Your guide to Layton (aka Lay’n)

Johnson vs. Grants Pass

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case, Johnson vs. Grants Pass, on the criminalization of homelessness in local government. Salt Lake City already has ordinances that prohibit camping on public lands. Violators can be charged a class D misdemeanor with a maximum sentence of six months in jail. [NPR, Deseret News]

• Related: How does Salt Lake City criminalize homelessness? [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

Gwyneth Goes Skiing

The satirical musical “Gwyneth Goes Skiing” will have its U.S. premiere at the Egyptian Theater in Park City, not far from where the skiing accident between actress Gwyneth Paltrow and retired optometrist Terry Sanderson took place. The London musical is a re-enactment of the live-streamed trial that became an iconic pop culture moment. [Park Record]

• Related: Gwyneth vs. the optometrist. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

Indigenous Healing Under Medicaid

A bill in the Utah Legislature aims to include traditional Indigenous healing services under Medicaid. If passed, tribal governments could designate qualifying healers for coverage. This could combat health disparities and benefit the roughly 15,000 Native Americans enrolled in the program. [KSL]

$1 Billion of Our Dollars For MLB Stadium

A local billionaire has revealed a very swanky blueprint for a major league baseball stadium in the Fairpark neighborhood. And they want $1 billion of our dollars to build it. Plus, what’s the stink on this U.S. Magnesium story everyone is sharing on Instagram? City Cast Salt Lake podcast host Ali Vallarta and executive producer Emily Means break down the news after a long weekend. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

$1B for a Billionaire? Air Polluter’s Big Donations, and ‘Gwyneth’ Returns

The $3.5 billion vision for reinventing Salt Lake City’s Westside neighborhoods into a mixed-use Major League Baseball district is eye-popping. Host Ali Vallarta and executive producer Emily Means take a look at the details and how much public financing state leaders could be willing to invest in the project. Plus, a story about coincidental (read: suspicious) donations has us cocking our eyebrows, and “Gwyneth Paltrow” is back in Park City.