(Salt Lake City, UT) — President Biden is wrapping up his western swing with a stop in Salt Lake City. Governor Spencer Cox, first lady Abby Cox, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall, and Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson greeted Biden yesterday when Air Force One landed at the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall says solutions to problems related to climate change will require cool heads and political cooperation. The mayor was part of a panel discussion on climate change yesterday during the Outdoor Retailer Show in Salt Lake City. Mendenhall said people […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Salt Lake City’s Civilian Review Board sustained an allegation that a police officer used improper force during a protest against police violence in May when he pushed down an older man with a cane. Video captured by ABC4 shows an officer getting out of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City’s police department will implement stricter policies aimed at limiting the use of deadly force as protests against police brutality continue, the mayor announced Monday. Mayor Erin Mendenhall signed an executive order Monday directing police Chief Mike Brown to enact several new policies, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A largely peaceful protest over George Floyd’s death made its way through downtown Salt Lake City after the mayor announced a new weeklong curfew. Demonstrators gathered outside the city’s police headquarters on Monday and convinced several officers to kneel with them, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An eclectic community known as Hobbitville in Salt Lake City will be turned into a public art park amid efforts to protect the property from development, city officials said. The Salt Lake City Council approved a budget amendment last week increasing the city’s original $4 million […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The cost of hand-painted Salt Lake City mayoral portraits has risen significantly over the last two decades with outgoing Mayor Jackie Biskupski’s painting expected to cost about $35,000. That budgeted taxpayer cost being considered by the Salt Lake City council for the Biskupski portrait is […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City councilwoman who rose to prominence fighting pollution clinched a win in the mayoral race Wednesday with the concession of her opponent, a state lawmaker who was aiming to be the Utah capital’s first Latina mayor. Democratic Sen. Luz Escamilla conceded the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — 8:25 p.m. A Salt Lake City councilwoman who rose to prominence fighting pollution has taken an early lead in the race to become the next mayor. Erin Mendenhall won 59 percent of the vote in the first round of ballots released shortly after polls closed. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski is endorsing Utah Sen. Luz Escamilla to replace her as leader of the capital city. The Deseret News reports that Biskupski cited Escamilla’s record working on behalf of minority groups as a state lawmaker. Escamilla is running against Erin Mendenhall, a […]
