(Nicholas Rupp | Twitter post) This is a cellphone photo taken through the fence of the Utah governor's mansion, Wednesday, July 22. Salt Lake County Health Department spokesman Nicholas Rupp posted it while he was off duty. His tweet, since locked, said “Party outside tonight at the governor’s mansion in downtown #SLC, which is still in the ‘orange’ risk level,” Rupp captioned the photo. “Probably about half the visible attendees wearing a face covering. Way to walk the walk, @GovHerbert.”Nicholas Rupp and his husband were partway through their ramble through the Avenues neighborhood of...…(Nicholas Rupp | Twitter post) This is a cellphone photo taken through the fence of the Utah governor's mansion, Wednesday, July 22. Salt Lake County Health Department spokesman Nicholas Rupp posted it while he was off duty. His tweet, since locked, said “Party outside tonight at the governor’s mansion in downtown #SLC, which is still in the ‘orange’ risk level,” Rupp captioned the photo. “Probably about half the visible attendees wearing a face covering. Way to walk the walk, @GovHerbert.”Nicholas Rupp and his husband were partway through their ramble through the Avenues neighborhood of...WW…

(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and the ACLU of Utah hold a news conference on Utah's pending 18-week abortion ban, at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday April 10, 2019.So far, Utah has spent more than $86,000 defending , as advocacy groups argue it is unconstitutional.State officials are likely to start racking up new costs as the case emerges from a period of dormancy and continues to inch through the federal court system. And the plaintiffs contend that — particularly with the — the state shouldn’t be devoting taxpayer money to...…(Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Planned Parenthood Association of Utah and the ACLU of Utah hold a news conference on Utah's pending 18-week abortion ban, at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Wednesday April 10, 2019.So far, Utah has spent more than $86,000 defending , as advocacy groups argue it is unconstitutional.State officials are likely to start racking up new costs as the case emerges from a period of dormancy and continues to inch through the federal court system. And the plaintiffs contend that — particularly with the — the state shouldn’t be devoting taxpayer money to...WW…

(Kristin Murphy, Deseret News/pool) In this April 22, 2020, file photo, Jared Allgood, Twenty co-founder and chief strategy officer, talks about the Healthy Together app, which was supposed to use location tracking to help with COVID-19 contact tracing, at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City. The state this week announced they'd turned off the apps' location-tracking function, which was keeping Utahns from using the tool over privacy concerns.State officials debuted Healthy Together in April as a tool for augmenting contact tracing, the painstaking work of identifying people who might’ve...…(Kristin Murphy, Deseret News/pool) In this April 22, 2020, file photo, Jared Allgood, Twenty co-founder and chief strategy officer, talks about the Healthy Together app, which was supposed to use location tracking to help with COVID-19 contact tracing, at the state Capitol in Salt Lake City. The state this week announced they'd turned off the apps' location-tracking function, which was keeping Utahns from using the tool over privacy concerns.State officials debuted Healthy Together in April as a tool for augmenting contact tracing, the painstaking work of identifying people who might’ve...WW…

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Sandra Hollins, D-Salt Lake City, smiles as her bill to ban police officers from using “knee-on-neck” chokeholds passes the House, 69-5 during the morning session of the Utah Legislature’s Fifth Special Session on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The legislation also prohibits Utah’s police academy or local agencies from teaching new officers how to use chokeholds, carotid restraints or “any act that impedes the breathing or circulation of blood likely to produce a loss of consciousness” as a valid form of restraint.The Utah Legislature on Thursday...…(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Rep. Sandra Hollins, D-Salt Lake City, smiles as her bill to ban police officers from using “knee-on-neck” chokeholds passes the House, 69-5 during the morning session of the Utah Legislature’s Fifth Special Session on Thursday, June 18, 2020. The legislation also prohibits Utah’s police academy or local agencies from teaching new officers how to use chokeholds, carotid restraints or “any act that impedes the breathing or circulation of blood likely to produce a loss of consciousness” as a valid form of restraint.The Utah Legislature on Thursday...WW…

(John Locher | AP file photo) This April 6, 2020, file photo shows an arrangement of hydroxychloroquine pills in Las Vegas. Hydroxychloroquine is officially approved for treating malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, but not COVID-19.Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage . To support journalism like this, please consider or become a .[Update: ]State leaders who want to buy a stockpile of malaria drugs for the coronavirus are digesting a new study that...…(John Locher | AP file photo) This April 6, 2020, file photo shows an arrangement of hydroxychloroquine pills in Las Vegas. Hydroxychloroquine is officially approved for treating malaria, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus, but not COVID-19.Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing readers free access to critical local stories about the coronavirus during this time of heightened concern. See more coverage . To support journalism like this, please consider or become a .[Update: ]State leaders who want to buy a stockpile of malaria drugs for the coronavirus are digesting a new study that...WW…

(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) In this April 16, 2020, file photo, Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, and Senate workers conduct business during the Utah Legislature first-ever digital special session at the Capitol. Adams has been an advocate of the state stockpiling malaria drugs as a potential treatment for COVID-19, although medical professionals have warned against this.[Update: ]Utah officials have already committed $800,000 on an initial order of 20,000 doses of malaria medication promoted as a possible treatment for COVID-19, according to records that surfaced Thursday as...…(Leah Hogsten | Tribune file photo) In this April 16, 2020, file photo, Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, and Senate workers conduct business during the Utah Legislature first-ever digital special session at the Capitol. Adams has been an advocate of the state stockpiling malaria drugs as a potential treatment for COVID-19, although medical professionals have warned against this.[Update: ]Utah officials have already committed $800,000 on an initial order of 20,000 doses of malaria medication promoted as a possible treatment for COVID-19, according to records that surfaced Thursday as...WW…

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Testing for COVID-19 is performed at the Wasatch County Event Center in Heber City on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, under one of the TestUtah.com contracts the state has with tech companies.Seven weeks ago, as the coronavirus began to spread in Utah, the CEO of an Orem software company called on his colleagues in the tech sector to save the state’s health care industry from itself.Otherwise, he warned, squabbling among hospitals, labs and insurance companies would hamper the response to the pandemic.“Let’s solve it,” Nomi Health CEO Mark Newman...…(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Testing for COVID-19 is performed at the Wasatch County Event Center in Heber City on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, under one of the TestUtah.com contracts the state has with tech companies.Seven weeks ago, as the coronavirus began to spread in Utah, the CEO of an Orem software company called on his colleagues in the tech sector to save the state’s health care industry from itself.Otherwise, he warned, squabbling among hospitals, labs and insurance companies would hamper the response to the pandemic.“Let’s solve it,” Nomi Health CEO Mark Newman...WW…

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Testing for COVID-19 is performed at the Wasatch County Event Center in Heber City on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, under one of the TestUtah.com contracts the state has with Nomi Health.Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for , sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please or become a . As and related efforts to distribute a controversial drug have come under scrutiny, Utah that the screening website — from its questions to which...…(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Testing for COVID-19 is performed at the Wasatch County Event Center in Heber City on Wednesday, April 22, 2020, under one of the TestUtah.com contracts the state has with Nomi Health.Editor’s note: The Salt Lake Tribune is providing free access to critical stories about the coronavirus. Sign up for , sent to your inbox every weekday morning. To support journalism like this, please or become a . As and related efforts to distribute a controversial drug have come under scrutiny, Utah that the screening website — from its questions to which...WW…