SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah voters are headed to the polls to cast their votes in the state’s first presidential primary held on Super Tuesday, the high-profile series of contests held in delegate-rich states. The Democratic front-runner is Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, though Utah voters have also been courted […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah would ban most abortions if the U.S. legal landscape changes under a proposal that has been passed by the Utah Senate. The Salt Lake Tribune reports it was approved on a party-line vote after Democrats argued against the plan to make performing an abortion […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Bernie Sanders focused on President Donald Trump and his own progressive message on Monday even as his moderate Democratic rivals began to line up behind former Vice President Joe Biden. He rallied at the Utah State Fairpark hours after rival Amy Klobuchar made what turned […]
SALT LAKE CITY (The Salt Lake Tribune) — A Utah state Senate committee has approved a bill with changes to a voter-approved initiative creating an independent voting redistricting commission. The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Proposition 4 initiative passed by voters in 2018 is aimed at curbing gerrymandering. Members of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (Deseret News) — A bill targeting a new Salt Lake County rule to require gun show vendors in county facilities to run background checks on customers has passed the Utah House of Representatives. The Deseret News reported the bill that passed without debate aims to clarify state […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s first medical marijuana dispensary is set to open Monday as the state begins a slow rollout of a program that will allow residents with certain health conditions to use the plant for medicinal purposes. The window to apply online for a medical marijuana card […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Bernie Sanders is taking his campaign to Utah, where he’s the Democratic front-runner in the Super Tuesday primary. Moderate rivals like Amy Klobuchar are jockeying to take advantage of the conservative state’s rare undercurrent of dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump. Sanders is expected to get […]
UPDATE— Moroni City has been working to fix one of the wells that supplies water to the city. The well failed on February 23, and the city expects to install the new pump on Friday, March 6. Water will be tested on Monday, March 9, and the city will advise […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Polygamy wouldn’t be a felony crime in Utah for the first time in 85 years under a bill that passed the Legislature and appears to be supported by the governor. Lawmakers voted overwhelmingly for the proposal that supporters said will allow the 30,000 people living […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say a St. George man who was infected with the coronavirus on a cruise ship in Japan has been transferred from California to a high-level isolation unit at a Utah hospital. Intermountain Medical Center officials announced Friday the hospital would be treating 55-year-old Mark […]
