SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Legislative leaders say they plan to hold a public hearing Tuesday night on a proposal to raise the sales tax on food and lower the overall sales tax rate. Senate President Wayne Niederhauser says the change would help stabilize Utah’s sales tax collection and ensure […]
ZION NATIONAL PARK, Utah (AP) — Zion National Park officials say a man who fell to his death last week while hiking in the southern Utah park was a 45-year-old man from Florida. Park spokesman John Marciano said Monday in a news release that Tate Ryan Volino is survived by […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah refugee officials and Muslim advocates say President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban doesn’t alleviate their concerns with an initiative they contend unfairly targets refugees and Muslim countries. Noor Ul-Hasan, a leader in Utah’s Muslim community, said Monday that federal officials should focus on figuring […]
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah (AP) — Authorities say a Utah Highway Patrol trooper has been critically injured after a sport utility vehicle rear ended a cruiser during a traffic stop on Interstate 15 near Pleasant Grove. Highway Patrol Sgt. Todd Royce says the incident happened around 10:50 a.m. Monday, when the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal that would have precluded parents from defending themselves against child endangerment charges if they kick a kid out for being LGBTQ has stalled in a committee hearing. Republican lawmakers on Monday in a House committee meeting opted not to vote on the bill […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are using their final week of the legislative session to settle a budget that will top $15 billion. The budget legislators are circling around this week includes $68 million to pay for 10,000 extra students in schools, $116 million for districts to raise […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials are warning residents about phone scams targeting those with solar panels on their homes and businesses. Julie Price with the state Department of Commerce says there has been a rise in the number of solar-related phone scams in the last two months. Rocky […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The first Filipino-American bishop ordained in the United States is set to be installed as the leader of Salt Lake City’s Catholic diocese. The official installation for the 63-year-old Bishop Oscar Azarcon Solis is scheduled for Tuesday at the Cathedral of the Madeleine. Solis will […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s unemployment rate remained unchanged at 3.1 percent in January for the third month in a row. The Department of Workforce Services on Friday released employment figures for January. The data show about 47,800 residents were jobless that month but looking for work. Utah’s unemployment […]
LAYTON, Utah (AP) — A trash-burning plant that supplies steam for Hill Air Force Base will close due to what officials say is reduced demand and a need for costly upgrades. The Standard-Examiner (https://goo.gl/SWCC1M ) reports that closure this year of the Davis Energy Recovery Facility in Layton will eliminate […]
