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Vice President Joe Biden Visiting Huntsman Cancer Center

Feb 26, 2016

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden is set to visit the Huntsman Cancer Institute on Friday as part of the White House's cancer "moonshot," an ambitious effort to double the rate of progress toward curing cancer and ramp up federally funded research on the disease.

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Utah Lawmaker: Teens Bullied Over Support For E-Cig Tax Bill

Feb 25, 2016

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah lawmaker says high school students supporting his proposal for an e-cigarette tax have been receiving threats.

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Utah Lawmakers Reject Effort To Expand Sex Education

Feb 24, 2016

Utah lawmakers have rejected a Democratic legislator's effort to expand sex education in public schools.

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Mormon Church Eases Stance On Utah Medical Marijuana Proposal

Feb 23, 2016

The Mormon church eased its opposition to a broad medical marijuana plan that Utah legislators are expected to debate Monday.

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said in a statement Monday that restrictions added to the proposal last week substantially improved it.

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Herbert Doesn't Have Issues With Proposed Utah Fetal Anesthesia Bill

Feb 18, 2016

Gov. Gary Herbert says he has no problem with the general concept of a Utah lawmaker's proposal to require doctors to administer anesthesia to a fetus before an abortion based on the premise that the fetus can feel pain.

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Utah Senator Proposes Fetal Anesthesia Law

Feb 17, 2016

A Utah senator is working on legislation that would require doctors to administer anesthesia to a fetus before an abortion based on the premise that the fetus can feel pain.

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BLM Settles Utah Horse Round-Up Lawsuit

Feb 16, 2016

The Bureau of Land Management has settled a lawsuit over wild horse management brought by Utah trust-lands officials.

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St. George Apartment Fire Forces DSU Students To Evacuate

Feb 16, 2016

Fire officials say a blaze at a southern Utah apartment complex forced some college students to escape by jumping from the second floor.

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Utah Ballot Initiative Would Expand Medical Marijuana Program

Feb 16, 2016

Advocates who want to see Utah pass a broad medical marijuana program will announce Tuesday that they will try to ask voters to approve the idea.

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Utah To Study Removing Restaurants' Alcohol Barriers

Feb 16, 2016

Utah lawmakers say they need more time to study whether the state should repeal a requirement that some restaurants mix or pour alcoholic drinks behind a barrier out of public view.

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Utah Lawmaker Tries To Ban Death Penalty

Feb 16, 2016

Can legislation like this pass in Utah?

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LDS Opposition May Not Scuttle UT Pot Bill, Herbert Says

Feb 12, 2016

Utah's governor says the Mormon church's opposition to a medical marijuana bill may have little impact on the proposal's fate.

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Bus Line Between Zion And St. George Explored

Feb 12, 2016

Officials with Zion National Park say the support the idea of a direct bus line between the park and St. George.

Local leaders have commissioned a feasibility study looking into the possibility of a mass transit line to take riders between St. George and Springdale.

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UT To Explore Electronic Drivers' Licenses

Feb 11, 2016

A Utah lawmaker wants the state to study the feasibility of creating electronic drivers' licenses and come up with recommendations on how to move forward.

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St. George Lawmaker Seeks To Ban Death Penalty In Utah

Feb 11, 2016

A Republican state lawmaker wants Utah to join 19 states and the District of Columbia in abolishing the death penalty, but supporters of the idea acknowledge it's a longshot in the conservative state.

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Feds Serve Warrants At Places Associated With Utah Polygamist Group

Feb 11, 2016

Federal agents are serving search warrants in at several locations connected with a Utah polygamous group.

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UT Debating Lifting Sales Tax On Tampons, Feminine Hygiene Products

Feb 10, 2016

Debate over whether to tax tampons and other feminine hygiene products has made its way to conservative Utah, where a bill is set to be heard by a committee made of only men.

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Utah Sues Government Over Sage Grouse

Feb 05, 2016

Utah has decided to sue the federal government over its new set of rules intended to protect the greater sage grouse — following similar lawsuits lodged by Idaho and nine Nevada counties, ranchers and two mining companies.

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Utah Lawmaker Wants To Revive Ban On Living With Multiple Spiritual Wives

Feb 04, 2016

In the wake of a court decision that de-criminalized polygamy in Utah, a state lawmaker wants to revive the ban on living with multiple so-called spiritual wives.

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Utah Considers Reforming Medical Marijuana Program

Feb 04, 2016

Lawmakers on Thursday will debate two programs that seek to allow more people to use marijuana products to treat medical conditions.

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Changes To Utah's CCW Laws Proposed

Feb 02, 2016

A new bill could make it legal for Utah residents to carry a concealed, loaded gun in public without a permit.

Republican Sen. David Hinkins of Orangeville says he began working on the proposal after seeing other states' success with similar laws.

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UT Dems Want State GOP To Abide By Election Laws

Jan 28, 2016

Utah Democrats have asked a judge to order the state Republican party to comply with election laws or be stripped of its party status.

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UT Planned Parenthood Says Judge Abused Discretion In Funding Case

Jan 28, 2016

The Utah branch of Planned Parenthood says a federal judge abused his discretion when he allowed the governor to cut off funding to the organization after the release of secretly recorded videos showing out-of-state employees discussing fetal tissue from abortions.

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Utah Governor: Medical Pot "Is A Common-Sense Thing"

Jan 22, 2016

Gov. Gary Herbert says allowing people with certain medical conditions to use marijuana "is a common-sense thing."

The Republican governor's comments at his monthly televised news conference on KUED Thursday showed he's more open to a broader medical marijuana law in Utah.

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Circuit Court Questions Need For Utah Polygamy Ban

Jan 22, 2016

Federal appeals judges have asked whether Utah needs a polygamy ban if the law challenged by the family on the TV show "Sister Wives" is used so rarely to prosecute abuses associated with multiple marriages.

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