Trainwreck Train Plan, Armed Teachers, and Pineapple Express Incoming

Starter homes, sticking it to the feds, snowplow headlights; time for a breakdown of the bills host Ali Vallarta and executive producer Emily Means are watching this week. Plus, remember the passenger rail proposal to Boise? We’ve got some gossip on what happened to it as well as our picks of the week.

Bills mentioned:
HB 306 Residential Housing Amendments
SB 57 Utah Constitutional Sovereignty Act
HB 292 Snowplow Amendments
HB 119 School Employee Firearm Possession Amendments

Other references:
Gov. Cox’s mixed messaging on DEI.
How Utah’s new transgender bathroom ban will be enforced. 
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