Utah and National Updates

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(Wreckage from the deadly crash in Provo in March 2021, courtesy Provo City Police Department.)...
Paul Nelson

Utah County prosecutors ask for help over deadly officer-involved accident, Summit County to decide if charges are warranted

Utah County prosecutors are asking for assistance in a deadly officer-involved accident in March 2021.
5 years ago
Utah 2022 legislative session...
Curt Gresseth

Blue states joining Red in axing taxes

Traditionally, Red State politicians focus on cutting income taxes and Blue States, sales taxes. A Tax Foundation expert joins Inside Sources to explain that the tax picture in the year ahead for all taxpayers (Red, Blue and Purple) is looking bright.
5 years ago
Utah schools masks...
Mark Jones

Jennifer Strohecker named as the state’s new Medicaid Director

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced Jennifer Strohecker as the state's new Medicaid Director.
5 years ago
Romney marching,Senator Romney and other Local politicians congratulate Joe Biden...
Mark Jones

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney tests positive for COVID-19

Utah Sen. Mitt Romney has tested positive for COVID-19, according to his office.
5 years ago
Day one of Utah's legislative session is here. For the next 45 days, Utah's capitol hill will be bu...
Martha Harris

Utah lawmakers pass social services base budget of $8 billion

Lawmakers say the Utah social services budget amount is in line with concerns from constituents, particularly disability funding.
5 years ago
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Rachel Metz, CNN Business

The IRS website will soon require facial recognition to log in to your account

The process includes taking a picture of a photo ID, then taking a video selfie so the software can compare the two.
5 years ago
A House panel is endorsing a new Utah law, H.B. 102, which extends resident college tuition rates t...
Eliza Craig

Rep. Teuscher to hold off on curriculum bill, consult more teachers

Rep. Teuscher announced he would hold off on a bill to require teachers to publish all learning material and syllabus online.
5 years ago
state flag...
Eliza Craig

Utah state flag generator allows anyone to create and submit design

Two Utahns created a website so anyone can participate in the process and submit a design for the new Utah state flag. 
5 years ago
Pennsylvania voting...
Marc Levy, AP

Pennsylvania court strikes down expansive mail-in voting law

A statewide court on Friday declared that Pennsylvania’s expansive two-year-old mail-in voting law is unconstitutional.
5 years ago
governor cox remote...
Lindsay Aerts

‘We can do it in 5 minutes’: Governor Cox will sign bill giving state’s top leaders final say on schools going remote

SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Spencer Cox said he will sign a newly passed bill that lays out how a school can go remote amid omicron. Cox spoke exclusively to KSL NewsRadio, detailing that he will sign H.B. 183, which also suspends the test-to-stay program in Utah’s schools. The bill requires that the state’s four […]
5 years ago
trans athlete bill...
Lindsay Aerts

Latest version of bill allows trans athletes to compete in their gender’s sports

Advocates have been in talks with the sponsors of the bill that banned Utah's trans athletes from playing in their gender's sports.
5 years ago
(Utah State Capitol.  Photo: Paul Nelson)...
Paul Nelson

Bill aimed to ‘save’ Great Salt Lake to be introduced this legislative session

On Utah's Capitol Hill, a bill is being drafted that would put more water into the Great Salt Lake. However, it could impact water bills in some areas.
5 years ago
Utah 2022 legislative session...
Ladd Egan and Lindsay Aerts

‘Serious constitutional questions:’ Democrats take issue with process that immediately ended mask mandates

Utah Democrats in the House of Representatives are questioning if legislation to overturn mask mandates should have taken effect right away.
5 years ago
UTA free fares...
Eliza Craig

Free fares across entire UTA system for the month of February

Salt Lake City's Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced that next month is Free Fare February. All public transit services will be offered for free.
5 years ago
ranked-choice bill...
Eliza Craig

Ranked-choice voting bill enters legislature amid election doubt

Two lawmakers are sponsoring a bill to expand ranked-choice voting in local and state elections in the Beehive state.
5 years ago
Native American regalia...
Dan Bammes

Bill protecting the right of Native American students to wear traditional regalia at graduation moving through Utah legislature

A bill to protect the right of Native American students to wear traditional tribal regalia at graduation passed a vote in the state Senate.
5 years ago
(Members of the Utah Inland Port Authority at a roundtable discussion about the country's supply ch...
Paul Nelson

Inland Port Authority brainstorms solutions to supply chain problems

The COVID-19 pandemic has completely changed how international shipping companies do business, and American companies need to make supply chain adjustments.
5 years ago
biden's first year...
Curt Gresseth

Biden’s first year in White House? Utah Reps. Owens and Moore weigh in

Both said Mr. Biden's first year ranked poorly because of inflation, the US-Mexico border and the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
5 years ago
immigrants jobs...
Dan Bammes, Adam Small

Utah attorney says immigrants could fill many vacant jobs

An attorney who represents immigrant workers says they could fill many of the vacant jobs employers are hoping to fill across Utah.
5 years ago
Returnships Utah...
Mark Jones

Lt. Gov. Henderson tests positive for COVID-19

Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday. She is doing well, according to a press release.
5 years ago
FILE - A convoy of Russian armored vehicles moves along a highway in Crimea, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022...
The Associated Press

Britain says Russia seeking to replace Ukraine government

The British government accused Russia of trying to replace the Ukraine governement.
5 years ago
Utah senate minority leader Karen Mayne announced Friday that she has cancer....
Mark Jones

Utah senate minority leader Karen Mayne announces she has cancer

Utah senate minority leader Karen Mayne announced Friday that she has cancer.
5 years ago
overturn mask mandates...
Kira Hoffelmeyer

UPDATED: Utah House overturns Salt Lake, Summit county mask mandates

The Utah House of Representatives has voted to overturn public mask mandates in Salt Lake and Summit counties.
5 years ago
House Minority Whip Luz Escamilla, D-Salt Lake City, Sen. Derek Kitchen, D-Salt Lake City, Sen. Kat...
Jacob Rueda and Simone Seikaly

Utah Democrats lay out their 2022 goals, address Cox’s State of the State

Utah Democrats will focus on air quality, COVID-19, and other issues they say Gov. Cox didn't address on Thursday.
5 years ago