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The Capitol in Salt Lake City as seen from the air, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022.

AM Brief: #StandWithUkraine rally, Utah housing crisis obstacles & Hill AFB fighters to Romania

The latest Utah news for Monday morning, Feb. 28, 2022.

Who holds the cards when it comes to government power in Utah? Salt Lake Tribune Columnist Robert Gehrke has some thoughts.

Top Utah lawmakers recommend $24 billion budget. Here’s what’s in it.

The fiscal year 2023 budget makes big investments in education, infrastructure, and water preservation.

The brine shrimp is now Utah’s official state crustacean. This is one of many things the Legislature took on in its second-to-the-last week of general session.

Week 6 Legislative Recap: Election security, education funding and brine shrimp

The legislative session is in its final stretch, with just one week left. This is the time when lawmakers vote on a ton of the session's most important and most controversial bills.

Notes from KUER's listening tour: "'Deserves' is a good word."

At the third listening tour event, panelists and leaders began to correlate coverages ideas that have been percolating.

Entrance to the Wasatch Unit at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Draper, Utah.

Utah eases correction officer age limit to 19 to tackle labor shortage

Lawmakers moved quickly this year to pass a bill that lowers the minimum age for correctional officers. The minimum age for police officers is still 21.