(Salt Lake City, UT) — Former state senator Derek Kitchen is running to represent Utah’s newly drawn First Congressional District. He announced his candidacy yesterday. Kitchen gained national attention in 2014 when he and his partner sued the state for marriage equality in Kitchen v. Herbert, which legalized same-sex marriage […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A lawmaker wants to change Utah’s state code to protect marriage equality. Democratic State Senator Derek Kitchen plans to push a bill that would change a section of the Utah Code to recognize marriage as a legal union of same-sex couples, as well as a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah lawmaker is proposing a change to state gun laws following a deadly mass shooting in Texas. State Senator Derek Kitchen wants to raise the minimum age for buying a gun from 18 to 21-years-old. Kitchen says anyone who isn’t old enough to buy […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Two state Senate Democrats believe they were removed from committee assignments because of their criticism of Republican colleagues. State Senators Derek Kitchen and Kathleen Riebe learned they had been removed from one of their committees yesterday. Kitchen was taken off the Education Committee and Riebe […]
