SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are using their last two days of the legislative session to finalize a $16.7 billion budget plan that includes $10 million to help tackle homelessness and $8.5 million to get the state’s Winter Olympics facilities ready for another bid for the games. Surplus […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker’s proposal to rename a scenic highway after President Donald Trump has reached the end of the road. Republican Rep. Mike Noel said Wednesday that he believes he had enough votes to pass the bill through Utah’s GOP-dominated Legislature but he was worn […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert has banned executive branch employees from lobbying on legislative issues after lawmakers discussed a proposal to do the same thing. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Herbert signed the executive order on Monday, which applies to Utah’s executive branch, including colleges and […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The president of the Navajo Nation says a proposal that would have renamed a Utah highway after Donald Trump was insulting. Navajo President Russell Begaye says naming the highway that connects national parks such as Zion, Arches and Bryce Canyon after President Trump would have […]
An improperly installed chimney is being blamed for a fire in a home in Redmond on Tuesday. According to officials, the residents had started a fire earlier in the day. They started to smell burning plastic and found flames in the ceiling near the fireplace. The Salina and Aurora Fire […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are working on a deal that would raise gas taxes and send more money to schools in order to stop a ballot initiative that would hike sales and income tax rates. A bill unveiled Tuesday afternoon would ask voters in November to raise […]
(St. George, UT) — A local utility is issuing another reminder to be wary of possible scam phone calls. Saint George News reports Rocky Mountain Power got reports of scams every day in February. This particular scammer is reportedly telling small businesses they’re behind on payments and need to take […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Tribal leaders in Utah are asking lawmakers to turn the state’s small Division of Indian Affairs into a separate department that includes an appointed position on the governor’s cabinet. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the lobbying efforts from tribal leaders come three months after the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Bar has apologized after it emailed a photo of a topless woman to all active attorneys in the state. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the state bar had emailed lawyers Monday to advertise its spring convention, but included in that email was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The former director of Salt Lake City’s 911 dispatch center has been sentenced to three days in jail after pleading guilty to driving under the influence. Scott Freitag, who is now a member of the Layton City Council, also was ordered Monday to pay a […]
