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Do Utahns support the flag ban? A new poll shows what they think
A majority of Utahns support a new state law banning the display of most flags by public schools and government entities, ...
Utah’s new state flag just got a shoutout on ‘Celebrity Jeopardy!’
In 2024, roughly a year after lawmakers unveiled the new flag, a Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll of Utah ...
Pride flag ban: Utah becomes first state to outlaw pride flags in government buildings, schools
Utah becomes the first state in the nation to ban pride flags from government buildings and schools after Gov. Cox refuses to ...
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Gov. Cox orders flags to fly at half-staff in honor of His Holiness Pope Francis
SALT LAKE CITY (April 21, 2025) – Utah Gov. Spencer J. Cox has issued an order for the flags of the United States of America and the great state of Utah to be flown at half-staff on all state ...
University of Utah pleads with faculty not to violate state pride flag ban, says Legislature has ‘a lot of power over us’
The University of Utah is asking faculty to comply with the new state law banning the public display of pride flags on campus ...
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Utah is first state to ban fluoride in water, restrict flags on public buildings
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah became the first state in the nation ... Spencer Cox allowed the flag bill to take effect without his signature as the deadline approached Thursday evening, while he ...
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Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ pride flags in government buildings and schools
The Beehive State became the first to prohibit flying the LGBTQ pride flag at schools and all government buildings after its Republican governor said he was allowing a ban on unsanctioned flag ...
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Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ+ pride flags in government buildings and schools
Starting May 7, state or local government buildings will be fined $500 a day for flying any flag other than the United States flag, the Utah state flag, military flags or a short list of others ...
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Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ+ pride flags in government buildings and schools
Utah became the first state to prohibit flying LGBTQ+ pride flags at schools and all government buildings after the Republican governor announced he was allowing a ban on unsanctioned flag ...
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Utah becomes first state to ban LGBTQ+ pride flags in schools and government buildings
Utah became the first state to prohibit flying LGBTQ+ pride flags at schools and all government buildings after the Republican governor announced he was allowing a ban on unsanctioned flag ...