(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah House Republicans may be on the brink of losing their supermajority. While the GOP is expected to maintain control of both legislative chambers, Republicans could drop below the two-thirds threshold: that means they wouldn’t have enough votes to accomplish certain things on their own, […]
(Willard, UT) — A coordinated water release is sending nearly 10-thousand acre-feet toward the Great Salt Lake. Utah’s Great Salt Lake Commissioner, the watershed enhancement trust and Great Salt Lake Rising partnered on the release from Willard Bay. The opportunity was created largely by construction on the Pineview Reservoir waterline […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Grants are available for schools that are required to install panic buttons by July 1st of 2027. There have already been delays in the rollout of the policy, but now state officials say districts have more options. If they pick one of three state-approved vendors, […]
The Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Wildland Fire Service are set to begin prescribed fire operations throughout Utah. These operations will continue throughout the fall and winter as weather, fuel and air quality become favorable. In a press release it was shared, “these treatments are carefully planned to […]
Utah voters elected Democrat Ben McAdams to the new First Congressional District. The Associated Press projects McAdams defeating Republican Riley Owen and three other candidates. The former congressman returns to Washington after previously representing Utah from 2019 to 2021. Republican Congressman Blake Moore has a small lead over Democratic challenger […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah voters are deciding two proposed constitutional amendments. Amendment A would change how proposed amendments are publicly noticed, replacing the newspaper-publication requirement with notices on government websites for 60 days. Judicial retention questions also appear statewide, including Supreme Court Justice Jill Pohlman and six Court […]
(Provo, UT) — Tyler Robinson is once again requesting a ban on cameras in his upcoming trial and, this time, he’s citing a post by President Donald Trump. Robinson, who’s accused of murdering Charlie Kirk, says Trump’s post prior to an October 23rd hearing shows that video of the court […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — New data shows Utah college graduates earn about twice as much as residents with only a high school diploma. The HEA Group reports median earnings of 74-thousand-202-dollars for Utah credential holders four years after finishing, compared with 37-thousand-112-dollars for high school graduates. Utah ranks second […]
(Provo, UT) — After another round of anti-Mormon chants, the Big 12 Conference is announcing a plan to fine schools and penalize football teams because of fan behavior. The conference says the new rules go into effect immediately. It comes after fans at the University of Central Florida taunted BYU […]
