Andrew Stoddard

Republican Sen. Mike McKell is considering draft legislation that would make the Utah Attorney General an appointed job rather than an elected one.

After getting scaled back in a House committee last week, the Democrat-led bill has gathered bipartisan support.

Real talk: Utah’s air quality is not great. Especially in the winter. Why so brown, bromine?

Rep. Kera Birkeland hopes the bill “empowers” more survivors to report their assaults to the police.

Instead of taking a big bite out of emissions, Rep. Andrew Stoddard’s bill now focuses on studying the impact bromine has on air quality.

Among other ideas, the Senate passed a resolution on Monday to encourage Utahns to reduce vehicle idling.

Draft legislation to regulate government use of facial recognition software was unveiled and subsequently abandoned Wednesday after some lawmakers worried…