(Salt Lake City, UT) – Legislation to reduce the state income tax is heading to the Utah House after it cleared the Senate Friday. SB 59 reduces the income tax to four-point-eight-five-percent, which is a tenth-of-percentage point less. Republican State Senator Dan McCay argues the cut will give Utah families […]
(St. George, UT) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing an additional nearly 11-million-dollars for recovery from the Brian Head Fire. The money has gone to the Utah Division of Forestry, Fire and State Lands. It will be used for resources like food, supplies, tender fuel, land use agreements […]
(Provo, UT) – Brigham Young University is adding a new requirement for incoming employees who are practicing members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The LDS Church-owned school will require new workers to also hold a current temple recommend, but the requirement is not retroactive to current […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is speaking out about security upgrades being made at his home in Fairview. Governor Cox took to Twitter yesterday after a Salt Lake Tribune report about fencing and, gates and a security office being planned for his private home. The project will […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Two state Senate Democrats believe they were removed from committee assignments because of their criticism of Republican colleagues. State Senators Derek Kitchen and Kathleen Riebe learned they had been removed from one of their committees yesterday. Kitchen was taken off the Education Committee and Riebe […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Salt Lake City lawyer will challenge Congressman Chris Stewart for the Republican nomination in Utah’s Second District. Erin Rider kicked off her campaign yesterday. Rider says the GOP needs to return to its core values, including a balanced budget and reducing the national debt. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would stop Utah animal shelters from using the gas chamber to put down animals has cleared the state Senate. Senate Bill 69 would require all Utah shelters to use injections to put down animals. The Humane Society of the United States says […]
(St. George, UT) — Four Utah national parks are listed among the most dangerous in America. The online resource Outforia says Zion National Park is the sixth-most dangerous and Glen Canyon National Park is seventh. Arches National Park ranks tenth, and Bryce Canyon National Park is the 42nd most dangerous. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Utah Republicans will again try to close a legal loophole that allows Salt Lake County to require background checks at gun shows. Under the law currently, Salt Lake County can require checks from vendors at any county-owned facility. That includes large shows at the Salt […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A proposed reduction in Utah’s state income tax rate is advancing in the Senate. The bill’s sponsor, state Senator Dan McCay, told a Senate committee that the reduction of the rate to four-point-eight-five percent is meant to put money back into taxpayers’ pockets. The Revenue […]
