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Salt Lake County Council, facing public pressure, now wants to delay day care closures

The council moved to fund the centers through May after its Republican caucus initially proposed to shutter the facilities by year’s end.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) From left: Salt Lake County Council members Dea Theodore, Laurie Stringham, and Aimee Winder Newton listen to an online commenter during a Salt Lake County Council meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025, in Salt Lake City. The council voted 5-3 along party lines in a special meeting on Monday to keep four county-run child care centers open through May.