SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers may no longer be warned that their bills might be unconstitutional. A committee of House lawmakers on Monday approved a proposal that would no longer require the Legislature’s attorneys to add the notes to bills that were unlikely to survive a legal challenge. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The U.S. Department of Labor is headed to court to press allegations that a company tied to a polygamous sect on the Utah-Arizona border changed its name and defied an order to stop using child labor. A four-day evidence hearing begins Monday in the case […]
The Snow College cheer team took home first place at the 2018 USA Collegiate Championships over the weekend. The team took top honors in the Small College Show Cheer 2-year college category. Led by head cheer coach Kaylie Bailey and her assistant, Trisha Hyde, this is the first time the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A legislative proposal would allow Utah’s 168 landfills to do self-inspections in an attempt to increase sagging oversight without raising taxes to fund increased inspections. The House Public Utilities, Energy and Technology Committee took a liking to the proposal on Thursday, but environmental groups are […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert says he’d support more gun control measures as Utah legislators have signaled they’ll look at how the state can prevent school shootings. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Herbert said in an interview with Politico’s “Off Message” podcast Friday that he might support […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake City airport officials say a plane bound for Los Angeles has made an emergency landing after the engine caught fire. Airport spokeswoman Nancy Volmer says no one was hurt when the flight returned shortly after takeoff Monday morning. Southwest Airlines officials say in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Heroin overdose deaths have soared in Utah, more than tripling since 2007 as the U.S. struggles with an opioid epidemic, according to a new report. A study by the Kaiser Family Foundation says 166 Utah residents fatally overdosed on heroin in 2016, compared with 127 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Federal authorities are looking into at least 23 cases of alleged civil rights violations involving Utah elementary and high schools. The Salt Lake City Tribune reports the U.S. Department of Education recently released a searchable database of ongoing cases that listed seven elementary and high […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Teenagers fleeing polygamous communities would get more legal protection from parents who could expose them to sexual abuse under a proposal approved by a panel of Utah lawmakers. Republican Walt Brooks said Friday that if a teenager runs away from home, anyone they run to […]
Utah Republican Rep. Mia Love says she’s open to discussing all solutions to prevent the gun violence and shooting in schools. Love told Utah’s Legislature on Thursday that she would support a ban on bump stocks like the ones used in last year’s Las Vegas massacre and a beefed-up background […]
