SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature voted unanimously to allocate $235 million to the construction of a new state prison in Salt Lake City. Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, says lawmakers had already authorized up to $285 million in bonding for the prison relocation project. But new state revenue […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed into law a compromise agreement that guaranteed legalization of medical marijuana but has sparked concern that it creates too many hurdles for patients trying to access the drug. Herbert said late Monday the passage of the bill was a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawmakers in conservative Utah passed sweeping changes Monday to a new voter-approved medical-marijuana ballot measure under a planned compromise that secured the support of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, but sparked a backlash from advocates. Supporters of the compromise cheered the vote, […]
RENO, Nev. (AP) — The U.S. Interior Department has announced a $282,975 research grant for the state of Nevada to study migration corridors of pronghorn antelope. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke said Monday the money is part of a larger effort across 11 Western states intended to improve the federal government’s […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State regulators have ordered the owner a coal mine near Price to address a highly flammable gas leaking into the atmosphere. The Utah Division of Oil, Gas and Mining says about 10 holes known as gob vents need to be plugged and the land reclaimed. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Defeated Democratic congressional candidate Shireen Ghorbani is running to become the next mayor of Salt Lake County. Ghorbani declared her candidacy Saturday for the mayoral post being vacated by U.S. Rep.-elect Ben McAdams. Ghorbani works in communications at the University of Utah. In her first […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden is scheduled to speak at the University of Utah later this month. The university announced Monday that Biden will deliver a speech on Dec. 13 at the Salt Lake City campus. After he talks, he’ll take pre-submitted questions in a […]
DRAPER, Utah (AP) — An inmate on death row in Utah has died. The Utah Department of Corrections says 63-year-old Floyd Maestas died of natural causes Sunday at the prison in Draper. Maestas had been behind bars since 2008. He was convicted of aggravated murder in beating death of 72-year-old […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on a medical-marijuana special session of the Utah Legislature (all times local): 2 p.m. The Utah House of Representatives has passed a compromise plan to legalize medical marijuana despite concerns that the regulations make it too hard for patients to access the drug. […]
President Clinton says he became the “black sheep” adoptive son into George Herbert Walker Bush’s family. President Bush left this note to incoming President Clinton. Thus began a friendship and a tradition of service for the Democrat and Republican presidents. “Dear Bill,” George H.W. Bush scribbled Jan. 20, 1993, to […]
