(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Senate is indicating support for changing the design of the Utah state flag. The Senate approved the first reading of the bill that would change the flag yesterday, with 18 senators voting in favor. The bill has faced criticism from some Utahns who […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah lawmaker says a lobbyist who supports a bill to tie teacher raises to a school voucher program should resign from her position. Republican state Senator Mike McKell of Spanish Fork called for the resignation of Allison Sorensen yesterday. McKell was responding to an […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that ties teacher raises to a controversial school voucher program is a step closer to the governor’s desk. House Bill 215 was passed by a Senate committee yesterday on a 7-2 vote. The bill would give all Utah teachers a pay increase, but […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Local organizations are pushing back against Governor Cox’s proposed one-billion-dollar tax cut. Instead, organizers want to see investments in Utah’s future. In a press conference at the State Capitol yesterday, a conservation policy expert with the Utah Rivers Council said hundreds of millions of dollars […]
Kali9/Getty Images (HALF MOON BAY, Calif.) — Seven people were killed on Monday in a mass shooting at two locations in Half Moon Bay, California, authorities said. One person was also taken to a hospital with life-threatening injuries, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office. The suspect, 67-year-old Chunli […]
Olena Ruban/Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — Patrick Crusius will plead guilty to shooting and killing 23 people at an El Paso Walmart in August 2019, according to a new court filing. Crusius asked the court for a rearraignment hearing after federal prosecutors agreed to take the death penalty off […]
Kali9/Getty Images (HALF MOON BAY, Calif.) — Seven people were killed Monday in a shooting at two locations in Half Moon Bay, California, the San Mateo County Sheriff’s Office said. One person was also taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, the sheriff’s office said. The San Mateo County Sheriff’s […]
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (OAKLAND, Calif.) — At least one person is dead and seven more people have been injured in a shooting in Oakland, California, on Monday night. The shooting — which comes only hours after the one in Half Moon Bay, California, where at least seven people were killed […]
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Two students have died after a shooting at their Des Moines, Iowa, school on Monday, according to police. The third victim, a school employee, is in serious condition after the shooting at Starts Right Here, a charter school, Des Moines police spokesman Paul […]
Eric Thayer/Getty Images (MONTEREY PARK, Calif.) — Eleven people were killed and nine others were injured by a gunman who opened fire at a crowded dance studio in Monterey Park, California, on Saturday night, authorities said. The suspect — identified as 72-year-old Huu Can Tran — fled the scene and […]
