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Apr 30, 2021 • 11 tweets • 15 min read • Read on X
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ICYMI, here's your sneak peek at the new Utahraptor State Park! fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
This was such a fun story to do. @UtahDNR and @UtahStateParks had us down to check out the site, about 15 miles outside of Moab in the Dalton-Wells area: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah Mountains in backdrop, lots of open land.UtahDNR looking at a map of the boundaries.
The new Utahraptor State Park is the site of MASSIVE dinosaur fossils.

They found a thing called "the megablock" there. Check it out. These are Utahraptor teeth and claws! fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah Dinosaur teeth embedded in rockDinosaur claw embedded in rock.
FYI, you know the velociraptors in the "Jurassic Park" movies? Paleontologists say that's really more like what the Utahraptor was (the actual velociraptor was much smaller).

Just something for reference: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
.@Paleojim says we've maybe explored 10% of what the Utahraptor State Park has of fossils and the new state park designation will help preserve the land for scientific work: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah The awesome Jim Kirkland showing off Utahraptor State Park.
Beyond dinosaur discoveries, there's historic artifacts too: Utahraptor State Park is the site of Japanese "isolation" camp from WW2.

@JaniIwamoto says it was for Japanese-Americans deemed "bad ones" for speaking out against their incarceration: fox13now.com/news/local-new… #utpol
The area is used and loved now, but @UtahStateParks says it's loved a little *too* much.

The state parks designation means they can put in proper trails, bathrooms, trash pickup, etc.: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
.@CityofMoab and Grand County are hugely supportive of Utahraptor State Park. They say it's a wonderful new outdoor experience, and may be able to take some pressure off of nearby @ArchesNPS: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah Utahraptor State Park's famous Dalton-Wells Quarry showing a
But there is a little disagreement about whether Utahraptor State Park should serve as a second entrance to @ArchesNPS.

Locals say that could make things worse. Others disagree: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
With $36 million from the #utleg, @UtahStateParks will start infrastructure work now on Utahraptor State Park. It’ll formally open in 2022. Here’s a view from *whispers reverently* SkyFOX! fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
Thanks for having us down, @UtahDNR, @UtahStateParks and @CityofMoab! Photog Vanessa and I had a great time! fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah Vanessa Diaz and I smiling as we hike up a near-vertical cli

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Nov 11, 2021
NEW: @GovCox tells @fox13 he will NOT veto any bills passed by the #utleg in special session.

"We had lots of negotiations behind the scenes to try to improve bills, to try to make them better," he told me: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
In a brief interview with @fox13 today, @GovCox says he had concerns over the redistricting maps and said "some are better than others." fox13now.com/news/local-new… #utpol #Utah "I have had some concerns about the maps. We’ve share
I did interview @BradWilsonGOP last night after the special session concluded. I asked him about a possible ballot initiative over redistricting.

Here was his answer to me: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah Asked about the threat of a ballot initiative, the Speaker i
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Nov 11, 2021
I’m at a Veterans Day ceremony at @UUtah where @GovCox and @SenatorRomney are speaking. @fox13 #utpol #Utah
Last year's ceremony could not be held because of #COVID19, so they are showing a video to the crowd of last year's honorees. @fox13 #utpol #Utah
The crowd is giving a standing ovation to this year's honorees. @fox13 #utpol #Utah
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Nov 11, 2021
From @fox13 @ 9: Redistricting is done, but prepare for a potential lawsuit AND a ballot initiative: fox13now.com/news/local-new… #utpol #Utah
.@BBforUT is just getting warmed up. They've been fundraising for their new PAC and I'm told it is already doing fine.

They will target lawmakers who opposed independent redistricting AND are planning a ballot initiative: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
Tonight, @BradWilsonGOP told me he anticipates someone may file a lawsuit over the redistricting process. BUT he is confident that it will withstand any court challenge: fox13now.com/news/local-new… @fox13 #utpol #Utah
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Nov 11, 2021
HAPPENING NOW: Demonstrators gathering outside the Capitol to protest redistricting as the #utleg debates its final maps. @fox13 #utpol #Utah A crowd of people
There’s about 100 people here calling for @GovCox to veto the redistricting maps. @fox13 #utpol #Utah
OK, maybe closer to 200. @Mskriebe and @derekkitchen speaking to the crowd, telling them to vote out lawmakers who back the maps, run for office and support candidates who support independent redistricting. @fox13 #utpol #Utah Image
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Nov 11, 2021
OK, the Senate just PASSED bail reform, sending it to @GovCox for his signature.

They also just PASSED the revised state school board map (also going to @GovCox) and are now debating the Senate map. @fox13 #utpol #Utah
The House chimes are going off so they're coming back into session. They've still got some bills to blast through, including #COVID19 vaccine exemptions.

The #utleg is going all night, kids! @fox13 #utpol #Utah
In the Senate, @Mskriebe just tried to substitute a @UtahRedistrict map.

It failed, but @JStuartAdams stumbled and said he ruled it passed.

Sen. Riebe graciously corrected him that her own motion failed. @fox13 #utpol #Utah
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Nov 10, 2021
HAPPENING NOW: The Utah Senate is now taking up the @DixieState name change bill. @fox13 #utpol #Utah
.@mikemckellutah urges support for the bill.

@DonnieIpson says the name "Dixie was already used to identify the area."

He says locals want to keep it.

"The idea of ripping away the name of their school is indeed heartwrenching."

@fox13 #utpol #Utah
.@DonnieIpson asks Senate to vote no.

Sen. Johnson says he will vote no, says the president of @DixieState has been telling people "we're going to be Utah Tech University."

"Is it really right for us to broadcast to students across the state, this now the tech university?"
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