(Salt Lake City, UT) — NBC News is projecting Spencer Cox as the winner of the race for Governor in Utah. The Republican incumbent defeated his Democratic opponent, Brian King. Cox will remain in office for another four years. The governor had strong support throughout the state, including in Washington, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The effort to reopen the economy in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic has set off a conflict at the state and federal level that is escalating by the day over how much legal protection companies should get if their returning workers get sick. The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Voters could soon be asked to change the Utah Constitution to allow a major shift in education funding after a deal announced Wednesday with the state’s largest teacher’s union. The compromise would include increasing the amount of money schools get per student and the creation […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Income tax money can only be used for education in Utah, but lawmakers are now introducing a complex proposal to change that in hopes of shoring up the state’s shrinking sales-tax base. The proposal announced Wednesday by legislative leaders would allow income tax to be […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A committee of Utah lawmakers has approved a bill that would require online and printed pornography to carry warning labels and subject companies that don’t comply to possible fines of $2,500. Republican state Rep. Brady Brammer proposed the idea of labeling print and digital pornographic […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature’s 2019 session will open Monday with new faces in several leadership roles. Taxes, education and Medicaid expansion are expected to be among the big issues this year. Utah voters approved fully expanding Medicaid in November, but lawmakers who long resisted the change […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah House Democrats re-elected Minority Leader Brian King despite a recent allegation that he pushed a Republican state senator. King, D-Salt Lake City, was re-elected Tuesday even after state Sen. Daniel Thatcher, R-West Valley City, filed a criminal complaint against King, claiming King pushed him […]
