Plus can a Christian group’s flag fly over city hall? The Supreme Court is going to decide.
Good morning. Salt Lake City will have a high of 42° and a low of 23°. On our mind today: a Supreme Court case about a Christian flag, the new COVID policy at Intermountain hospitals and Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert's recent comments on the Jazz. |
| Overnight visitors restricted in Intermountain hospitals under new COVID policy |
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| | Intermountain Healthcare announced that its visitation policy is going to be temporarily tightened on Tuesday in response to the spread of the omicron variant of COVID-19. "This will help further protect caregivers, keep patients safe, and help reduce the spread of COVID-19," Intermountain said. | Shurtleff v. Boston, which Supreme Court justices will hear Tuesday morning, stems from the city’s refusal to raise the group’s flag five years ago, a decision that broke a 12-year streak of approved flag raising requests. Read more from Kelsey Dallas. More in Politics Perspective: Want to help families? Raise the limit on dependent-care savings accounts (Deseret News) Supreme Court decision on vaccine, testing requirements leaves next steps 'in businesses' hands' (CNN) |
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