SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Reforming Utah’s tax system could include ending the income tax, broadening the tax base or other options, state lawmakers said. Legislators and state officials floated reform ideas Tuesday during a panel at the Utah Taxes Now Conference, the Deseret News reported . Legislators aim to consider “anything […]
RAMAH, N.M. (AP) — A Navajo Nation official has been found not guilty of theft in the transfer of $6 million of Ramah Navajo Chapter funds to investment firms. The Gallup Independent reports a Navajo Nation judge acquitted Ramah Navajo Chapter President David Jose of all charges Monday. Jose was accused of […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says he has no plans for additional changes to national monuments as recommended by his predecessor, but says it’s ultimately up to President Donald Trump. Trump in 2017 shrank two sprawling Utah monuments at the recommendation of former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City police say a 3-year-old girl who was in a minivan carjacked from her mother has been found. The Deseret News reports that a man noticed the girl walking Tuesday and called police after not seeing her parents. That was about a half-hour after a […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has granted a disaster declaration for the Navajo Nation in response to severe storms earlier this year. The Navajo president’s office announced the declaration Tuesday, saying the move will free up federal funds to reimburse emergency spending related to the winter […]
DENVER (AP) — Only hours before women marched through many U.S. cities in January, Christopher Cleary set off a manhunt when he posted a Facebook message threatening to kill “as many girls as I see” in retaliation for years of romantic rejection. Cleary, 27, called himself a virgin who never […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several hundred people gathered in the Utah state Capitol Tuesday afternoon to join a nationwide protest against abortion bans being passed around the country. “My body, my choice!” chants caught the attention of lawmakers and others. Parents with babies strapped to their chest and teenagers who left […]
WASHINGTON CITY, Utah (AP) — The Bureau of Land Management is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the conviction of vandals who spray-painted graffiti at an important southern Utah archaeological site. The agency announced the reward Monday. Officials learned through social media that a popular mesa and sacred […]
At the U.S. Supreme Court, statehouses and other sites across the nation, abortion rights supporters held rallies Tuesday in opposition to the wave of sweeping abortion bans being enacted this year in Midwestern and Southern states. Organizers — including Planned Parenthood, NARAL Pro-Choice America and the American Civil Liberties Union […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah ski resorts set a record for visitors this past winter thanks to heavy and consistent snowfall. A news release Tuesday from Ski Utah shows the 5.1 million skier days marked a major rebound from the previous winter when the state registered 4.1 million during […]
