Utah Gov. Spencer Cox had a simple message for lawmakers when he announced which bills he’d vetoed: Less is more. Cox vetoed seven bills Thursday, the last day before his midnight deadline to deal with the record 591 bills the 2024 Utah Legislature sent to his desk. The governor told ...
SOUTH OGDEN — A South Ogden man has taken up what has been a hot-button issue in local municipalities — the allowance (or lack thereof) of backyard chickens within his city's boundaries. Brian Smith launched an online petition with the aim of legalizing the keeping of birds like chickens, ...
Is there a single lever Congress can pull to stifle the fentanyl-fueled opioid crisis in the U.S.? That was the theme of Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney’s line of questioning on Wednesday during a Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee meeting. The short answer is ...
OGDEN — Weber County Democrats are getting ready for the 2024 election season with a traditional fundraiser. This year's Orton & McKay Fundraising Dinner, sponsored by the Weber County Democratic Party, is set for April 12 from 6:30-9 p.m. at the Ogden Golf & Country ...
Even though Gov. Spencer Cox and his office initially had their own ideas about what lawmakers should do about Utah’s housing affordability crisis this year, the 2024 Legislative Session ended with a different approach. And the governor said he likes the new plan even more. “I’m ...
Politically speaking, deep blue California and bright red Utah don’t have much in common. But both states have ailing saline lakes that pose a public health risk — California’s Owens Lake and Utah’s Great Salt Lake. And both states are in the throes of a historic drought, making water ...
