SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah will soon join the growing list of states transitioning away from treating the pandemic as a public health crisis and shift to a policy focused on managing risk. Gov. Spencer Cox said Friday that Utah health officials would phase out mass testing sites and […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Former Governor Mike Leavitt wants to expand the global impact of Utah’s Tabernacle Choir at Temple Square. Leavitt held a virtual meeting last night outlining plans, including reaching more countries on future international tours. He also wants to expand the choir’s digital audience and diversify […]
(Milwaukee, WI) — Salt Lake City is not considered a frontrunner to host the 2024 Republican National Convention. Politico says Republican leaders toured Milwaukee on Thursday and are close to signing an agreement to hold the convention there. Milwaukee was originally scheduled to host the national convention in 2020, but […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Governor Spencer Cox says pumping more water into the Great Salt Lake will not have an impact on efforts to address decreasing water levels on Lake Powell in southern Utah. Governor Cox says the watersheds are different and adds the effort in the south needs […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Governor Spencer Cox plans to veto legislation that would create a school voucher system in Utah schools. During his monthly news conference, Governor Cox said he does support the use of school vouchers that would allow families to direct the public funds for their children […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s state Senate passed rules this week limiting where the press can go to report in statehouses, marking the latest move by Republican state lawmakers nationwide who are peeling back access to chambers after the pandemic provided new accessibility. Rules governing where journalists can work […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The latest update to Utah’s famously restrictive liquor laws could remove up to half of increasingly popular hard seltzers from grocery store shelves in the state where most lawmakers are members of the alcohol-eschewing Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At issue are flavorings […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would allow Utah law enforcement to gain access to third-party DNA information to help find criminals is getting a mixed reception at the State Capitol. Ritchie Englehardt of Ancestry.com testified in opposition to House Bill 340 yesterday. Companies like Ancestry.com oppose the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson is beginning an effort to help secure more water for the Great Salt Lake. Wilson introduced House Bill 410 yesterday. In addition to trying to secure more water rights, the 40-million dollars set aside in the bill would go toward […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would form a commission to determine if transgender students can play school sports has passed the Utah House. The commission would be appointed by lawmakers and would need a doctor, a university-level athletic trainer, a coach, and a sports physiologist. There are […]
