SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Hundreds of new Utah laws are going into effect governing alcohol signs, medical marijuana and first-in-the-nation protections for hands-off parenting. Tuesday is the trigger for most of the more than 500 laws passed by the Utah Legislature this year, 60 days after the end of […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers overruled the Republican governor Wednesday on a pair of issues regarding separation of powers, deepening an intra-party tug-of-war in the overwhelmingly GOP state. By a wide margin, the legislature voted to override vetoes issued by Gov. Gary Herbert in March and pave the […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers will hold a veto override session Wednesday afternoon to try to undo Gov. Gary Herbert’s rejection of two bills expanding their powers. The Republican governor in March vetoed a bill that would force the attorney general to release legal opinions requested by lawmakers […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers will call themselves into a special session to override Gov. Gary Herbert’s vetoes of two bills the governor said went too far in expanding the Legislature’s powers. Legislative leaders announced Wednesday that more than two-thirds of the House and Senate favor an override. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — State lawmakers across the country have been forced out of office, stripped of leadership posts or chastised after sexual misconduct allegations since last year, and Utah wasn’t immune. Republican Rep. Jon Stanard of St. George resigned in February, days before allegations surfaced that he met […]
