SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are once again considering getting rid of the death penalty, two years after legislators came close to making the move. The Salt Lake Tribune reported Tuesday that a bill sponsored by Republican state Rep. Gage Froerer of Huntsville would prohibit Utah prosecutors from […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers voted against a bill that would have given police the authority to pull over motorists for using their hands to answer phone calls while driving. The Deseret News reports Democratic State Rep. Carol Spackman Moss presented the “hands-free cellphone bill” Friday to the […]
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The U.S. government says it doesn’t have to release documents involving legal arguments for President Donald Trump’s decision to shrink national monuments because they’re protected presidential communications. The Department of Justice made a more detailed request of a federal judge in Idaho last week to dismiss […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Authorities say a leaping elk brought down a research helicopter trying to capture the animal in the mountains of eastern Utah. Wasatch County authorities say the elk jumped into the chopper’s tail rotor as the craft flew low, trying to capture the animal with a […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — A Utah lawmaker has introduced a bill that would create a pilot Utah State University Extension program to help boost employment in rural parts of the state. The Herald Journal reports Republican State Rep. Michael Noel says the legislation — named the “Rural Online Initiative” — […]
The Washington County Republican Party is choosing Travis Seegmiller to join the Utah House of Representatives as a replacement for Jon Stanard. Seegmiller is an attorney and associate professor of law and economics at Dixie State University. He wan an eight-way race Monday to fill the newly-opened position in Utah’s […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers gave initial approval Monday to a proposal that would set aside $2 million to sue California over rules that make coal-fired power more expensive. The proposal from Republican Rep. Mike Noel passed through a subcommittee with only one Democratic lawmaker raising objections. It […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah Supreme Court has overturned the murder conviction of a man found guilty of killing his wife in a moving pickup truck. Komasquin Lopez has long maintained that his wife shot herself, and on Friday the high court tossed out the guilty verdict. The […]
(Kanarraville, UT) — It will now cost five dollars to hike the Kanarraville Falls trail as part of a new permitting system. The Spectrum reports county officials have implemented the system as a way to control the number of people that use the trail. More than 30-thousand people hiked the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A committee of lawmakers in Utah’s House of Representatives signed off Monday on the creation of a new legislative oversight committee that would have broad power to investigate state and local governments, ranging from the governor’s office down to individual schools. The proposal from Republican […]
