SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A legislative task force in Utah has voted to recommend a tax reform plan to the Legislature that would reduce state taxes by $160 million. That’s double the amount in a previous proposal. The Tax Restructuring and Equalization Task Force met Monday ahead of a […]
U.S. officials will review whether grizzly bears have enough protections across the Lower 48 states after advocates sued the government in a bid to restore the animals to more areas. The review must be completed by March 31, 2021, under a settlement approved Monday by a federal judge. The Center […]
A Utah snowmobiler says he briefly panicked after an avalanche sent him cartwheeling off his snowmobile and buried him in snow in the mountains near the Idaho border. KUTV-TV reports that Matthew Jensen said his friends dug him out after about a minute under the snow because they spotted his […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A renewed national push to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment has come to conservative Utah, where supporters have launched a long-shot bid to become the tipping point state, despite opposition from the influential Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Utah is one of several […]
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — A Utah woman is suing Mississippi’s Fair Commission, saying she injured her back when she went airborne on a 40-foot super slide in 2018. The Clarion Ledger reported on Saturday that Lindsay Casperson filed the lawsuit against the Fair Commission and North American Midway Entertainment last month […]
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah (AP) — A 25-year-old Army helicopter pilot killed in a crash in Afghanistan will be buried Monday at Brigham City Cemetery in northern Utah. Officials said CW2 Kirk Fuchigami Jr. was one of two Army pilots killed in the Nov. 20 crash while providing security for ground troops […]
MT. PLEASANT, Utah (AP) — A man who was target shooting when a 9-year-old boy was wounded by a bullet that hit a SUV traveling on a Utah highway has been charged with felony discharge of a firearm and misdemeanor reckless endangerment. Santpete County Attorney Kevin Daniels said the man […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An imperiled fish found only in Utah Lake is starting to make a recovery after 18 years. The Deseret News reports the June sucker increased in population from only 300 to 2,000 at last count, prompting the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to propose changing […]
On Dec. 6 President Adams and Speaker Wilson released a statement on the tax reform effort. They stated that they support the Governor’s request to raise the planned tax cut form $80 million to $160 million. In the statement they said “we want to commend dedication Utahns, businesses and policymakers […]
Building new high schools along the Wasatch Front could soon exceed $145 million, an increase of nearly 50% in recent years. The Deseret News reports the steep rise is due to several factors, including escalating costs for materials driven in part by tariffs affecting the price of steel and aluminum. The […]
