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New COVID Vaccines Arrive in Salt Lake

Don’t call it a booster: The 2024 COVID-19 vaccine is a new recipe against circulating variants like K.P.2. Due to high demand, it took a while for the new shot to land in Salt Lake County, but now one local grocer will pay you $20 to get the COVID-19 vaccine and 2024 flu shot in one sitting. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

Historic Fifth Ward Revival

Skyler Baird, a real estate developer, has taken ownership of the historic Fifth Ward Building in Salt Lake City after it was partially demolished in error. He plans to restore it to its original 1910 appearance and will convert the basement and classrooms into living spaces for people recovering from addiction. The chapel will be preserved as a community space for events. [FOX 13]

• Related: The juicy, plot-twisty background of the illegal Fifth Ward demolition. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]

UEA Fights Amendment A

The Utah Education Association is seeking to disqualify Amendment A from the November ballot, arguing it misleads voters about eliminating a constitutional guarantee that income tax funds public schools. They say the language incentivizes a “yes” vote by highlighting a sales tax cut on food, and doesn’t properly inform voters that it will remove a key safeguard for education funding. [Salt Lake Tribune]

• ICYMI: This comes just after Amendment D got dunked. [City Cast Salt Lake 🎧]