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A daycare that lost its license after a staff member ran over a toddler's toes is still caring for kids, thanks to a loophole in state law that allows a daycare to operate without a license even if it was previously cited for compromising child safety.

@fox13 Salt Lake City Sen. Luz Escamilla told me she's concerned parents may not be fully aware of the state's new rules. "It’s heartbreaking, and I want to make sure the public knows," she said in an interview after her effort to tighten up restrictions failed in the House this year.

@fox13 But even if an unlicensed provider were to fail their screening, the Office of Licensing tells me that the state doesn’t have the authority to bar them from working with kids. "As a private business owner, it’s really up to them to decide what their next steps are.”.

@fox13 Anna Thomas, policy director with Voices for Utah Children, called the law a “totally empty sort of promise to parents.”. As of early April, just 74 people at 34 centers had requested and received a background check, according to data obtained by FOX 13 News.

As lawmakers have doubled the number of kids allowed in unlicensed daycares, they decided to also require those proivders to get background checks. For @fox13, I found those criminal screenings have largely gone undone:

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RT @ReeseDunklin: Wow. Grateful to have our Lethal Restraint series recognized as a @PulitzerPrizes finalist in investigative reporting. Ho….

Incredibly honored to see the Lethal Restraint project I spent about two years working on honored as a finalist for Investigative Reporting for the @PulitzerPrizes. I'm so grateful to have played a part in shining a light on the important issues raised in this reporting.

RT @CourtneyLTanner: NEW and IMPORTANT: . 17 University of Utah international students see visas revoked by Trump admin. .

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Utah patients and health care advocates are celebrating after Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill last week banning "surprise billing" for ground ambulances — making Utah the 19th state to implement such protections.

RT @JennaWilliamsUT: How a new daycare will change the economy and families’ lives in this Utah child care ‘desert’ .

I'll be continuing to report on how child care access is affecting the lives of Utah families. DMs are open if you want to chat!.

Her bill to address these so-called child care deserts by retrofitting vacant state buildings was killed in the House this year. Here's what she had to say about it:

This isn't just an issue in rural Utah. The Center for American Progress found in 2019 that 77% of Utahns live in a child care desert – the highest percentage of any state in the country. “We are having a child care crisis,” state Sen. Luz Escamilla told me.

Did you know there are four Utah counties with absolutely no access to licensed child care? When I read that, I really wanted to understand how people were making it all work. So I traveled to Wayne County to find out. Read my story for @fox13 here: .

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RT @RobertGehrke: Mia Love, the first Black Republican congresswoman, died today at age 49. No matter your politics, this is really sad. My….

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