SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers say reforming the state tax system could include anything from ending the income tax to broadening the tax base. The Deseret News reports lawmakers and state officials floated reform ideas during a panel at the Utah Taxes Now Conference on Tuesday. Republican Senate […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Republican lawmaker in an area of Utah where many residents are member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has publicly come out as gay. Utah County Commissioner Nathan Ivie said Wednesday his announcement was inspired in part by his work with […]
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Illegal killings and political resistance have undercut the return of two species of endangered wolves despite more than $80 million in government spending. Wildlife officials warn the red wolves of North Carolina could be gone from the wild within a decade. In the Southwest, Mexican gray […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah and federal officials have signed an agreement to defer to the state when planning forest projects. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Wednesday that Republican Gov. Gary Herbert and U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue signed the agreement Wednesday. Officials say the deal obligates the U.S. […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Defensive Player of the Year Rudy Gobert and MVP finalists Giannis Antetokounmpo and Paul George were the leading vote-getters for the All-Defensive first team. Boston’s Marcus Smart and Milwaukee’s Eric Bledsoe rounded out the first team that was announced Wednesday. Gobert finished with 97 first-team points […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Several hundred people gathered in the Utah State Capitol Tuesday afternoon to join a nationwide protest against abortion bans being passed around the country. Parents with young children and teenagers who left school early to attend the protest passed around markers and made posters championing […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary David Bernhardt says he has no plans for additional changes to national monuments as recommended by his predecessor, but says it’s ultimately up to President Donald Trump. Trump in 2017 shrank two sprawling Utah monuments at the recommendation of former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke. […]
DENVER (AP) — Only hours before women marched through many U.S. cities in January, Christopher Cleary set off a manhunt when he posted a Facebook message threatening to kill “as many girls as I see” in retaliation for years of romantic rejection. Cleary, 27, called himself a virgin who never […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah ski resorts set a record for visitors this past winter thanks to heavy and consistent snowfall. A news release Tuesday from Ski Utah shows the 5.1 million skier days marked a major rebound from the previous winter when the state registered 4.1 million during […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Salt Lake City area man who contended that tax laws didn’t apply to him has been sentenced to up to 15 years in prison on multiple convictions for felony tax evasion and related crimes. Judge Paul B. Barker sentenced 62-year-old Dennis Kay Iverson on […]
