(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made an eight-billion-dollar profit in 2021. The church reports in SEC filings that its investment accounts ended the year at over 52-billion-dollars. That’s an increase of more than 22-billion-dollars since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The number of people hospitalized in Utah with coronavirus continues to decline. State health officials say there were 529 people in Utah hospitals with the virus yesterday. That’s a decrease of more than 30 patients from Monday. Just under 75 percent of Utah’s intensive care […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Drivers could face tougher penalties if they are caught driving recklessly. SB 53 from Democratic State Senator Jani Iwamoto would increase the fines for people caught driving above one-hundred miles per hour, and elevates speeding over 105 miles per hour to the crime of reckless […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A committee in the Utah House narrowly passed a controversial bill that would create a school voucher program for children to attend private schools. HB 331 allows parents to take the money spent for their children in public school to go towards private school tuition, […]
(Edmonton) — A leader for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is issuing another apology for remarks he made related to race. Last week, Brad Wilcox of the Young Men general presidency spoke at a youth conference in Alpine and suggested LDS members should reframe questions related to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are going to get a birds-eye view of the damage the drought has done to the Great Salt Lake. Beginning today, the Utah Air National Guard will be taking lawmakers on a flyover of the lake using Blackhawk helicopters. State Representative Doug Owens […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would repeal Utah’s death penalty has met its end. State officials say HB-147 failed to move forward from the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee last night in a 6-5 vote. According to reports, the proposed legislation would have banned the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is inviting the public to take part in a virtual town hall. The event will be live-streamed on the governor’s social media accounts at seven o’clock tonight. The public is being invited to submit questions in advance, though questions will also be […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The group trying to end Utah’s use of vote-by-mail is considering a lawsuit against the state. Secure The Vote is short of the 138-thousand signatures they need by February 15th for the proposed ballot initiative. Members of the group could file a lawsuit, accusing state […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill making its way through the Legislature could help limit telemarketing calls to Utah residents. HB217 from Republican Representative Norm Thurston expands the definition of solicitation calls to include ones that involve callers offering to buy real estate from the respondent. Utah companies who […]
