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This Utah lawmaker wants to overhaul state mental hospitals

With hardly one year in public office under his belt, the 26-year-old Rep. Tyler Clancy, R-Provo, has his eyes set on some of Utah’s, and the nation’s, most intractable problems. Even though it’s early in the 2024 legislative session, the state’s youngest lawmaker has introduced legislation tackling air quality, homelessness, civil commitment, sexual assault and centralized digital currencies, among other issues. But this eclectic collection of bills all have something in common, Clancy said. “Utah taxpayers are asked to foot bills for a lot of different challenges. I want to make...
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Housing market: These Idaho, Utah cities are down the most in U.S.

The U.S. housing market is continuing to undergo a divided real estate correction, with prices rising in the East, while prices are down in many areas in the West. The West was ground zero for the pandemic housing frenzy when low interest rates and new remote work opportunities sent homebuyers looking for bigger homes at lower price points. But now, after mortgage rates shot up amid the Federal Reserve’s efforts to tamp down inflation, the West was the first to see home prices dip and continues to see negative gains while...