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Davis School District students speak on Capitol Hill

Students in the career pathways program at the Catalyst Center recently testified before the State of Utah Public Education Appropriations Subcommittee. Brianna Heim and Ellie Fowers of Northridge High and Briggs Leo of Clearfield High “advocated for continued funding of Create Utah, an initiative to provide all secondary education students with access to the entire Adobe creative cloud digital media software suite,” a DSD Facebook post said. “I absolutely love creating… and am looking to pursue a career in either video editing or graphic design,” Heim said in the post. “Using Adobe has really helped me understand the process for both careers. I believe it’s a really helpful tool that students should always have access to.”

Governor issues order to raise Great Salt Lake causeway berm

Gov. Spencer Cox issued an executive order last week directing the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands to raise the Great Salt Lake causeway berm. The Great Salt Lake is owned and managed by the state of Utah as sovereign land held in trust for the public. The lake reached a historically low surface level elevation of 4,188.5 feet on Nov. 3, 2022. The lake levels are causing a significant increase in salinity, threatening the Great Salt Lake ecosystem. l