(Salt Lake City, UT) — A bill that would require Utah’s public schools to stock feminine hygiene products in some restrooms is moving forward in the legislature. The House Education Committee unanimously approved House Bill 162 yesterday. The bill would require elementary, middle and high schools in the state to […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The Utah Senate plans to seek a small cut in the state income tax rate. Senate Republicans announced yesterday that they will work to cut the tax rate from four-point-nine-five to four-point-eight-five-percent before the end of this year’s regular session. Some senators had expressed support […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – Legislation that would suspend the Test-to-Stay COVID-19 program at Utah schools is on the desk of Governor Spencer Cox. Republican House lawmakers gave final approval for HB 183 along party lines. Under the changes, schools can only move to remote learning after appealing to their […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A panel of lawmakers has advanced a bill that aims to give domestic violence survivors more options for protecting their pets. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that the proposal from Rep. Angela Romero that would allow survivors to include their pets on court-issued protective orders. […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Democrats and Republicans are giving positive reviews to the governor’s State of the State speech. In a tweet, Senate President J. Stuart Adams agreed with the governor that Utah is the hope of America and pledged to work with the Cox Administration on issues like […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called for keeping children in school during the coronavirus pandemic, warned against making voting more difficult and lamented destructive political divisions during his State of the State address Thursday. The Republican governor said that he sees some hope that a punishing […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) – The Utah House is passing legislation to suspend Utah’s Test-to-Stay program for schools. In the program, schools that saw a certain number of COVID-19 cases among students were required to test everyone in order to keep in-person learning. Republicans and some health officials have said […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — The president of the state Senate is getting mixed results from COVID-19 tests he took on the first day of the new session. Republican Senator J. Stuart Adams tested positive for the virus last week after he began showing symptoms related to COVID-19. He isolated […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — State lawmakers are moving quickly to overturn mask mandates currently in force in two Utah counties. State senators voted 22-5 in favor of a resolution that would knock down the mask orders in place in Salt Lake and Summit counties. The five no votes came […]
(Salt Lake City, UT) — Republican lawmakers will try to limit the powers that a Utah mayor can exercise during a pandemic. A bill unveiled yesterday would prevent the chief executive of any municipality from using emergency powers to respond to a public health emergency. The bill is seen as […]
