SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A panel of Utah lawmakers advanced new proposed rules for transgender girls to play on high school sports teams Wednesday. KUER-FM reports students would have to complete one year of hormone therapy and change the sex designation on their birth certificate before they could compete […]
Around 4:30 p.m. on Nov. 16, Ephraim City Police responded to the Walmart parking lot in Ephraim for a woman suffering from a medical episode. According to reports, a nurse that happened to be shopping at the time immediately started CPR and continued until EMS arrived. EMS used an AED […]
(Farmington, UT) — A Utah school district will conduct an independent investigation into possible bullying following the death of a ten-year-old girl. Isabella “Izzy” Tichenor [[ TISH-ner ]] committed suicide earlier this month. Her parents believe their daughter was bullied and harassed by students at Foxboro Elementary because she had […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A report sent to leadership in the Utah Legislature is calling for the state to eliminate the sales tax on food to help address food insecurity. The Food Security Task Force found one-out-of-ten homes experience some form of food insecurity in the state. Homes with […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Employers in Utah will have to allow COVID-19 vaccine exemptions. Governor Spencer Cox signed SB 2004 into law on Tuesday which allows for coronavirus vaccine exemptions and bans any adverse action against employees who file for an exemption. Additionally under the new law, employers must […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers will have some extra money to spend when they meet in January. The legislature’s Executive Appropriations Committee learned yesterday that there will be a surplus of more than 600-million dollars that can be spent during the next regular session. Some Republican leaders support […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah is joining another lawsuit against COVID-19 vaccination mandates imposed by the Biden Administration. The lawsuit filed yesterday seeks to overturn a mandate requiring coronavirus vaccinations for workers at healthcare facilities that accept Medicaid and Medicare funding. Utah and 11 other states are challenging the […]
(Washington, DC) — Republican Congressman Chris Stewart will seek a sixth term in office. Stewart announced his 2022 re-election bid on Twitter. Utah’s Second Congressional District is expected to go to Republicans again in the upcoming election. However, Stewart’s biggest challenge could come within his own party. Attorney Erin Rider […]
On Nov. 15, the city of Richfield had an unexpected visitor when a bear was found sitting in a tree. It was spotted around 7 a.m. in a tree near 300 South 100 East. According to reports, police used dogs to keep the bear in the tree while they waited […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — New redistricting maps that largely ignore a voter-approved nonpartisan commission in Utah are sparking a backlash and highlighting the challenges the independent panels face an era of deep political divisions and surging gerrymandering. Several states created independent commissions for the once-a-decade process, in hopes the […]
