The Salt Lake City Council has banned any new drive-thrus in the Sugar House neighborhood: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/heavy-traffic-forces-drive-thru-lane-ban-in-sugar-house-area #utpol #Utah #SLC

NEW: Salt Lake City has more household with dogs than children, according a survey done for the city's parks department: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/salt-lake-city-has-more-households-with-dogs-than-children-survey-says #SLC #Utah #utpol

In SLC mayor's race news, @erinmendenhall has picked up the endorsements of all seven Salt Lake City Council members. #utpol #Utah #SLC

ICYMI, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall is pushing a plan to permanently close Main Street to vehicle traffic from South Temple to 400 South and make it a pedestrian mall: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/slc-moves-forward-with-plan-for-main-street-pedestrian-mall #utpol #Utah #SLC

Nice! Tried a new(ish) #taco spot that has been on the want-to-go list for over a year now. Facil Taqueria in Holladay, #Utah was delicious! Will definitely add them to the taco rotation 😎 #SLC https://goo.gl/maps/Ca7ixtMYEojvSvff7

NEW: Campaign contribution disclosure reports show Mayor Erin Mendenhall with a sizable lead over her challengers in the Salt Lake City mayor's race. Here's the breakdown... #utpol #Utah #SLC

JUST IN: Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall announces plan to replace annual Independence Day, Pioneer Day holiday fireworks shows with drone shows because of fire, air quality concerns. #utpol #Utah #SLC

I still use Twitter but only for a small number of things. One of them is timely updates on traffic / weather / snow around #SLC. I have curated a list of agencies and individuals who post useful things on these topics. Is there a way to keep following these updates without...actually using Twitter?

And no, smartypants, "tell them to just switch to Mastodon" is not the answer.

I wrote a simple Mastodon bot before, but I have no idea how to consume posts filtered by a list from Twitter.

Salt Lake City is finalizing its bid for either the 2030 or 2034 Winter Olympics: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/slc-finalizing-bid-for-future-winter-olympics #utpol #Utah #Olympics #WinterOlympics #SLC

BIG NEWS: The Utah State Capitol cherry blossoms are in bloom! Check them out while you can! #utpol #Utah #SLC

#slc #flooding

SLCPD reverse called everyone in the neighborhood to warn that Emigration Creek was overflowing the underground drainage at 8th E & Roosevelt (~14th S), just North of us.

SLCPU supposedly on the way with sandbags. #slc #flooding

NEW: Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall has announced she is seeking re-election: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/mendenhall-announces-re-election-bid-for-slc-mayor #utpol #SLC #Utah

NEW: The Salt Lake City Council has passed an ordinance requiring TVs in places of public accommodation to turn on closed captioning systems to help people who are deaf or hard of hearing. #utpol #Utah #SLC

The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is impacting Utah's tech sector. Hundreds of firms in Silicon Slopes banked there and that impacts payroll for thousands.

Governor Spencer Cox says the state was prepared to step in if the feds didn't: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-leaders-portray-calm-stability-after-fall-of-silicon-valley-bank #utpol #Utah #SLC #SiliconValleyBank

About half of all Silicon Slopes firms in Utah have money in Silicon Valley Bank. That represents payroll for thousands of employees. If the fed wasn't going to step in, Utah's political leaders say they were prepared to: https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/utah-leaders-portray-calm-stability-after-fall-of-silicon-valley-bank #utpol #Utah #SLC #SiliconValleyBank #SiliconSlopes

🎂🎁🎈🥳 Congrats to No Woman Is The Sea by Josaleigh Pollett, 3 years old! Our CD reissue is due imminently and we couldn’t be prouder to be working on it - follow the link to check it out (and maybe to place a cheeky order?): https://cupboardmusic.bandcamp.com/album/no-woman-is-the-sea

#josaleighpollett #cdreissue #newreleases #birthday #SLC

I went for a walk between hearings and floor debates at the Utah State Legislature and saw this happening on Capitol Hill! The kids told me they couldn't get to the ski resorts today so they're making the best of it! #utpol #utleg #Utah #SLC

I spent 75 minutes clearing 14.5 inches of snow here in #CottonwoodHeights this morning 🌨️ and likely will have another 5+ inches by this evening ☃️ Sounds like the Wasatch Ski Resorts got 20-30 inches in the last 24 hours 🏂 #utwx #SLC #Utah

In today's @axios' #slc newsletter.

It's not enough #Utah led on women's suffrage 150 yrs ago.

The #utleg's anti-family policies are a direct consequence of this. #utpol

Utah's wide gender gap shows in politics, wages https://www.axios.com/gender-gap-utah-politics-female-women-office-a916417e-288e-4646-b0d8-9d4d6cbb5563.html