(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah may explore building a spaceport, through a bill introduced by State Senator Jerry Stevenson. The bill proposes creating a committee to study the potential benefits, including scientific research and tourism expansion. However, some critics are concerned about the costs, as spaceport projects can run […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Companies owned by three Republican Utah legislators have received up to $2.7 million as part of the $600 billion-plus federal rescue package meant to keep small businesses afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, according to Treasury Department data. The data released Monday shows companies owned by […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert has signed into law a compromise deal reached by state lawmakers that raises the amount of alcohol allowed in beer sold in grocery and convenience stores. Herbert announced the signing Tuesday afternoon of a law that raises the alcohol limit to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have reached a compromise deal to inch up the amount of alcohol available in beer. Republican Sen. Jerry Stevenson said Wednesday the agreement would raise alcohol limits to 4 percent, which is still relatively low but would allow for most production-line beers to […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A push to raise alcohol level for Utah beer in line with most of the U.S. is hitting a stumbling block. A panel of lawmakers gutted the bill on Wednesday, replacing it with a plan to study the issue instead. Republican sponsor Sen. Jerry Stevenson […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is moving closer to shedding low alcohol limits for beer in grocery stores, despite opposition from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and several local brewers The state Senate easily passed a measure on Tuesday that would bring it in line with […]
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) — The Salt Lake City-based Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints has come out against a proposal to allow more alcohol in Utah beer, a position that could hurt the state’s chances of joining most of the country in shedding low alcohol limits. Church lobbyist […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature voted unanimously to allocate $235 million to the construction of a new state prison in Salt Lake City. Sen. Jerry Stevenson, R-Layton, says lawmakers had already authorized up to $285 million in bonding for the prison relocation project. But new state revenue […]
