(Salt Lake City, UT) — A court hearing is scheduled today in Salt Lake City over a state district court judge’s ruling blocking Utah’s trigger law banning abortion from taking effect. Judge Andrew Stone blocked the law from going into effect on June 27th to allow time to hear a […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A Utah judge is fast-tracking a lawsuit seeking to block the state’s transgender sports ban. The Third District Court judge set a series of deadlines yesterday for the submission of depositions and motions. The judge expects to hold two key hearings in August. One hearing […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The American Civil Liberties Union and Planned Parenthood of Utah are suing the state in an attempt to block its abortion trigger law. The law went into effect on Friday after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, and bans abortion at any […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A judge dismissed a defamation lawsuit filed against Governor Spencer Cox, various state and county leaders and the Salt Lake Tribune. Former Salt Lake County GOP communications director David Robinson was accused last year of creating a toxic work environment and harassment. Robinson alleged that […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Two Utah families are suing the state over a transgender sports ban passed by the state legislature. The lawsuit was filed in state district court in Salt Lake City yesterday. The families claim the ban violates multiple sections of the state constitution. They also say […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Attorneys for the Utah Legislature are responding to a lawsuit claiming the state’s new congressional district map is an unconstitutional gerrymander. In a motion to dismiss, lawyers argue claims over gerrymandering are nothing more than a “political disagreement” and impact to a political party is […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Governor Spencer Cox will veto a bill passed by the Legislature that would ban transgender kids from participating in organized school sports. During his monthly press conference, Cox explained that he was pushing for a compromise bill during the general session until that plan was […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two voting-rights groups sued the state of Utah Thursday, seeking to block new redistricting maps they say unfairly solidify one-party GOP control and ignore a voter-approved independent commission. The League of Women Voters and Mormon Women for Ethical Government say the Republican-controlled Legislature swept aside […]
(Utah County, UT) – The family of a BYU student who was killed in a crash involving a Utah County Sheriff’s deputy filed a lawsuit. Twenty-two-year-old Joseph Spencer was killed in December as he was pulling out of a parking lot in Provo. The family claims the deputy in question […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — James Huntsman is persisting in his argument that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints used donations the church solicited for charity for commercial purposes. Huntsman, a member of one of Utah’s most prominent families, is asking the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of […]
