SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed a proposal to ban abortions if the only reason is the fetus has been diagnosed with Down syndrome. But the legislation signed Friday will only go into effect if a similar law is upheld in court elsewhere, a provision […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature has passed a bill banning oversight powers for independent civilian boards established to review police departments. The Senate and House approved the bill Monday despite one of its sponsors saying it would not change current procedures. The bill is a “pre-emptive thing” […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers were set Thursday to end their annual legislative session after scaling back a voter-approved Medicaid expansion, passing a long-awaited update to the state’s hate crimes law and reaching a deal to increase the alcohol level in beer. Measures on other hot-button issues failed […]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Lawmakers in Arkansas and Utah sent their governors legislation Wednesday banning most abortions 18 weeks into a woman’s pregnancy, moving the states closer to enacting bans that could be among the strictest in the country. The Arkansas House gave final approval by an 86-1 vote […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A once-stalled measure to strengthen Utah’s hate crime law has passed the Legislature and is poised to become law. The Utah Senate cast the final vote to pass the measure Wednesday, and Republican Gov. Gary Herbert said he’s looking forward to signing it. Utah’s current […]
SALT LAKE CITY-Monday, Weber State tailback Josh Davis was named as the Utah Male Collegiate Athlete of the Year by the Utah Sports Commission as part of the Governor’s State of Sport Awards. Davis will be presented with this honor by Utah Governor Gary Herbert at the Governor’s State of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bill that calls for Utah’s required, semester-long high school financial and economic literacy course to include units on socialism and communism has won final passage in the state Senate. The Deseret News reports the bill passed Friday after its Senate floor sponsor, Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah leaders postponed a plan Thursday that would have made sweeping changes to the state’s tax system after a backlash from businesses and other groups. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert said lawmakers will study the complicated issue over the coming months and likely return in a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A law making sex outside of marriage a misdemeanor crime in Utah for more than four decades could be headed toward repeal. The state Legislature voted Wednesday to repeal the measure, which now heads to Republican Gov. Gary Herbert. His office did not immediately respond […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The fight to ban gay conversion therapy for minors in conservative Utah is over for the year after the proposal was gutted by lawmakers, supporters said Wednesday. A prominent activist blasted Republican Gov. Gary Herbert’s support for the changes that would have allowed therapists to […]
