(Salt Lake City, UT) — Senator Mitt Romney says it will take billions of dollars to preserve the Great Salt Lake, though he believes the payoff will be worth the price. The Utah Republican said yesterday that the dwindling water levels in the lake are a national concern and that […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox is urging Utahns to put away personal fireworks as they celebrate Pioneer Day this weekend. Governor Cox said the state is at a “tipping point” with exceptionally dry conditions caused by the ongoing drought. Cox says he will go to organized fireworks […]
DELTA, Utah (AP) — Developers in Millard County who want to create big underground caverns to store hydrogen fuel won approval for a $504 million federal loan this spring. They plan to convert the site of a 40-year-old coal plant to cleanly-made hydrogen by 2045. The seasonal storage project is […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The board that controls liquor sales in Utah is clearing the way for sales of mini-bottles of alcohol on state liquor store shelves. An advisory board of the Department of Alcohol Beverage Services voted yesterday to allow the sale of smaller bottles of liquor and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The University of Utah failed to take action before one of their students was allegedly killed by her boyfriend earlier this year. Documents released by the university show 19-year-old Zhifan Dong and her roommate told U. housing staff several times that Dong had been assaulted […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is in Utah today to raise money for his expected run for president in 2024. The Republican governor will appear at a series of fundraisers with GOP supporters around the Wasatch Front. Many elected leaders and candidates for office are expected […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Several Utah lawmakers are making a run for an open leadership position in the state House of Representatives. Republican state Representative Val Peterson has told colleagues that he is not running for re-election to the post of House majority assistant whip. At least four Republicans […]
(Washington, DC) — Utah lawmakers are supporting a measure in Congress that would protect same-sex marriage in the United States. All four of Utah’s Republican House members voted in favor of the Respect for Marriage Act yesterday. Congressman John Curtis released a statement saying he understood that many Utahns were […]
(Provo, UT) — The speech pathology program at Brigham Young University will keep its accreditation, despite discrimination allegations involving transgender clients. The master’s program and speech clinic announced earlier this year it would no longer helps transgender individuals seeking therapy to match the tone and pitch of the voice to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A surge in home building in Utah has helped ease the state’s housing shortage. A new report from the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute shows Utah is still 31-thousand units short of meeting all needs. That number is down from 56-thousand units in 2017. Last […]
