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Take 2 Podcast: Speaker Mike Schultz on data center, 2028 governor's race

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Heidi Hatch 2 News

Maura Carabello, Exoro Group

Mike Schultz, Utah House Speaker

Data Center Referendum: A Box Elder County group wants voters there to decide proposed data center’s fate

Elevate Utah accuses Speaker Mike Schultz of buying up property to profit off data Center

Schultz, a cattle rancher in Box Elder and neighboring counties, responds

Forget about 2026, everyone is talking 2028: John Curtis running for Governor

2028 RACE: Former Congressman Jason Chaffetz, Senator John Curtis, Speaker Mike Schultz, Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, Traeger Grills CEO Jeremy Andrus, entrepreneur Brad Bonham and Rep. Blake Moore

Murray City School District awarded $13 million Catalyst Center grant to launch groundbreaking healthcare academy

The Healthcare Academy will initially focus on three high-demand disciplines:

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA): A foundational pillar of patient care.

Radiology Technician Assistant: The first program of its kind in the nation offered to high school students.

Behavioral Health Assistant: Among the first in Utah and the nation to be offered at the secondary level.

NEW BILL ALREADY IN USE: Child Care Business Tax Credit HB 190

Stadler is using the child care business tax credit sponsored by Rep. Jason Thompson to help build a child care facility with more capacity than they need themselves, helping create more child care options for other businesses and working families nearby.

Eva Lopez out SLC Council – She does not live in the district

Councilwoman Eva Lopez Chavez’s seat was vacated after a short investigation from the Salt Lake City Attorney’s Office, which found that she “failed to maintain a primary place of residence” within her district.

Trump Administration moves to strip conservation from America’s Public Lands eases grazing regulations

Trump visits China

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