(Salt Lake City, UT) — State Republicans have passed a bill that will keep state employees calendars private regardless of if it is state business. This comes after a judge ruled that Attorney General Sean Reyes’ state calendars are subject to the open-records law and must be turned over to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Representative Dan Johnson suffered a medical incident in the House chamber yesterday afternoon. First responders were called to the scene, and officials say Johnson is now receiving care. No details on the type of medical episode Johnson suffered have been released. Back in January, […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is in a slugfest with his opponents over a potential new MLB stadium. At issue is the possibility of new tax increases that would go with it. The latest version of the baseball bill, HB 562 shows that the Fairpark Area Investment […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah Medicaid has advised pharmacies to provide free medication to 17-thousand Medicaid members amid a cyber outage. The outage has caused issues with prescription information, and the medication will be given to high-risk patients who need it to survive. Officials say the outage is expected […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — About 850 Utah residents are set to receive approximately five-point-eight-million dollars in student loan forgiveness. The Biden administration says this is part of the Saving on a Valuable Education Plan effort. Money coming to Utahns is just a portion of the one-point-two-billion-dollars that is being […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers say a new arena in downtown Salt Lake City would be on the table if the National Hockey League gave the city a franchise team. Senate legislators are considering a bill to create a sports and entertainment project area. SB272, the “Capital City […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — NORAD says the high-altitude balloon they intercepted over Utah was likely a “hobby balloon.” The “small balloon” was detected at an altitude of about 44-thousand feet Friday, but NORAD determined it didn’t present any sort of threat to national security. The balloon was described as […]
(Washington, D.C.) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox is coming back from Washington after the winter meeting of the National Governors Association. As chair, he spoke to the media after a business meeting at the White House on Friday. Cox was joined by President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — This February looks to be one of Utah’s wettest on record. The National Weather Service’s Climate Prediction Center recently issued its three-month outlook for this spring. That report shows much of the state has a greater probability of above-normal temperatures. All Utah is showing equal […]
(Washington, D.C.) — Governor Cox spoke to LGBTQ-plus issues while at a Disagree Better event at George Washington University in DC. Cox called gender-affirming care genital-mutilation when asked about the state ban. A spokesperson for the Governor told the Salt Lake Tribune that Cox was dissatisfied with his response and […]
