SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal aimed at adding safeguards for the practice of “free-range parenting” has now been passed by both the Utah House and Senate. The Deseret News reports that representatives in the House unanimously passed a bill Wednesday that ensures parents are not accused of neglect […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City on Wednesday became the first U.S. city to announce its intentions to bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics as this year’s games get ready to kick off in South Korea. The city’s Olympic exploratory committee concluded that Utah could host the Winter […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A teenage boy convicted in a plot that left a 14-year-old girl with a gunshot wound to the head will serve at least 15 years and up to life in prison. Jayzon Decker was sentenced Wednesday, a year after prosecutors said he encouraged a friend to […]
MIDVALE, Utah (AP) — Animal control officers in Salt Lake County intend to seize dozens of exotic species from a Midvale warehouse where a well-known animal rescuer is believed to be storing them. Authorities started taking inventory of the animals on Tuesday. They include venomous snakes, poisonous spiders, alligators, lizards, […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Owning a home in Utah County is a good investment. The Daily Herald reports the Provo-Orem metro area — which includes much of Utah County — came in second on Forbes’ 2018 list of the best places to invest in housing. Only Orlando, Florida, came in […]
ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) — A Cedar City man has been sentenced to nearly one year in jail and three years of probation for sexually assaulting two teenagers. The Spectrum reports 19-year-old Jakey Joshua Wall was sentenced Tuesday to 360 days in jail and 36 months of probation for one […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s House of Representatives has approved giving a $1.72 million tax break ever year to a Utah-based nuclear waste disposal company. The tax break comes as Utah’s governor has called on lawmakers to scale back tax breaks. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Salt Lake City-based […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers and the governor are barred from raising campaign cash during the legislative session and they want to ensure the attorney general and other top elected officials face a similar ban. Democratic Rep. Mark Wheatley of Murray has introduced a bill banning the attorney […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — An appellate attorney has sued a Utah county alleging his free-speech rights were violated when he was fired after speaking publicly about a lack of funding in a death penalty case. Defense attorney Samuel Newton on Wednesday filed the lawsuit in U.S. District Court against Weber […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A panel of Utah lawmakers approved a Republican senator’s plan Monday to create a process for transgender people to legally change their gender designation through the courts, though not without some disagreement. The LGBT rights group Equality Utah said they’re concerned about some revisions in […]
