(Salt Lake City, UT) — The U-S Department of Justice is suing Utah to get access to private voter information. The suit targets Lieutenant Governor Deidre Henderson. The Trump administration says she has not handed over the names, dates of birth, addresses and driver’s license numbers of all Utah voters. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The University of Utah has received a $300,000 federal grant to improve how it responds to cases of stalking and dating and domestic violence on campus. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the school faced criticism over the last year for failing to take concerns from […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An FBI report about a shooting inside a new Utah federal courthouse found a lack of communication and a procedural change contributed to the death of a prisoner. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Sunday that 25-year-old Siale Angilau was killed by a U.S. marshal when he lunged […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah authorities say the prison population has grown faster than most states in the past few years. KSL-TV reported Monday that the Utah Sentencing Commission saw a dramatic surge in prison population as new crimes and drug violations led to more convictions. The U.S. Department of Justice […]
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A company that failed to report a large-scale ammonia discharge from its plant near St. Helens, Oregon, and annual ammonia emission estimates has entered into a consent decree with the U.S. Department of Justice. The Oregonian/OregonLive reports Dyno Nobel has agreed to pay a $492,000 fine and buy […]
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — A U.S. Department of Justice report shows Wyoming’s prison population grew the third fastest in the country in 2017. The Casper Star-Tribune reports the government figures released last week show the population in state prisons increased by 4.2% by the end of 2017. Wyoming’s prison growth was outpaced […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Four conservation groups have asked a judge to block a Trump administration plan allowing drilling, mining and other activities in seven Western states they say will harm sage grouse. Western Watersheds Project and other groups asked for the injunction in U.S. District Court in Idaho late […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah man accused of attacking three Latinos at a tire shop in Salt Lake City after shouting that he wanted to “kill Mexicans” pleaded not guilty Monday to hate crime charges. Alan Dale Covington, 50, entered his pleas during his first federal court appearance […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Cookie retailer Mrs. Fields will pay more than $26,000 in penalties to settle a claim that it discriminated against non-U.S. citizens authorized to work. The U.S. Department of Justice announced the agreement in a news release Thursday with the Broomfield, Colorado-based company. According to the department, Mrs. […]
