(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Department of Transportation is putting all of its road crews on full alert ahead of another big winter storm. A spokesman for UDOT says crews will begin pretreating roads later today as the storm system moves across the Wasatch Front. UDOT expects travel […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are pushing forward with several ceremonial naming bills. Measures naming the porcini as the state’s official mushroom and the brine shrimp as the state’s official crustacean passed the House on Friday. The brine shrimp bill was suggested to lawmakers by Utah elementary school […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Winter storms are giving Utahns a reason to be less concerned about drought. A Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll published last week shows 52-percent of Utahns are currently less concerned about drought than they were last year because of the moisture that the state […]
(Cedar City, UT) — A Winter Storm Watch will be in effect for parts of southwest Utah later this week. The National Weather Service says the notice will impact Cedar City, Beaver and Milford from Tuesday to Wednesday. Up to eight inches of snow is possible in some areas. Forecasters […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill banning LGBTQ conversion therapy in Utah is awaiting Governor Spencer Cox’s signature. The state Senate passed the measure unanimously on Friday after the House did the same earlier this month. It was previously amended to exclude language that would still allow talk therapy. […]
(South Ogden, UT) — A Utah missionary who has not been seen since a cyclone hit New Zealand earlier this week has been found. The family of Logan Williams announced yesterday that he’s been located and is safe. Officials with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints also said […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are showing their support for a bid to bring the Winter Olympics to Salt Lake City. The House and the Senate unanimously passed two measures involving the Olympics yesterday. Lawmakers say the bills give the International Olympic Committee assurances that the city and […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah Senator Mitt Romney believes former President Donald Trump is best positioned to be the Republican presidential nominee in 2024. Romney said a crowded primary would most likely help Trump secure the nomination. He argued the only way to stop Trump would be to shrink the field […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah’s Republican leaders will push for a reduction in the state’s income tax rate as part of a bill that will also affect seniors, women and low-income Utahns. If approved, House Bill 54 will reduce the state income tax from four-point-eight-five to four-point-six-five percent. It […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The legislature has passed a bill banning public entities such as businesses and government agencies from restricting people and employees based on whether or not they’re vaccinated. The bill has exceptions for medical facilities and providers, along with those who handle medical waste and other […]
