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# Cellphone ban in Utah schools heads to governor
- URL: https://utahpolitics.news/cellphone-ban-in-utah-schools-heads-to-governor/
- Published: 2025-02-28T14:34:34.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-09T15:43:20.000Z
- Author: Bryan Schott

## Friday, Feb. 28, 2025

## ⏰ Tick Tock

7 days to the final day of the 2025 Utah Legislature. (3/7/2025)  
166 days to the 2025 municipal primary elections (8/12/2025)  
250 days until Election Day (11/4/2025)  
614 days until the 2026 midterm elections (11/3/2026)

## 👀 Here's what you need to know for Friday morning:

## Utah Headlines 

Senate halts Utah bill allowing 18-year-olds to openly carry loaded firearms. \[[KSL](https://www.ksl.com/article/51263939/senate-halts-utah-bill-allowing-18-year-olds-to-openly-carry-loaded-firearms?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Utah student cellphone ban heads to the governor for approval. \[[Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2025/02/27/utah-student-cellphone-ban/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Utah bills for new Fairpark stadiums, Olympic upgrade funding clear first hurdles. \[[KSL](https://www.ksl.com/article/51263772/utah-bills-for-new-fairpark-stadiums-olympic-upgrade-funding-clear-first-hurdles?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Bill to have UDOT approve future transit projects passes committee. \[[Fox 13](https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/northern-utah/bill-to-have-udot-approve-future-transit-projects-passes-committee?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

This Utah lawmaker wants required college courses to focus on "Western civilization" and "the rise of Christianity." \[[Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2025/02/28/utah-lawmaker-wants-required/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

How can Utah facilitate DOGE efforts? No soda for SNAP recipients, lawmaker says. \[[Utah News Dispatch](https://utahnewsdispatch.com/2025/02/27/how-can-utah-facilitate-doge-efforts-no-soda-for-snap-recipients/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Drinking water from La Verkin Hot Springs? This county wants to find out if that's feasible. \[[Tribune](https://www.sltrib.com/news/business/2025/02/28/washington-county-study/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

## National/International

President Donald Trump says tariffs on Canada and Mexico would go into effect on March 4 because they were not doing enough to stop the flow of drugs into the United States.. Trump also says China would face an additional 10% tariff next week. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/us/politics/trump-tariffs-canada-mexico-china.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Congressional Republicans are eyeing a change to how budgets are calculated to hide the deficit impact of extending Trump's tax cuts. \[[NBC News](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-budget-change-deficit-impact-trump-tax-cuts-rcna194015?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

The Social Security Administration could slash its workforce by up to 50%. \[[Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/social-security-layoffs-doge-musk-trump-93efbed33957af5ec8ac37744d0592de?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

Democratic lawmakers say DOGE access to U.S. intelligence information poses a grave national security threat. \[[Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/doge-musk-trump-democrats-intelligence-russia-threat-ffee435b1e65a0ac1d34889c89c30d10?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

A federal judge says the mass firings of probationary federal employees was likely unlawful. \[[CNN](https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/27/politics/judge-mass-firings-federal-probationary-workers-likely-unlawful?cid=ios%5Fapp&ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

The Trump administration fired hundreds of workers at the National Weather Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. \[[Washington Post](https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/02/27/noaa-nws-mass-firings-trump-administration/?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

The Pentagon has given military services 30 days to decide how to identify transgender service members so they can be removed from the force. \[[Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/transgender-military-trump-ban-troops-deb9e388ff588d9d25fb0d8cc58e540f?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

The number of transgender troops is far lower than previous estimates according to the Pentagon. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/us/politics/trans-troops-pentagon-figures.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]

The U.S. is terminating funding for refugee camps, polio. H.I.V., malaria and global nutrition programs. \[[New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/27/health/usaid-contract-terminations.html?ref=utahpolitics.news)\]