SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker has received criticism for comments he made during a committee hearing on a proposed ban to race-based hair discrimination. The Salt Lake Tribune reported that several Black women testified about the harms of race-based grooming policies. Republican state Sen. Derrin Owens told […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Utah House has said about two dozen Utah legislative staffers were placed on the priority list to receive COVID-19 vaccinations ahead of other residents. House Speaker Brad Wilson’s chief of staff Abby Osborne said in a statement on Monday that legislative leaders worked with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Paris Hilton testified about abuse she says she suffered years ago at a boarding school in Utah, as she lobbied Monday for a bill seeking to regulate the state’s troubled teen industry. Hilton testified at a state Senate committee hearing at the Utah Capitol in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah’s Republican House Speaker Brad Wilson says he will support three police reform bills that have been proposed in the state legislature. Wilson said Wednesday he would back laws that would dedicate more training time to de-escalation tactics and methods on how to interact with […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah gun owners would be able to carry concealed weapons without a permit under a bill that passed the state Senate on Friday, leaving one procedural vote before it heads to the desk of a supportive Republican governor. Several other states, including Tennessee, are considering […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Cosmetologists in Utah have protested state legislation aimed at loosening restrictions for certain hairstylists. KSTU-TV reported dozens of people gathered outside the Salt Lake City-County Building with signs opposing the bill they say will create health and safety issues. The state Senate bill would establish […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As the coronavirus pandemic takes a mental toll on young people, more states are considering expanding opportunities for students to take mental health days to try to lessen stigma and reduce youth suicide. Lawmakers in Utah and Arizona have proposed bills that would add mental […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have introduced a bill to repeal almost of all of a recently passed law that requires judges to release people accused of low-level crimes using the least restrictive condition appropriate to their case. KUER-FM reported that Republican state Rep. Mike Schultz is sponsoring […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Republican lawmakers in Utah are pushing several measures targeting abortions. Legislation that would make biological fathers responsible for paying half of the mother’s out-of-pocket pregnancy costs passed a House committee Wednesday. Republican Rep. Brady Brammer says he hopes this “pro-life” legislation increases “the responsibility for […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Two Democratic lawmakers in Utah have proposed a bill that would allow incarcerated women to continue receiving contraceptives, including birth control, while imprisoned in state jails. KUTV-TV reported that bill sponsors Rep. Jen Dailey-Provost and Sen. Luz Escamilla said the legislation would require jails to […]
