SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican lawmakers in several more states want to loosen gun restrictions by allowing people to carry concealed firearms without having to get a permit, continuing a trend that gun control advocates call dangerous. Fifteen states already allow concealed carry without a permit, and lawmakers in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert, whose term expires next week, has given his farewell speech as governor in a prerecorded video. The 10-minute speech released Monday called on state residents to “work together in a spirit of common decency and mutual respect” and addressed the difficulties the pandemic […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gary Herbert has been in Utah’s highest office for over a decade, but his greatest challenge arrived less than a year ago. The coronavirus pandemic brought death, economic upheaval and even angry crowds outside his personal home, away from the governor’s mansion. Herbert, a Republican, was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican governor and governor-elect on Thursday condemned the attorney general’s decision to join a Texas lawsuit to invalidate the presidential race results in four battleground states that President Donald Trump lost. Gov. Gary Herbert and Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, who will be taking the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday that a new order coming next week will lift the requirement to limit social gatherings to people in an immediate household. Herbert also said he would maintain the state’s mask mandate. The governor urged caution ahead of Thanksgiving weekend. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is implementing a new strategy to fight the coronavirus pandemic as the number of confirmed cases and hospitalizations continued to surge, state officials announced Tuesday. The state will move away from its color-coded health system and instead place counties under restrictions based on their […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said parents who do not want to follow his health mandate by requiring their children to wear masks when returning to school are “a little bit irrational.” The Republican said students without face coverings should not return to classrooms and should […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A mask mandate in Utah’s largest county, which includes Salt Lake City, has been extended until the end of the year. Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson signed an order extending the mandate through Dec. 31, Fox 13 reported Wednesday. The mandate requires face coverings in businesses […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A mayor in northern Utah has asked for a citywide mask mandate to limit the spread of COVID-19, a request that has drawn mixed reactions from Cache County council members and city residents. “This is the critical period with students going back to school, and with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is considering issuing a statewide mask mandate after discussing the issue with state legislators this week. The Republican governor raised the possibility of a statewide order last week as the state has continued experiencing a spike in COVID-19 cases. He held […]
