Mark Shurtleff

SALT LAKE CITY — A federal judge has ruled there’s sufficient evidence to allow a polygamous family made famous by a reality TV show to pursue a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Utah’s bigamy law.

SALT LAKE CITY -- As more states consider stronger immigration laws, political, business and religious leaders from throughout the West examined the economic impact of enforcement measures and guest-worker programs during a summit Wednesday in Salt Lake City.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff is once again seeking antitrust law firms to join a potential federal lawsuit aimed at disbanding the BCS.

Shurtleff says he has begun the process of selecting a legal team to investigate and possibly sue the Bowl Championship Series.

He says there are "serious antitrust violations" in the BCS system, which is used to crown a national champion in college football. He sought similar proposals from law firms in April, accusing the BCS of being an illegal monopoly.

SALT LAKE CITY  -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff says he is free of cancer after more than five months of chemotherapy treatment.

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Utah Attorney General's Office formally announced Thursday morning it is appealing the Debra Brown case after all, saying an Ogden judge was wrong to free her after her conviction for a 1993 murder.

DENVER -- Utah won national attention earlier this year for promoting a gentler approach to immigration when it passed a law essentially allowing illegal immigrants to remain in the state if they work and don't commit crimes.

Yet on Tuesday, the American Civil Liberties Union and the National Immigration Law Center filed a federal lawsuit to stop the implementation next week of another Utah immigration law, one modeled on a controversial Arizona law that enlists local police to help root out illegal immigrants.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff met with two assistant attorneys general Monday in Washington in a continued an effort to stave off litigation from the U.S. Justice Department over the state's recently passed immigration reform package.

Whether a lawsuit will be filed against the state remains to be seen, Shurtleff said. While meeting with Assistant Attorney General Tony West for the civil division and Assistant Attorney General Tom Perez of the civil rights division, Justice officials "made no threats and made no promises," he said.