Hoping it will streamline the implementation of Utah’s 2020 trigger abortion ban should the Utah Supreme Court uphold it, lawmakers are advancing a bill to repeal portions of last year’s legislation that bans abortion clinics. The Utah House last week approved HB560 on a 59-10 vote, ...
OGDEN — The rough-draft plans for the area around Union Station have been presented. This week, their revisions will be presented to the public for the first time. The fourth Union Station Neighborhood Community Conversation is set for Wednesday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Originally set for late ...
With one week remaining in the Utah Legislature’s 2024 general session, legislative leaders at the helm of the Republican majority on Friday unveiled final budget recommendations for the state’s coming fiscal year. The Executive Appropriations Committee (the powerful budgetary body that ...
As water continues to be a focus in the Utah Legislature, Spanish Fork Sen. Mike McKell is seeking to create a new incentive program to encourage water-efficient landscaping for new residential construction. The potential incentive program would allow residential owners or developers of new ...
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox disagree on many issues but they were united Saturday in calling for less bitterness in politics and more bipartisanship. “Politics has gotten too personally bitter," said Biden, who has practiced politics since he was elected to ...
Another bill that could open the door to religion in Utah schools is making its way through the Utah Legislature. The Utah House on Friday voted 56-13 to pass HB514, a bill that would give school districts the option to allow volunteer chaplains in their schools to help provide emotional ...
With several concerned Medicaid advocates sitting behind him in the committee hearing’s audience, Rep. Brady Brammer, R-Pleasant Grove, acknowledged HB463 can be “a bit of a scary bill.” “That’s because it’s meant to be a scary bill in the event of scary circumstances,” Brammer ...
The Utah Legislature has approved a bill expanding on a 2022 law that allows parents to challenge “sensitive materials” in schools, making it easier to prohibit “criminally indecent or pornographic” books statewide if they’re banned in a handful of school districts or charter ...
After 13 Utah schools faced false active-shooter calls last March, Utah lawmakers are working toward combating false reports and strengthening school security. Provo and Spanish Fork high schools were two of the schools that received the hoax calls, leading to lockdowns and a heavy police ...
A conglomerate of bills passing through the Legislature are setting the tone for the future of Utah’s energy strategy. Big pieces are poised to become law, introducing policy that would favor already established resources and approach federal rules and incentives with a skeptical eye. The ...
