(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox has vetoed SB-37, a bill that would have moved property tax revenues into the state’s general fund before being redistributed to schools. Cox argued it could confuse taxpayers and potentially divert funds from education. Senate President Stuart Adams disagreed, saying the bill […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Former U.S. Congresswoman Mia Love has passed away after battling brain cancer. Her family announced yesterday that she died peacefully at home surrounded by loved ones. She was the first Black Republican woman in Congress and Utah’s first Black lawmaker, serving from 2015 to 2019. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah education leaders say major changes to the U.S. Department of Education will require congressional approval and legal challenges. This comes after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to begin dismantling the agency yesterday. The Utah State Board of Education said the full impact […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s newest members of Congress, Reps. Celeste Maloy and Mike Kennedy, held a town hall yesterday at the University of Utah, despite warnings from Republican leaders to avoid in-person meetings. A crowd of around 300 people interrupted the lawmakers, with many voicing frustration over President […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new poll indicates there is support for a citizen’s ballot initiative to legalize recreational marijuana in Utah. The poll conducted earlier this month by Noble Predictive Insights asked about 600 registered voters whether they would support such an initiative. Fifty-two percent said yes, while […]
(Provo, UT) — Police in Provo believe they’ve finally solved a decades-old missing person case. Seventeen-year-old Robby Lynn Peay ran away from a Salt Lake City youth treatment center in 1983. Authorities discovered a body at Arches National Park that same year, but initial forensic testing did not let investigators […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah now has an official name for residents of the Beehive State. Governor Cox signed a bill yesterday that designates “Utahn” as the official term for residents. The bill also makes it clear that there is no “a” between the letters “h” and “n,” eliminating […]
(Washington City, UT) — Counties in southern Utah are seeing an increase in employment. The Department of Workforce Service says nonfarm payroll employment in Iron County saw a three percent increase in January compared to the same month last year. As for Washington County, that increase was five and a […]
(Kanab, UT) — An animal shelter in southern Utah is helping a counterpart in Texas. Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab says it recently partnered with the Rio Grande Valley Humane Society for two flights to bring more than 60 cats and dogs out of the overcrowded facility in Texas. […]
(Cedar City, UT) — Southwest Utah is going to be under a Winter Weather Advisory tomorrow morning. The National Weather Service has forecast up to ten inches of snow for some parts of the region, and up to 15 inches in the Tushar mountain range and Brian Head area. Forecasters […]
