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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - The mayor of Salt Lake City signed an executive order Wednesday granting domestic partner benefits to city workers, a decision that is likely to be challenged, if not in the courts then in the Legislature.
The city estimates up to 30 of its 2,600 employees, about 1 percent, will sign up for the option, adding about $113,000 a year to its costs.
"This is an important step toward recognizing the needs and equality of all city employees," Mayor Rocky Anderson said. "Providing benefits to families, without discriminating on the basis of marital status or sexual orientation, will provide very real benefits to both the adults and children in employees' families."
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