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Bad Bunny sues alleged bootlegger over YouTube videos posted from Salt Lake show
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted March 15 - 11:42 a.m. | Save Story
Reggaeton artist Bad Bunny kicked off his Most Wanted Tour in Utah on Feb. 21, after which a man allegedly uploaded 10 songs from the performance, spurring legal action from the music artist.
West-side coffee shop opens; operators hope it spurs more homegrown business development
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted March 15 - 10:05 a.m. | Save Story
New business operators have grander ambitions in launching Culture Coffee on Salt Lake City's west side March 2,
University of Utah advisory body formed to aid with Latino recruitment, retention
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted March 10 - 10:21 a.m. | Save Story
The Latinx Advisory Council is about a year old, and one of its key priorities is investigating the creation of a "safe space" on the University of Utah campus for Latino students, faculty and staff.
Chileans in Utah holding fundraiser to aid victims of devastating fires in the country
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted March 7 - 6:38 p.m. | Save Story
The devastating wildfires around Viña del Mar, Chile, last month killed about 140 people and destroyed nearly 9,000 homes, and a Utahn is working to get some help to those in need.
'The message is respect': Latino community organizers tout rights, dignity of day laborers
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted March 7 - 10:00 a.m. | Save Story
Day laborers, typically undocumented immigrants, can face wage theft, discrimination, verbal abuse and more, their advocates say.
DHS head Mayorkas speaks with Gov. Cox, says he'll give states more info on border crossers
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted March 5 - 1:38 p.m. | Save Story
Gov. Spencer Cox held a video meeting with Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Tuesday, getting assurances from Mayorkas that he'd be more forthcoming about data on border crossings.
How 1 immigration mistake led to this Utah's family yearslong separation
Sydnee Chapman Gonzalez for KSL.com | Posted March 4 - 6:17 a.m. | Save Story
The Rodriguez family's decision to immigrate to Utah has seen them celebrate several milestones. It also resulted in their eldest daughter being separated from them for years.
Comunidades Unidas zeroing in on issues of import to Latinos, immigrants
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 28 - 9:05 p.m. | Save Story
The West Valley City-based advocacy group hopes to get its concerns on the radar screen of local leaders ahead of November elections.
Intermountain Health opens kidney transplant clinic in Murray geared to Spanish speakers
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 26 - 11:10 p.m. | Save Story
The Clinica Hispana de Riñón aims to break down language and cultural barriers to better serve Utah's growing Spanish-speaking population.
Mexican state of Oaxaca is focus of fashion show in Ogden
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 15 - 12:00 p.m. | Save Story
Oaxaca en Utah is organizing a fashion show to feature the colorful garb of Oaxaca and its heavily Indigenous population.
'Your voice matters': Utah immigrants, advocates gather to promote civic participation
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 13 - 9:23 p.m. | Save Story
Voices for Utah Children hosted the Immigrant Day on the Hill event at the Capitol in Salt Lake City.
Utah Ecuadorians cite contributions to community, seek temporary protected status
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 13 - 7:06 p.m. | Save Story
Leaders made a public call Tuesday for federal officials to expand temporary protected status to undocumented Ecuadorian immigrants in the United States.
Utah Senate committee rebuffs bill targeting imposition of racial views; measure likely dead
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 13 - 10:03 a.m. | Save Story
A measure meant as a guard against the possibility of Utah businesses imposing racial views on their employees is likely dead for the legislative session.
Utah groups, businesses mark Lunar New Year and the start of the year of the dragon
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 9 - 7:31 p.m. | Save Story
The Lunar New Year, also called the Chinese New Year or Spring Festival, is a celebration meant to mark the arrival of spring.
Rep. John Curtis: Fentanyl threat makes US-Mexico border security issue so significant to Utah
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 8 - 8:23 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. Rep. John Curtis, of Utah, traveled with 12 other GOP U.S. House members to the border in Arizona for a field hearing as clamoring intensifies for action to stem inflows of undocumented immigrants.
Encounters at the US-Mexico border surged in December, underscoring immigration debate
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Updated Feb. 8 - 10:25 a.m. | Save Story
More than 300,000 undocumented immigrants were apprehended, deemed inadmissible or processed for expulsion in the month, the highest monthly figure by far since March 2020.
Utah lawmakers pursue resolutions to honor Salvadorans, Pacific Islanders and refugees
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 7 - 10:04 a.m. | Save Story
The resolutions, coming as debate rages over the influx of undocumented immigrants across the U.S.-Mexico border, are meant as messages of welcome to the varied communities.
Utah name among a dozen targeted for change, due to use of racially charged language
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 6 - 12:03 p.m. | Save Story
The initiative spurred by a Native American group and a Black Lives Matter chapter takes aim at place names offensive to racial and ethnic groups.
Utah advocate says labor trafficking getting more attention, more victims stepping forward
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com | Posted Feb. 4 - 12:23 p.m. | Save Story
Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes has made fighting trafficking a priority and recent cases in northern Utah bring the issue to the fore.
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