SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers will meet for a special session to force some online companies to collect sales tax and make changes to a planned shipping hub in Salt Lake City. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert called lawmakers back into session Wednesday after completing negotiations with lawmakers and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has called the Legislature into a special session to approve revisions for a planned massive shipping hub in Salt Lake City that has drawn the ire of the capital city’s mayor, he said Monday. Lawmakers are scheduled to meet to vote […]
DUCHESNE COUNTY, Utah-As day 3 of the Dollar Ridge Fire commences, authorities have downgraded the burned acreage from 30,000 acres to 19,000 acres. This was confirmed during a Tuesday morning meeting at G’s Gas Station in Fruitland after more accurate mapping of the fire was done, per Brittany Johnson of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Opponents of Utah’s medical marijuana ballot initiative are dropping their lawsuit seeking to prevent the question from being put to voters in November. The action by Drug Safe Utah Monday clears the path to placing the initiative on the ballot. Coalition attorney Blake Ostler declined […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert says he’d support Sen. Mike Lee if he was nominated for the Supreme Court, but he likely wouldn’t name himself as Lee’s replacement if the senator was confirmed. Lee is on the list of 25 names President Donald Trump is considering […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of Utah lawmakers on Wednesday proposed allowing police to temporarily confiscate guns from people deemed to be a threat to the public and increasing mental health services available at schools as ways to prevent campus violence. Other measures being considered would penalize parents […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is thanking a man who’s being credited with fending off an anti-gay mob during the Utah Pride Festival. Herbert said on Twitter late Wednesday that he had met with the dessert shop worker. Herbert called him a local hero. Police say two gay […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — Utah Rep. Keith Grover is set to take former Sen. Margaret Dayton’s seat in the Utah Senate. Utah County Republican Party Chair Rob Craig announced the selection Thursday. Dayton resigned for health reasons. Grover’s name will be passed along to Gov. Gary Herbert, who is responsible […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mitt Romney, a candidate for U.S. Senate in Utah, is set to host his annual gathering of top Republicans, wealthy political donors and powerful business leaders. The guest list at the three-day, invitation-only event beginning Thursday in Park City, Utah, is largely under wraps, but […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Gov. Gary Herbert has signed 57 more bills, including a measure that allows medical marijuana to be grown in the state and sets up state-run dispensary for the drug to be handed out for research purposes or use by people who are terminally ill. Herbert’s […]
