Since 2020, Utah County has been a virtual wedding destination after it launched its online marriage portal during the COVID-19 pandemic, allowing couples to get hitched remotely. On Thursday, legislation creating statewide guidelines and restrictions on virtual weddings passed through a ...
Lawmakers are wasting no time prioritizing what will likely be two of the more controversial bills of the legislative session. On Wednesday, Equal Opportunity Initiatives, or HB261, is set to go in front of the House Education Committee. Sponsored by Rep. Katy Hall, R-South Ogden, in the ...
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Utah lawmakers launched into their 2024 general session on Tuesday with leaders at the helm of the state’s Republican supermajority promising to address what they described as Utah’s biggest issues: energy, housing, water, education and more. Legislative leaders also acknowledged there ...
A proposed Utah House resolution to ask voters to amend the Utah Constitution to bar undocumented immigrant children from the state’s public schools was released by accident and should have never seen the light of day, according to the bill’s sponsor. The original version of a proposed ...
OGDEN — A familiar face that has served Ogden for nearly 40 years has called it a career. Last week marked the final days on the job for Ogden Public Services Director Jay Lowder before retiring. Lowder, who held the public services director job for 14 years, actually began serving the city ...
State officials are asking the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reconsider its December disaster declaration after several counties impacted by last year's flooding were not included. Eli Johnson, Weber County emergency management coordinator, told the Standard-Examiner on Wednesday that ...
More details are coming to light about Utah Republican lawmakers’ efforts to restrict diversity, equity and inclusion practices. A newly filed bill in the Utah Legislature is expected to change the mission of diversity, equity and inclusion offices in public universities to make their ...
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox has asked state educators and community leaders to remove cellphones from the classroom by creating "a collaborative and cohesive (local education agency)-wide policy framework." The governor's office sent letters making the request to the Utah State Board of Education, ...
OGDEN — A major municipal position is being vacated as Ogden City staff members begin to tackle the new year. In a press release sent Friday afternoon, it was announced that city officials have accepted the resignation of Community & Economic Development Director Brandon ...
