Legislature

Less than 10% of Republican voters participated in the Super Tuesday presidential preference poll. Lawmakers were slated to hear what went wrong before they voted to nix it from the agenda.

The latest Utah news from Wednesday evening, December 16, 2020.

A proposal, passed in a legislative committee meeting Wednesday, would give teachers and school staff one-time bonuses. However, it would leave out Salt Lake City teachers if the district does not offer in-person classes by Jan. 19.

Utah lawmakers are expected to take up tax reform in a special session Thursday after a state task force approved legislation late last night aimed at…

In a show of holiday bipartisanship, Santa Claus and the Grinch came together Friday with a message to Utah lawmakers: Don’t hold a special session on tax…

After Utah lawmakers approved a bill in 2017 that gave more money to the state’s crime lab to process sexual assault kits, the head of that lab estimated…

Medical marijuana for the terminally ill, over-the-counter birth control and legal protection to breastfeed in public. Those are just a few of over 400…

An environmental group is raising new concerns about efforts to get the Bears Ears National Monument scrapped.The Western Values Project says it’s…

State lawmakers rolled out nearly two dozen bills and funding requests Thursday that focus on air quality.This session’s efforts come the year after the…

The Salt Lake City Prosecutor has charged the 13 gay rights activists arrested at the State Capitol earlier this year with disrupting the legislative…

Local leaders and Utah lawmakers representing rural areas of the state gathered at the State Capitol today for the legislatures annual Rural Day to…

Schools across Utah for the first time have been issued a single letter grade for their performance. According to the results of a new school grading…