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Residential home construction in California

Daily News Lesson June 04 2025

How Democratic and Republican mayors are teaming up to address the housing crisis

Hear Mayors Rex Richardson and Mark Shepherd explain why the housing crisis is a bipartisan issue.

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Daily News Lesson May 05 2025

Artists with disabilities let their creativity soar at this Utah studio

Hear from Michael Bingham about his work to provide an accessible space for artists with disabilities

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Daily News Lesson March 28 2023

Top lesson: Utah law would limit teens' access to social media + News wrap 3/29/23 + Student video

A new law in the state of Utah could dramatically limit teenagers’ access to social media platforms

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Daily News Lesson October 18 2022

Utah's Great Salt Lake shrinks to unsustainable levels amid megadrought — and other news for October 19, 2022

Choose which story is right for your class and discuss using fact-based and open-ended questions

A rock climber walks below a rock facing near the Indian Creek area of Bears Ears, New Mexico

Daily Video December 12 2017

National monuments: Whose job is it to protect public lands?

Whose land grab is it? And whose job is it to protect public lands? Explore President Trump's decision to dramatically cut back the size of two national monuments in Utah last week with your students.

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