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Utah Legislature Picks Its Fight

After the Utah Supreme Court curbed the legislature’s ability to amend or repeal voter-supported ballot initiatives, Utah lawmakers called themselves into special session on Wednesday night to put the very nature of ballot initiatives … on the November ballot. We will break this down simply on Friday’s episode of the City Cast Salt Lake podcast. [City Cast Salt Lake]

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What’s Next for Smith’s Ballpark?

The Salt Lake Bees are scheduled for one last baseball game at Smith’s Ballpark on Sept. 22, before the team packs up for a new stadium in South Jordan. Ballpark neighborhood residents are still wondering what will become of the soon-to-be vacant, 13-acre plot of land just minutes from downtown SLC. Who is leading the charge? [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

Utah Sues the Feds

Utah filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court challenging the federal government’s control of 18.5 million acres of unappropriated public lands in the state, currently managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The state argues that federal control limits state sovereignty and Utah’s ability to manage natural resources. Advocacy groups like the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance call it a “land grab" that could open up public lands to more extraction and development. [City Cast Salt Lake]