Dozens of bikers who showed up to the Utah State Capitol Wednesday night were asked if they knew someone who was killed or hurt in a distracted driving accident. Almost every hand went up.
Kids might think it’s cool to vape at school, but, lawmakers don’t. They’re brainstorming legislation that would make it so schools can destroy e-cigarettes
Hundreds of students will take their first classes at Lake Mountain Middle School today, about a month after the campus was supposed to open. However, construction at the school is far from over.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah is among nearly two dozen states that are spending millions of dollars to make sure people participate in the 2020 Census. The spending comes amid concerns that undercounting could mean losing critical federal funding or seats in Congress. Utah joined the other states on Monday when its legislature voted […]
Under provisions in the law, the Utah Department of Agriculture and the Utah Department of Health can also recommend that the state license more pharmacies than the original 14 based on market demand.
The Salt Lake County Republican Party has elected Steve Christiansen to replace Ken Ivory, who resigned from the Legislature to join the private sector.
Christiansen will represent District 47.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers are expected to meet Monday night to consider changes to the state’s medical marijuana law, an issue that has faced fierce criticism from people on both sides of the debate. The proposed changes include scrapping plans for an unusual state-run dispensary system and adopting protections for patients who […]
Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance has subpoenaed President Donald Trump's tax returns. A subpoena to the accounting firm Mazars USA seeking eight years of Trump's personal and business returns.
Results of some UtahPolicy.com and Y2 Analytics polling shows Utah voters support some forms of gun control legislation, including stronger background checks, banning sales of military-type semi-automatic rifles and large-capacity magazines.
Global energy prices spiked on Monday after a weekend attack on key oil facilities in Saudi Arabia caused the worst disruption to world supplies on record, an assault for which President Donald Trump warned that the U.S. was "locked and loaded" to respond.
OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and its owners expressed sympathy but not responsibility for the nation's opioid crisis as the company filed for bankruptcy protection late Sunday night, part of a move to settle some 2,600 lawsuits — most from state and local governments.
A unique solid gold toilet that was part of an art exhibit was stolen early Saturday from a magnificent home in England where British wartime leader Winston Churchill was born.
The White House announced Saturday that Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader, was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan-Pakistan region.
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Russian state news agency Tass cited the Taliban's Qatar-based spokesman Suhail Shaheen as saying the delegation had held consultations with Zamir Kabulov
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah –Doctors at the University of Utah believe they’ve made a breakthrough discovery connected to vaping-related illness. At a press conference on Friday at University of Utah Hospital, doctors explained their discovery of cell characterization in cases of vaping related illness and provided updated numbers on the growing problem. Health officials say […]
People in the hospital made ropes out of bed sheets in an effort to escape the blaze. Four firefighters were hospitalized after battling the overnight blaze.
Deseret News opinion page editor Boyd Matheson, who was in Washington DC during Thursday night's Democratic presidential debate in Houston, says the mood in the nation's capital is not good, and the Texas debate featuring ten 2020 hopefuls is not likely to change that gloomy outlook any time soon.
Utah's medical marijuana licensing process was called into question by a state regulatory appeals board which said the state may have erred in choosing only eight growers for the program set to launch next year.
