SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s state Senate passed rules this week limiting where the press can go to report in statehouses, marking the latest move by Republican state lawmakers nationwide who are peeling back access to chambers after the pandemic provided new accessibility. Rules governing where journalists can work […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The latest update to Utah’s famously restrictive liquor laws could remove up to half of increasingly popular hard seltzers from grocery store shelves in the state where most lawmakers are members of the alcohol-eschewing Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. At issue are flavorings […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would allow Utah law enforcement to gain access to third-party DNA information to help find criminals is getting a mixed reception at the State Capitol. Ritchie Englehardt of Ancestry.com testified in opposition to House Bill 340 yesterday. Companies like Ancestry.com oppose the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Utah House Speaker Brad Wilson is beginning an effort to help secure more water for the Great Salt Lake. Wilson introduced House Bill 410 yesterday. In addition to trying to secure more water rights, the 40-million dollars set aside in the bill would go toward […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would form a commission to determine if transgender students can play school sports has passed the Utah House. The commission would be appointed by lawmakers and would need a doctor, a university-level athletic trainer, a coach, and a sports physiologist. There are […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Backers of a ballot initiative that would upend Utah’s vote-by-mail system fell well short of the number of signatures needed to qualify for a referendum. Secure The Vote needed close to 138-thousand signatures from voters, but only managed to gather just over 38-hundred. Under the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Kevin Costner wants Utah lawmakers to pass legislation that would give more tax rebates to film productions that shoot in Utah. Costner told the Deseret News this week that he hopes lawmakers pass a proposal to exempt rural productions from an existing cap on the […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would prevent Utah employers from asking for proof of vaccination from current and future employees is a step closer to approval. House Bill 60 was approved by the House Business and Labor Committee yesterday. The bill prohibits companies from asking for proof […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Drivers could face tougher penalties if they are caught driving recklessly. SB 53 from Democratic State Senator Jani Iwamoto would increase the fines for people caught driving above one-hundred miles per hour, and elevates speeding over 105 miles per hour to the crime of reckless […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – A committee in the Utah House narrowly passed a controversial bill that would create a school voucher program for children to attend private schools. HB 331 allows parents to take the money spent for their children in public school to go towards private school tuition, […]
