SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A proposal in the Utah Legislature would allow female jail inmates to take birth control while behind bars, though county sheriffs have raised concerns about cost of providing the medication. Democratic Rep. Jennifer Dailey-Provost told the Salt Lake Tribune that birth control should be no different from […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature has passed a plan to allow political candidates and elected officials to pay for child care with campaign contributions. The Tuesday vote sends the bill to Republican Gov. Gary Herbert. It comes as a number of states weigh the question following a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Olympic bid officials say they will request as much as $15 million from the state Legislature to help bring more world-class sporting events to Utah in preparation for future Winter Olympics. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the funding being sought would go through the Utah Sports Commission […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A new bill proposed to the Utah Legislature would allow a public body to conduct a closed meeting to get advice from its attorney. The Standard-Examiner reports the Utah Open and Public Meetings Act already lists reasons why state or local government boards can go into closed […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Latest on the first day of the Utah Legislature (all times local): 5 p.m. Hundreds of demonstrators have rallied at the Utah capitol to shield a voter-approved Medicaid expansion from lawmakers’ efforts to change the measure to control costs. Advocates told a crowd of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Legislature’s 2019 session will open Monday with new faces in several leadership roles. Taxes, education and Medicaid expansion are expected to be among the big issues this year. Utah voters approved fully expanding Medicaid in November, but lawmakers who long resisted the change […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The incoming Utah Legislature will include a record number of women, though the state still lags behind the national average. The Salt Lake Tribune reports this week that 25 of the 104 members will be women. That accounts for 24 percent — the highest portion in state […]
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 […]
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 recent study says about 85 percent of all firearm deaths from 2006 to 2015 in Utah were the result of suicide. The study, conducted by Harvard researchers and overseen by the Utah Department of Human Services, was presented to lawmakers Wednesday. The report says […]
