(Oakland, CA) — After an Alameda Superior Court Judge ruling, Utah may still be able to ship its coal through Oakland to Asia. A judge earlier this week ruled that Oakland violated the rights of leaseholder Phil Tagami after the city cancelled his lease due to environmental concerns and extended […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A Utah legislative committee is considering a bill that would offer residents and businesses a 160-million dollar income tax cut. The Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee on Wednesday took public comment on Senate Bill 69 which would lower Utah’s individual and corporate income tax rate […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — People who experience sexual harassment or assault at work, and have previously signed an NDA, may soon be able to speak out. The Employment Confidentiality Amendments would keep Utah businesses from being able to have employees sign a nondisclosure agreement or a non-disparagement clause. Republican […]
A body has been located in Wayne County. On Jan. 20, Wayne County Search and Rescue, Wayne County Sheriff’s Office and K9 Search Team “Dogs at Work” conducted a search for a missing person in the Caineville and Hanksville area of Wayne County. Just after 11:00 a.m. a motorcycle team […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Lawmakers are seeking to streamline the removal of certain kinds of books from the state’s public school library shelves. The House Education Committee on Tuesday voted ten to two recommending approval of HB29. This bill clarifies and updates how officials are to determine what books […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Big changes have been made to Utah’s controversial “trans bathroom bill”. House Bill 257 originally banned people from using public restrooms that don’t align with the gender on their birth certificate, but this is no longer the case. The current version of the bill allows […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A possible path to protecting the Great Salt Lake may be stopped before even being considered. A bill banning personhood to various non-human entities like bodies of water, land, artificial intelligence, weather, plants and animals will be presented on the house floor. Republican Representative Walt […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Ute Tribe students are in jeopardy of losing their University tuition waivers. This comes as the Utah Legislature considers a bill banning diversity, equity and inclusion on publicly funded college campuses. Senate bill sponsor Republican Keith Grover said in a quote to the Salt Lake […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A University of Utah survey shows that people moving here from out of state is the main factor behind Utah’s population growth. Last year, 56-percent of the state’s population growth was from out-of-state transplants. In terms of which counties have seen the most population growth […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is considering being the newest state to allow natural organic reduction after death. The process consists of turning human remains into soil by mixing the remains with bacteria, like composting. Utah would potentially be the seventh state to legalize it with the Arizona legislature […]
