SALT LAKE CITY — U.S. officials have dropped plans to sell energy leases in a popular Utah recreational area that's renowned for its mountain biking trails.
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah lawmakers have advanced a bill that would cap copays at $100 a month for insulin, decreasing the cost of the medicine for diabetes patients and their families.
The Deseret News reported Thursday that the House Health and Human Services Committee unan
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers have voted to put new regulations on pornography and remove some on polygamy in separate proposals moving quickly through the Legislature.
Senators voted Tuesday to remove the threat of jail time for consenting adult po
Women in Utah became the first in America to vote under an equal suffrage law on Feb. 14, 1870. There are celebrations, but it means confronting the state's uncomfortable polygamy history, too.
"Vigorous enforcement of the law during the mid-twentieth century did not deter the practice of plural marriage," Sen. Deidre Henderson said. She said it's time to end secrecy around the practice.
More than two years after Trump dramatically shrank the protected land in Utah, the Bureau of Land Management released the framework for the move, despite continuing challenges to its legality.
A Utah lawmaker has unveiled a proposal to require pornography to carry warning labels or be subject to a $2,500 penalty, though an adult-entertainment industry group warned the idea would violate the First Amendment.
Utah's medical marijuana program is expected to launch on schedule in a few weeks, though it's likely to start small.
Health officials said Wednesday that one or two dispensaries will open in early March, when people can begin getting patient cards that will allow them to
A referendum question on a tax overhaul package in the Utah Legislature will not be put to voters in November because state lawmakers have removed reforms that prompted opposition.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports a vote by state lawmakers Tuesday scrapped what had been a div
Utah leaders have repealed a tax reform package that came under widespread criticism.
The Deseret News reports that the state Legislature's vote came Tuesday after a report from state elections officials that enough voter signatures had been verified to put a citizens refe
A host of medical experts has rejected the practice — aimed at changing a patient's sexual orientation — as "futile and destructive." In Utah, the ban took effect with a regulatory change Tuesday.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Officials say more than 1,100 public comments were submitted for the proposed Lake Powell Pipeline designed to pump water to two southern Utah counties.
Two rallies calling on Utah senators to push for an impartial impeachment trial for President Donald Trump have drawn a combined total of over 100 people.
The demonstrators from a coalition of progressive groups gathered outside the federal building in Salt Lake City in th
Utah Gov. Gary Herbert announced he’s recommending close to $4.9 billion for public education in the upcoming budget.
In announcing the plan, Herbert said he expects the 2020 Legislature to provide “robust” funding for schools even though recent tax reform slashed a key revenue source.
A new study says Utah's number of drug overdose suicides has potentially been underreported by 33%.
The Provo Daily Herald reports the study published in the journal Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior came to the conclusion after looking at 2,665 overdose deaths that oc
Wildlife officials are warning people against keeping wild animals as pets after a 5-year-old boy from Uintah County was badly scratched by his family's pet raccoon.
The Deseret News reports Thursday that the boy had to undergo surgery as a result of the scratches he suffe
Utah governor Gary Herbert has signed a sweeping overhaul of the state's tax system that lowers income tax while increasing taxes on food, fuel and several services.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports the Republican Herbert defended the bill that cuts taxes by a net total of $1
