(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that defines road rage in Utah is one step closer to reaching the House floor. The House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee gave the measure unanimous approval Friday. In Utah, a road rage event would be the commission of a criminal offense […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are at work on legislation regarding child exploitation using new forms of technology. Representative Ariel Defry is the sponsor of House Bill 148 which proposes to clarify the illegal nature of developing or distributing AI-generated child pornography in Utah. The state wants to […]
(St. George, UT) — A bill focused on managing the Scenic Byways of Utah received a major change. After debating the bill on Monday, the bill has been altered to not give a seat on a new committee to someone in the advertising industry. Those who oppose the bill say […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would have separated election oversight from the executive branch of government to its own entity has been put on pause in congress. GOP Representative Ryan Wilcox spent the majority of the legislative session attempting to push the bill forward but after a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A proposal to amend Utah’s constitution to allow a state lottery is now filed in the legislature. Representative Kera Birkeland is chief sponsor of the legislation. If passed through the house and senate, officials say this joint proposal would instruct the lieutenant governor to put […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A couple of Utah Lawmakers are asking to increase Utah’s first private school voucher program by over 100-million dollars for the 20-25 school year. The “Utah Fits All Scholarship” voucher program is currently in its first year and registration begins at the end of the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah legislature is looking at various ways to improve water maintenance and conservation. Currently over ten bills are split between the house and the senate. Focus has been on looking at requiring metering at secondary water connection sites, line ditches, and possibly changing infrastructure […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A newly proposed state bill would hold teachers liable if they keep banned books available to their students. If found guilty, teachers would be charged with a misdemeanor if they keep materials specifically deemed “objectively sensitive” in their classrooms. The GOP backed bill would result […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A newly proposed state bill may result in your energy costs going up. HB-1-9-1 would require Rocky Mountain Power to replace coal plants with a resource that produces at least the same amount of power and have “similar attributes” to coal power. The Salt Lake […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senate lawmakers in Salt Lake City are in agreement that the state needs its own National Hockey League team franchise. A Senate resolution supporting the establishment of an NHL team in Utah was unanimously approved with applause yesterday. Utah Jazz owners Ryan and Ashley Smith, […]
