SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are expected to consider a plan that would expand capital punishment in the state so that criminals convicted of sex trafficking that leads to death could be executed. Proposal sponsor Republican Rep. Paul Ray said Friday he wants to hold the leaders of […]
PROVO, Utah (AP) — The attorney for an Orem man on trial for a second time on accusations he killed wife says there’s no conclusive evidence to show her client is guilty. The Daily Herald reports that attorney Ann Taliaferro’s comments came during opening arguments Thursday in Provo in the […]
(Undated) – Utah is among the top states in the nation for economic growth. The latest federal numbers show the state’s gross domestic product annual growth comes in second in the country for the third quarter of last year. South Dakota was tops with Nevada in third after Utah.Â
(Salt Lake City, UT) – State lawmakers are filing a record number of bills this year. The president of the state Senate announced yesterday that 1272 were filed by lawmakers this year. That breaks the record set last year by 15. Lawmakers defend the number of bills they’re filing by saying […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Lawyers for former Utah Attorney General John Swallow are seeking to have their client’s corruption trial delayed or charges against him dismissed because they need more time to review testimony from a prosecution witness. The request by Attorney Scott Williams on Thursday comes days before […]
WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) — The Navajo Nation Human Rights Commission and a tribal delegate are advocating for the Navajo Nation to become an official member of the United Nations. Tribal officials say the delegation visited New York City this week. Navajo Council Delegate Nathaniel Brown said non-governmental organizations and […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A bipartisan group of Utah lawmakers are pushing a series of environmental proposals to fix the state’s bad air quality which this week has been so bad that students haven’t been able to go outside for all their recesses. The group of more than a […]
Beginning fall semester 2017, Snow College will offer a new Fine Arts degree, the Visual Studies Associate of Fine Arts. The degree, recently approved by the Utah State Board of Regents, will be unique to Snow College. Faculty members will help students design a curriculum specific to their professional career […]
(Delta, UT) – A teen girl is alive after a bystander pulled her from under a car and started CPR when she was run over in Millard County. Investigators say the 15-year-old jumped on the hood of a friend’s car Wednesday afternoon in Delta and was run over when the car […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker wants to lower the minimum age to obtain a concealed carry permit to 18, down from 21 years old. Republican Rep. Karianne Lisonbee of Clearfield, the sponsor of the bill, said this week that she wants to ensure that younger college students […]
