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Great Salt Lake Plate

Great news! Supporters of the Great Salt Lake license plate reached their goal of 500 signatures, which means you can switch out your plates for one at your local DMV soon. The $25 annual fee will go to supporting conservation efforts at the Great Salt Lake. [@greatsaltlakenews/Instagram]

• Related: Utah license plates, explained. [Hey Salt Lake 📰]
• Also: Can a little bird save the GSL? [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

doTERRA Layoffs

doTERRA, the essential oils company based in Pleasant Grove, laid off 7% of their workforce — almost 300 employees. Affected workers were reportedly offered severance packages and extended health care benefits. The restructuring at the multi-level marketing organization follows a leadership transition, with a new CEO and president. [Salt Lake Tribune]

Aging Population

According to a study by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah, 20% of Utahns will be over the age of 65 by 2060. While we’re the youngest state in the U.S., our population is beginning to grow older due to aging adults and declining fertility rates. [University of Utah]

Policing People in SLC Parks

A Supreme Court case already looms over our city’s homelessness crisis. But, according to one local parks expert, a decision that’s supposed to be about homeless encampments could have a chilling effect on the places we gather. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

• Related: How SLC criminalizes homelessness. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

Who Gets To Exist in SLC Parks?

The U.S Supreme Court is poised to make a big decision around cities’ policing of homelessness in public spaces. University of Utah parks and recreation professor Jeff Rose joins host Ali Vallarta to break down how this court case could impact access to Salt Lake’s parks and have a chilling effect on our First Amendment rights.