(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah lawmakers may take additional steps to ensure medical cannabis is recognized as a legally controlled substance. During a legislative committee hearing yesterday, cannabis advocacy groups said a small group of local governments are not allowing their workers to use cannabis, even after they go […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah became the latest state Thursday to open COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all adults despite it not yet being authorized by the U.S. government. Republican Gov. Spencer Cox announced the change at his monthly news conference on KUED. Utah is one of dozens of […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Lawmakers are proposing a new legislation that would make period products available in schools statewide. Rep. Karianne Lisonbee announced Wednesday that she is drawing up a bill to make period products available in junior high and high schools. In a statement, Rep. Lisonbee said the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A new report says high school graduations in Utah are on the rise. The Utah State Board of Education released its four-year graduation report on Wednesday which revealed that 88-percent of students graduated this year. Board members say the percentage is nearly the same as […]
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 […]
