Zack Hatch, a district vice president with the Professional Firefighters of Utah, was at the Layton Home Depot on Friday morning helping to gather signatures in a final push for a referendum aimed at overturning House Bill 267 — a new state law that eliminates collective bargaining rights for ...
Since 2021, eligible Utah state employees have worked under a “surge remote work” program Utah lawmakers created that year to require working from home, when possible, on poor air quality days. But that policy is about to end. A little-known bill that repeals it will take effect May ...
OGDEN — The fallout from ongoing cuts to federal employees in the area would only be exacerbated by tariff impacts. This is the assessment of Gavin Roberts, chairman of Weber State University's Department of Economics and associate professor of economics at the school. Roberts spoke with ...
Amid a growing number of wildfires, mostly across Western states, a U.S. Senate bill is aiming to protect areas where communities are most vulnerable to fires, using “good neighbor” agreements, cross-boundary collaboration and the expansion of tools to prevent fire hazards. The bill, ...
OGDEN — Uncertainty abounds for many in the Ogden area — and nationwide — who hold (or held) jobs with the federal government amid sweeping cuts triggered by President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency, or DOGE. In response to past and prospective federal workforce ...
Amid a nationwide wave of student visa cancellations, 20 University of Utah international students and recent graduates had their visas revoked and their records from a federal Student and Exchange Visitor Information System terminated, many without notice. It’s a staggering number, if ...
