SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The backlog of untested rape kits is growing in Utah even after state lawmakers passed a law in 2017 to address the issue, in part because of a lack of funding to hire an adequate number of technicians. The state crime lab asked for $2.4 […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Salt Lake County Councilwoman Aimee Winder Newton is entering the Utah governor’s race. Winder Newton announced her candidacy Wednesday, joining current Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox and businessman Jeff Burningham in the race for the Republican nomination. Other possible candidates reportedly include former Utah House Speaker […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Businessman Jeff Burningham announced his candidacy for Utah governor Tuesday, becoming the second Republican candidate to officially enter what could become a crowded field. The technology and real estate entrepreneur from Provo pitched himself as a political outsider who would keep the state’s strong economy […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert’s political action committee has donated $50,000 to Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox’s campaign to be the state’s next governor. The Salt Lake Tribune reports campaign disclosure forms show the committee made the donation on Aug. 30. The donation makes Herbert the largest single donor […]
WEST JORDAN, Utah (AP) — A former bishop with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has been sentenced to four months in jail after being found guilty of sexual abuse of one teenage boy and lewdness with another. The Deseret News reports that during sentencing Wednesday in the Salt Lake […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawmakers in conservative Utah passed sweeping changes Monday to a new voter-approved medical-marijuana ballot measure under a planned compromise that secured the support of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, but sparked a backlash from advocates. Supporters of the compromise cheered the vote, […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes, R-Draper, is telling skeptical Democrats that an agreement reached between Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints leaders, lawmakers and marijuana proponents wasn’t done to sabotage the medical marijuana ballot initiative. Unlike Proposition 2, which would legalize medical marijuana for […]
