SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker wants to put an end to straight-party ticket voting, or the process when voters mark just one box on a ballot to cast votes for all candidates running under one party’s banner. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Rep. Patrice Arent, D-Millcreek, says she plans […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah dance group is promising to revise its holiday show after a TV appearance that many slammed as racist toward Asians. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Odyssey Dance Theatre apologized Wednesday to “the entire Asian community and anyone else whom we may have offended.” Some […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new state report shows that 71 people have died in Utah jails since 2013, with the majority of inmate deaths occurring within a week of being locked up. The state Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice compiled the report — the first time a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah brewers will have to specially test lower alcohol beer before it can go on the shelves of grocery and convenience stores, adding another hurdle to a list of the state’s tight liquor regulators. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the state is mandating that lower alcohol beer […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A judge has ruled Salt Lake County’s clerk complied with state election law in issuing ballots to registered voters in a timely manner. A lawsuit filed last week by two Republican candidates claimed thousands of ballots weren’t shipped out to voters in a timely manner. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — To save money on drugs, Utah is offering to cover travel expenses for public employees willing to go fill certain high-cost prescriptions in Mexico. The Salt Lake Tribune reports Salt Lake City-based PEHP, which covers 160,000 public employees and family members, is offering plane tickets to San […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Gary Herbert is planning to ask the U.S. Department of Agriculture for permission to thin forests, clear out dead trees and do controlled burnings on protected areas that account for nearly half of national forest lands in the state. The Republican governor is […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Newly released police reports show that a sex offender who authorities say fatally shot an ex-girlfriend on the University of Utah campus had been suspected of robbing another ex-girlfriend’s apartment in 2015. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that a Salt Lake City police report released Monday shows […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A small record store in Salt Lake City that sells vinyls and has managed to survive 40 years despite records long ago being eclipsed by CDs and streaming music is starting a new chapter as the owner hands the business over to his son. Owner […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A sex offender who killed a University of Utah student he briefly dated once said at a parole hearing that he was a womanizer who manipulated women to get what he wanted. Melvin Rowland said he was attracted to teenage girls and vulnerable women, and […]
