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Month: February 2022

Dozens of hard seltzers could get the boot under Utah law

Dozens of hard seltzers could get the boot under Utah law

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The latest update to Utah’s famously restrictive liquor laws could remove up to half of increasingly popular hard seltzers from grocery store shelves in the state where most lawmakers are members of the alcohol-eschewing Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At issue are flavorings […]

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Bill To Allow Police Access To DNA Databases Gets Stuck In Committee

Bill To Allow Police Access To DNA Databases Gets Stuck In Committee

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would allow Utah law enforcement to gain access to third-party DNA information to help find criminals is getting a mixed reception at the State Capitol. Ritchie Englehardt of Ancestry.com testified in opposition to House Bill 340 yesterday. Companies like Ancestry.com oppose the […]

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House Speaker Files $40M Bill To Help Protect Great Salt Lake

House Speaker Files $40M Bill To Help Protect Great Salt Lake

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson is beginning an effort to help secure more water for the Great Salt Lake. Wilson introduced House Bill 410 yesterday. In addition to trying to secure more water rights, the 40-million dollars set aside in the bill would go toward […]

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State House Passes Transgender School Sports Bill

State House Passes Transgender School Sports Bill

(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would form a commission to determine if transgender students can play school sports has passed the Utah House. The commission would be appointed by lawmakers and would need a doctor, a university-level athletic trainer, a coach, and a sports physiologist. There are […]

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Proposal To Dismantle Vote-By-Mail System Fails

Proposal To Dismantle Vote-By-Mail System Fails

(Salt Lake City, UT) — Backers of a ballot initiative that would upend Utah’s vote-by-mail system fell well short of the number of signatures needed to qualify for a referendum. Secure The Vote needed close to 138-thousand signatures from voters, but only managed to gather just over 38-hundred. Under the […]

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James fuels Lakers’ 4th-quarter rally over Jazz, 106-101

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James scored 15 of his 33 points in the fourth quarter as the Los Angeles Lakers rallied for a 14-point second half deficit to defeat the Utah Jazz 106-101 Wednesday night. Los Angeles trailed 92-80 midway through the fourth quarter before it went on a […]

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Aimaq lifts Utah Valley over Tarleton 69-56

Aimaq lifts Utah Valley over Tarleton 69-56

STEPHENVILLE, Texas (AP) — Fardaws Aimaq had 22 points and 20 rebounds as Utah Valley topped Tarleton 69-56. Blaze Nield had 12 points for the Wolverines (17-8, 8-5 Western Athletic Conference). Montre Gipson had 14 points and six rebounds for the Texans (11-15, 6-7), who scored a season-low 21 points […]

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Prep Sports Roundup: 2/16

Prep Sports Roundup: 2/16

Boys Basketball 3A Stat Playoffs First Round RICHFIELD, Utah-Russell Gibson led the way with 12 points and the No. 18 ALA Eagles upset No. 15 Richfield 41-36 in the first round of the 3A state boys basketball playoffs Wednesday. Connor Holroyd had 10 points in the loss for the Wildcats. […]

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Kevin Costner lobbies Utah for more tax rebates for films

Kevin Costner lobbies Utah for more tax rebates for films

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kevin Costner wants Utah lawmakers to pass legislation that would give more tax rebates to film productions that shoot in Utah. Costner told the Deseret News this week that he hopes lawmakers pass a proposal to exempt rural productions from an existing cap on the […]

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Utah State Football Announces 2022 Schedule

Utah State Football Announces 2022 Schedule

LOGAN, Utah-Wednesday, Utah State football announced its 2022 schedule as did all Mountain West schools. The Aggies’ schedule is as follows: August 27: Connecticut (Aggies lead the Huskies 1-0) September 3 @ Alabama (Crimson Tide leads the Aggies 2-0) September 10: Weber State (Aggies lead the Wildcats 14-1) September 17: […]

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