SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials have warned federal health officials that the state will have to close a program that insures almost 20,000 lower-income children in the state if Congress doesn’t renew funding for the program. Utah Department of Health spokeswoman Kolbi Young says the state supports reauthorizing […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah wildlife officials say they will not renew a controversial ban on winter-time antler gathering. The ban was imposed last year after the Division of Wildlife Resources became concerned over the impact antler hunters could have on wintering mule deer, elk and moose. Officials said […]
SALT LAKE CITY (KSL News)-Per reports from KSL TV and news radio in Salt Lake City and LDS Living Magazine, a pair of prominent LDS Church leaders cannot attend general conference this weekend. The reports state that Church President, Thomas S. Monson, who turned 90 August 21, and Quorum of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah police say a man hailed an Uber during a wild chase that ended with officers finding 15 packages of marijuana in the car he’d been riding in. A Salt Lake County jail booking statement released Thursday says 28-year-old Allen Elseth was taken into custody […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah officials say health insurance rates for Utah residents who buy coverage under the Affordable Care Act will rise by an average of 39 percent next year. Utah’s Insurance Department released a sampling of rates Thursday for plans sold in the individual insurance market. Insurance […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah High School Activities Association filed a lawsuit against the Utah State Board of Education, State of Utah and the state’s attorney general over what it claims is unconstitutional overreach into its affairs. The UHSAA, which governs the athletics and extracurricular activities of Utah’s […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group that’s pushed for years to overhaul Utah’s system for nominating political candidates plans to ask voters next year to change state law so candidates can only become their party’s nominee by competing in a primary election, the group announced Wednesday. Count My Vote’s […]
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada cattleman and state’s rights figure Cliven Bundy lost a courtroom bid to represent himself at his upcoming trial, after refusing Wednesday to recognize federal authority over grazing land at the center of a 2014 armed standoff with federal agents, his lawyer said. U.S. Magistrate Judge […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Taking a page out of Berkeley’s book, the University of Utah ramped up security Wednesday for an appearance by conservative provocateur Ben Shapiro that drew vocal but largely peaceful protests. Two people were arrested from a crowd of about 300 outside the venue as scuffles […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah State Auditor’s Office identified problems that plagued the 3rd Congressional District primary election in august and issued recommendations on how to improve. State Auditor John Dougal pointed out errors that included clerks sending the wrong ballots to voters and that the secrecy of […]
