JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP)— Responding to concerns from state officials, the U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday that states can cut taxes without penalty under a new federal pandemic relief law — so long as they use their own funds to offset those cuts. Republican governors, lawmakers and attorneys general have […]
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Sonoma County (Calif.) officials say they will add artificial intelligence technology to help fight wildfires with a 24-7 monitor to track fire outbreaks. The technology will be added to the county’s network of wildfire detection cameras that monitor California’s backcountry to spot the first outbreak of […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Wednesday’s Utah and Wasatch County covid-19 report Utahns fully vaccinated: 384,054 (11.5 percent of Utahns) Wasatch County residents fully vaccinated: 4,310 (11.9 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: 96.4 [96.42] percent (366,193-379,780) Wasatch County recovery percentage: 96.9 [96.94] percent (4,280-4,415) Utah active case percentage: 3.04 percent […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona authorities are seeking the stiffest possible prison sentence against a former politician in metro Phoenix on fraud convictions stemming from his acknowledged operation of an illegal adoption scheme in three states that involved birth mothers from the Marshall Islands. Prosecutors haven’t publicly specified the number of years in […]
SALT LAKE CITY-The First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has approved a new position to help handle the affairs of the global faith. International area organization advisers will assist in providing training and membership for local leaders outside of the United States and Canada. In […]
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Republican attorneys general from 21 states are questioning a provision in the $1.9 trillion pandemic rescue plan that bars states from using its funds to offset tax cuts. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Monday, they said the prohibition is “unclear, but potentially […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Conservative lawmakers in Utah continue to fight against online pornography. Their latest plan involves a new requirement. This would ensure all cellphones and tablets sold in the state will automatically block pornography. Critics are calling this a “significant intrusion of free speech.” Supporters and critics alike […]
LOGAN, UTAH (AP) — Four years after two classmates shot her in the head and left her for dead in a canal in Utah, Deserae Turner received a robotic arm to help in her recovery, the family said. Turner, 18, expressed excitement over gaining more independence since 2017 when two classmates […]
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — The shadow of a controversial plan to pipe groundwater from rural Nevada to Las Vegas looms as state lawmakers weigh two proposals to protect groves of swamp cedar trees considered sacred on Monday. Until last year when the Southern Nevada Water Authority decided to “indefinitely defer” its […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Tuesday’s covid-19 update for Utah and Wasatch County: Utahns fully vaccinated: 372,564 (11.2 percent of Utahns) Wasatch County residents fully vaccinated: 4,215 (11.6 percent of Wasatch County residents) Utah recovery percentage: 96.4 [96.38] percent (365,381-379,081) Wasatch County recovery percentage: 96.8 [96.84] percent (4,272-4,411) Utah active case percentage: 3.1 […]
