WASHINGTON (AP) — A bill aimed at protecting thousands of Venezuelans currently living in the United States from deportation stalled in the Senate on Tuesday after the Democratic minority urged its approval by unanimous consent. Republican Sen. Mike Lee of Utah raised a procedural objection to the request by Illinois […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Supporters of a proposed gay conversion therapy ban for minors in conservative Utah said it was gutted Tuesday by changes that would allow therapists to have some discussion about changing sexual orientation with young patients. The changes approved by GOP lawmakers in committee come after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Senate is approving a proposal to raise low alcohol limits for beer sold at grocery and convenience stores. The measure easily passed on Monday even though it’s opposed by the influential Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and local brewers who say […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A plan for Utah to ask to import lower-cost prescription drugs from Canada has passed its first legislative hurdle. The Deseret News reports Republican Rep. Norm Thurston said Monday the high cost of prescription drugs in the U.S. forces some people to skip their drugs or spread […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State lawmakers pressed pause Wednesday on two gun measures, including a proposal inspired by the shooting death of University of Utah student Lauren McCluskey. The plan to hold gun owners civilly liable if they lend out a firearm used in a crime stalled out after […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers’ plan reduce the number of people covered under a voter-approved expansion of Medicaid has cleared another hurdle. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the 9-6 committee vote on Wednesday sends the proposal to the full House of Representatives. It passed the Senate last week. The plan […]
OREM, Utah (AP) — Rep. John Curtis, R-Utah, and his Democratic competitor, James Singer, squared off in a race for the state’s 3rd Congressional District. Curtis, the former mayor of Provo, and Singer, a sociology professor at Salt Lake Community College, verbally sparred Tuesday in an effort to gain voters’ […]
