SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah measure that ramps up punishments for those found guilty of hate crimes is one of a handful of bills lawmakers plan to run again in the 2018 legislative session, reviving their efforts after one, two or even three failed attempts during previous sessions. […]
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — More states are letting kids use sunscreen at school without a doctor’s note. Arizona, Washington and Utah have become the latest states to enact laws freeing students to bring sunscreen to school without special paperwork. Similar legislation is moving forward this spring in Rhode Island, Louisiana […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A U. English professor is named as Utah’s new poet laureate. The Utah Division of Arts and Museums has appointed Paisley Rekdal as the official advocate for literature and arts throughout the state. She’s expected to create a website that maps the writers and poets […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — U. officials have yet to comment on advertisements John Huntsman Senior placed today in newspapers criticizing the university. Huntsman blames the administration for feuds between the U. and the Huntsman cancer institute. Huntsman says the U. owes the institute 54-million dollars.
SEATTLE (AP) — Idaho is asking a federal appeals court to reinstate a statewide ban on spying at farms, dairies and slaughterhouses after a lower court judge sided with animal rights activists who said the ban violated free speech rights. Idaho lawmakers passed the law in 2014 making it a […]
(Lyon County, KY) – Two Utah men are behind bars in Kentucky after authorities reportedly found one-point-five million dollars worth of heroin in their car. Kentucky State Police stopped a semi truck driven by Roberto Orozco Monday and found 33 pounds of the drug. They also arrested Orozco’s passenger, Alberto […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker says that even though only a handful of 15-year-olds marry in Utah each year, they’re children who aren’t ready and he wants to raise the minimum age to 16. “This is kind of from a bygone era, from 50 years ago,” Rep. […]
(South Salt Lake, UT) – A murder victim’s family is offering a ten-thousand-dollar reward for any information that leads to a suspect in his death. The family of Matthew Holt announced the reward yesterday in hopes of getting new information about who shot and killed him on Easter Sunday. South Salt […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utah Boy Scout leaders say they are not surprised by the Mormon Church’s decision to end participation in some Scouting programs. A spokesman for the Utah National Parks Council said yesterday that the Church had expressed concern over the lack of activities and programs for older […]
