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Show A-12 The Park Record Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, April 21-24, 2018 Two Gov. vetoes overriden JULIAN HATTEM Associated Press 97 KING ROAD 4 Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms | 2,564 Square Feet | $2,499,000 SALT LAKE CITY – Utah lawmakers overruled the Republican governor Wednesday on a pair of issues regarding separation of powers, deepening an intra-party tug-of-war in the overwhelmingly GOP state. By a wide margin, the legislature voted to override vetoes issued by Gov. Gary Herbert in March and pave the way for it to more strongly assert itself in the state’s legal processes. Two-thirds majorities in both the state House and Senate, in which Republicans hold large majorities, were necessary to override the vetoes. “It comes down to a simple thing of checks and balances,” Sen. Lyle Hillyard, a Republican sponsor of one of the bills, said from the chamber floor. “The legislature needs to have strength.” One of the bills upheld by lawmakers forces the attorney general to release legal opinions requested by lawmakers. The other allows lawmakers to defend state laws in court, a responsibility that has tradition- ally belonged to the attorney general. With a separate vote on Wednesday, lawmakers reinstated $700,000 they set aside for that purpose, enough to hire a five-person legal team. The votes were the latest blow in what’s become a yearlong struggle over the levers of state law. The fight stems from the governor’s decision last year regarding a special election to replace Republican Jason Chaffetz in Congress. Lawmakers at the time asked the governor to call a special session, in which they could set rules for the election, which ultimately saw Republican John Curtis replace Chaffetz. Herbert refused to do so, infuriating lawmakers who felt the governor overstepped his authority. Legislators also threatened to sue Attorney General Sean Reyes over release of an opinion about the election’s legality. Reyes ultimately released that opinion, which upheld the governor’s ability to set the terms of a special election. Herbert claimed the new laws amount to a power grab by the legislature and an unfair encroachment on his executive powers. “We’re not encroaching upon the governor’s power to execute the law or to defend the law,” Rep. Merrill Nelson said, a Republican who sponsored both bills. “We’re not encroaching on the governor at all.” Herbert’s office said it cannot file a lawsuit over the new law until legislators use it, and invited them to do so. “We would encourage the legislature to intervene in a court case as soon as possible so that the Utah courts can quickly resolve these important constitutional issues,” said Paul Edwards, Herbert’s deputy chief of staff. Reyes said in a statement that he had faith “in the long-term results of our system of checks and balances.” Legislators also passed a constitutional amendment that, if approved by voters in November, would give the legislature the ability to call itself into a special session during certain “emergency” sessions, such as ahead of a special election. Currently, lawmakers only have that power to override vetoes. NAACP urges proactivity JULIAN HATTEM Associated Press Newly renovated with a gourmet kitchen. The master bedroom is a private sanctuary leading to an ensuite bath with free-standing soaking tub and steam room. The lower level bed and bath can function as a lockout. Spacious exterior parking, a two-car garage, and rear tandem. Quiet and sunny location on King Road, with a short walk to Quit N’ Time ski run, hiking trails, and the top of Main Street. 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Jeanetta Williams, president of NAACP’s tri-state conference area of Idaho-Utah-Nevada, on Tuesday called the issue “a serious problem.” A day earlier, she met for roughly two hours with approximately 100 superintendents, administrators and principals to urge them to be on the lookout for incidents of racism before they occur. “What we wanted to do is let them know that we are aware of the problem,” Williams said. “We’re not saying that we’re looking to go and punish (students) harshly. We’re saying we need to educate our young people, to let them know that their actions are unacceptable.” The NAACP office has seen a noticeable uptick in reports about racialized attacks at school over the last 18 months, Williams said. They include cases immediately after the election in which Latino students were taunted with they would “have to move back to Mexico.” In October, school officials took action against a group of white teenage girls shown on video yelling a racial slur and laughing. “Before, we may have gotten maybe one or two in a whole year,” she said. “And now, since the election, it’s gone up. Just over the year we’ve probably had 20 or maybe a little bit over.” Across the country, the NAACP’s national office has warned that “bigotry has become mainstream” since the election of President Donald Trump. School administrators who attended Monday’s meeting want to make sure “that the little bits of incidences that they’re aware of not escalate to something worse,” said Terry Shoemaker, the executive director of the Utah School Superintendents Association. Judging from the response Monday, Shoemaker said he believes school leaders are “taking it seriously.” he said. 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