7uW ) and
The Beehive Briefing(buff.ly/5o2SB0k ) for updates as the judge reviews the maps.
Follow Better Boundaries(buff.ly/8G1I7uW ) and
The Beehive Briefing(buff.ly/5o2SB0k ) for updates as the judge reviews the maps.
Now that Utah lawmakers have voted on which map to send to the court, and the plaintiffs have submitted their map, there are three maps for the judge to choose from.
We created an easy to understand analysis of these maps: buff.ly/teXq6Yz
We created an easy to understand analysis of these maps: buff.ly/teXq6Yz
October 10, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Now that Utah lawmakers have voted on which map to send to the court, and the plaintiffs have submitted their map, there are three maps for the judge to choose from.
We created an easy to understand analysis of these maps: buff.ly/teXq6Yz
We created an easy to understand analysis of these maps: buff.ly/teXq6Yz
Today was the first special session of 2025 and lawmakers voted on a number of bills, including one that changes the laws around redistricting and a new voting map.
October 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Today was the first special session of 2025 and lawmakers voted on a number of bills, including one that changes the laws around redistricting and a new voting map.
We want to hear your redistricting stories!
October 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
We want to hear your redistricting stories!
Senator Brammer's bill rigs the game and ignores the will of the people.
Call your reps and tell them to vote no on Senator Brammer's Bill: buff.ly/t3y0uEj
Call your reps and tell them to vote no on Senator Brammer's Bill: buff.ly/t3y0uEj
October 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Senator Brammer's bill rigs the game and ignores the will of the people.
Call your reps and tell them to vote no on Senator Brammer's Bill: buff.ly/t3y0uEj
Call your reps and tell them to vote no on Senator Brammer's Bill: buff.ly/t3y0uEj
When voting maps are drawn fairly, every community gets a seat at the table. When they’re rigged, people lose trust in government itself.
See our grades and methodology here: buff.ly/BY6imq9
See our grades and methodology here: buff.ly/BY6imq9
October 2, 2025 at 12:11 AM
When voting maps are drawn fairly, every community gets a seat at the table. When they’re rigged, people lose trust in government itself.
See our grades and methodology here: buff.ly/BY6imq9
See our grades and methodology here: buff.ly/BY6imq9
At midnight, the federal government shut down after Congress failed to pass a spending plan. Key services will grind down, from national parks access to housing & food assistance programs. GOP lawmakers blocked compromise funding bills from Dems & left millions of families in limbo. buff.ly/d0xlcz3
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
At midnight, the federal government shut down after Congress failed to pass a spending plan. Key services will grind down, from national parks access to housing & food assistance programs. GOP lawmakers blocked compromise funding bills from Dems & left millions of families in limbo. buff.ly/d0xlcz3
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September 30, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Utahns know what fair representation looks like—it’s not chopping up Salt Lake County into four pieces or diluting urban voices under the guise of “balance.” The urban-rural talking point is a smokescreen for partisan gerrymandering, plain and simple.
buff.ly/PUNjQrC
buff.ly/PUNjQrC
September 29, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Utahns know what fair representation looks like—it’s not chopping up Salt Lake County into four pieces or diluting urban voices under the guise of “balance.” The urban-rural talking point is a smokescreen for partisan gerrymandering, plain and simple.
buff.ly/PUNjQrC
buff.ly/PUNjQrC
Utahns are invited to weigh in on outdoor recreation priorities in central Utah (Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute, and Wayne counties) through a new public survey.
The feedback will guide how public lands are managed.
Take The Survey: buff.ly/ygRfypl
The feedback will guide how public lands are managed.
Take The Survey: buff.ly/ygRfypl
September 26, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Utahns are invited to weigh in on outdoor recreation priorities in central Utah (Juab, Millard, Sanpete, Sevier, Piute, and Wayne counties) through a new public survey.
The feedback will guide how public lands are managed.
Take The Survey: buff.ly/ygRfypl
The feedback will guide how public lands are managed.
Take The Survey: buff.ly/ygRfypl
Politicians are trying to rewrite the rules on redistricting in Utah.
Learn how we can get the fair voting maps we deserve: buff.ly/hgj09Tn
Learn how we can get the fair voting maps we deserve: buff.ly/hgj09Tn
September 24, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Politicians are trying to rewrite the rules on redistricting in Utah.
Learn how we can get the fair voting maps we deserve: buff.ly/hgj09Tn
Learn how we can get the fair voting maps we deserve: buff.ly/hgj09Tn