(Salt Lake City, UT) — Backers of a ballot initiative that would upend Utah’s vote-by-mail system fell well short of the number of signatures needed to qualify for a referendum. Secure The Vote needed close to 138-thousand signatures from voters, but only managed to gather just over 38-hundred. Under the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kevin Costner wants Utah lawmakers to pass legislation that would give more tax rebates to film productions that shoot in Utah. Costner told the Deseret News this week that he hopes lawmakers pass a proposal to exempt rural productions from an existing cap on the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would prevent Utah employers from asking for proof of vaccination from current and future employees is a step closer to approval. House Bill 60 was approved by the House Business and Labor Committee yesterday. The bill prohibits companies from asking for proof […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints made an eight-billion-dollar profit in 2021. The church reports in SEC filings that its investment accounts ended the year at over 52-billion-dollars. That’s an increase of more than 22-billion-dollars since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic. The […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The number of people hospitalized in Utah with coronavirus continues to decline. State health officials say there were 529 people in Utah hospitals with the virus yesterday. That’s a decrease of more than 30 patients from Monday. Just under 75 percent of Utah’s intensive care […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Drivers could face tougher penalties if they are caught driving recklessly. SB 53 from Democratic State Senator Jani Iwamoto would increase the fines for people caught driving above one-hundred miles per hour, and elevates speeding over 105 miles per hour to the crime of reckless […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A committee in the Utah House narrowly passed a controversial bill that would create a school voucher program for children to attend private schools. HB 331 allows parents to take the money spent for their children in public school to go towards private school tuition, […]
(Edmonton) — A leader for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is issuing another apology for remarks he made related to race. Last week, Brad Wilcox of the Young Men general presidency spoke at a youth conference in Alpine and suggested LDS members should reframe questions related to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers are going to get a birds-eye view of the damage the drought has done to the Great Salt Lake. Beginning today, the Utah Air National Guard will be taking lawmakers on a flyover of the lake using Blackhawk helicopters. State Representative Doug Owens […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would repeal Utah’s death penalty has met its end. State officials say HB-147 failed to move forward from the House Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice Committee last night in a 6-5 vote. According to reports, the proposed legislation would have banned the […]
