Utah Legislature

Pharmacist holding medicine box and capsule packs.

Utah hears a few industry ideas on how to bring prescription drug costs down

Ivana Martinez

During the interim session, the Health and Human Health Services committee heard from insurance companies, health organizations and some drug companies about best practices for reducing drug prices.

Utah Inland Port Authority, first meeting, May 11, 2022

Politics & Government

Newly sworn-in Utah Inland Port Authority board takes on priorities, sustainability

Ivana Martinez

After the state legislature passed a bill that changed the makeup of the Inland Port Authority, new board members meet for the first time.

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Education

Utah allows tribal regalia for graduations. Students from other cultures want to be included

Emily Means

A new law allows students who are enrolled or eligible to be enrolled in Native tribes to wear traditional regalia at high school graduation ceremonies. Some feel that allowance should be expanded to other cultures.

The Supreme Court as composed October 27, 2020 to 2022.

Politics & Government

How Utah’s trigger law will reshape abortion access if Roe v. Wade is overturned

Caroline Ballard

A law passed by the Utah legislature in 2020 would ban most abortions if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade.

The University of Utah sign in front a tree-filled quad.

Race, Religion & Social Justice

Audit finds University of Utah policing issues during McCluskey murder haven’t been fixed

Sonja Hutson

It was found that the University’s housing department delays reporting some campus safety issues to the school’s police department, negatively impacting public safety.