(Washington, DC) — Most Utahns say Senator Orrin Hatch shouldn’t run for an eighth term. A poll by The Salt Lake Tribune and Hinckley Institute of Politics shows eight out of ten Utahns would pick former Utah Governor Jon Huntsman over Hatch if an election were held now. Just more […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s state government is the second most effective in the U.S. for making policies that produce positive results. A new study by the Pew Charitable Trusts and the MacArthur Foundation says the state is a leader on using evidence to form policy and budget decisions. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker wants residents to be able to pass down their social media and email accounts to relatives as easily as they do their belongings after they die. Lawmakers are expected to consider the plan during a judiciary committee meeting Thursday afternoon. Utah considered […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A gay rights advocacy group wants a judge to halt Utah state laws it says discriminate against LGBT students by restricting talk about homosexuality in schools. The National Center for Lesbian Rights argues in a request for a preliminary injunction filed Wednesday that the laws […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker’s proposal to require that all evidence kits collected by police after a sexual assault be tested would give law enforcement 30 days to send the rape kits to a crime lab. The bill from Salt Lake City Democratic Rep. Angela Romero was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have voted to recognize the at least 474 people who died while in state custody and were not given a proper burial. The Deseret News reports (http://bit.ly/2jjmQAa ) that options for patients with mental illness a century ago were limited, and many were […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A majority of Utahns support a Congressional investigation into Russian hacking in the 2016 election. A new “Salt Lake Tribune”/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll shows 62-percent of those asked would support an investigation into Russian hacking. The House and Senate Intelligence committees kicked off their investigation […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The cost of a Utah marriage license could go up under a bill being considered by state lawmakers. A state Senate committee approved a bill yesterday that would raise license fees by 20-dollars, with one catch. The 20-dollars would be refunded to applicants if they take […]
(Modena, UT) – Two elk hunters lost in a snow-bound area of Iron County are safe. The Iron County Sheriff’s Office says the hunters were stuck in the snow and spent Tuesday night in their vehicle. Yesterday morning they walked to where they were able to get a signal and use […]
(Cedar City, UT) – A teen driver is facing several charges for his role in a high speed chase on I-15.  Utah Highway Patrol Sergeant Ryan Bauer says he chased a Kia on I-15 Tuesday evening at speeds up to 100-miles an hour.  Eighteen-year-old Kevin Roque and a 16-year-old female passenger […]
