SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah legislative leaders are considering spending up to $1 million on efforts to promote participation in the census next year. Republican Senate Majority Leader Evan Vickers told the Deseret News that legislative leaders met Tuesday to discuss 2020 census spending, and the issue was brought up in […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As Utah defends its strict new abortion ban in court, the chief prosecutor overseeing the county with the state’s only two clinics has said he won’t enforce the measure, marking latest example of an official resisting strict anti-abortion measures in states around the country. Democratic […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have agreed to spend $56 million to buy and renovate American Express office buildings to use as a new state office complex that could house up to 1,500 employees. The Legislature’s Executive Appropriations Committee voted unanimously Tuesday to fund the purchase of the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Starting Tuesday, people convicted of hate crimes can be subject to harsher punishment, 15-year-olds can no longer be married and the state’s “stand your ground” law will get stronger. Lawmakers passed 574 bills this year, setting a record, and most of those new laws will […]
Lawmakers in several states want to make sure women needing surgery have a chance to say no to a medical student examining them while they’re under anesthesia. Bills introduced in roughly a dozen states this year would require that women undergoing gynecological surgeries give explicit approval to a pelvic exam […]
PHOENIX (AP) — More than a dozen states have moved to declare pornography a public health crisis, raising concerns among some experts who say the label goes too far and carries its own risks. The Arizona Senate approved a resolution this week calling for a systemic effort to prevent exposure […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah has named a venomous lizard with black and yellow bead-like scales as its state reptile. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed a bill into a law last week that adds the Gila monster to the list of state symbols, honoring the lizard among such things […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A measure strengthening Utah’s hate crimes law is being hailed as historic as Gov. Gary Herbert signs it into law. Herbert said at a signing-ceremony Tuesday the law sends a message that “every individual in our society is worthy of dignity, respect and love.” The […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — As Utah rolled out its partial Medicaid expansion Monday, health care advocates said they’re worried the scaled-back version of a voter-approved law will leave thousands of people behind. While they’re glad more people will get coverage, they’re worried about people such as Leonard Bagalwa, a […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Trump administration is approving the first step in Utah lawmakers’ contentious plan for a limited Medicaid expansion. The Friday decision lets the state to start taking applications Monday. It’s expected to cover 70,000 to 90,000 more people, fewer than an expansion approved by voters […]
