Utah politics

Utah state Sen. Derek Kitchen, D-Salt Lake City, is working on a bill — the CROWN Act — to ban race-based hair discrimination in workplaces and schools.

Presidential and vice-presidential candidates from third parties are speaking with Utah voters this week.

Utah politicians are largely criticizing the violence that took place during a Saturday protest over the in-custody death of George Floyd, a black man in…

State Sen. Dan Hemmert, R-Orem, is planning to sponsor a bill aimed at protecting the privacy of Utahns who use the state’s COVID-19 voluntary contact…

At the beginning of March, before Utah had any confirmed coronavirus cases, Gov. Gary Herbert stood at a podium in the state’s emergency operations center…

Updated 3:56 p.m. MDT 01/08/19:Continuing his focus on education and managing Utah’s growth, Gov. Gary Herbert unveiled a $20 billion budget proposal…

Updated 11:48 a.m. MST 1/3/20Former Utah Republican Party Chair Thomas Wright announced Thursday he is jumping into the increasingly crowded governor’s…

Grand County voters will be asked to approve a new form of government next year, or revert to a three-member commission. The option on the ballot will…

Four decades ago, a movement to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in Utah failed due to opposition from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…

Debate is heating up on how universities should move forward after the NCAA’s recent announcement that college athletes may be paid for the rights to use…

Jon Huntsman Jr. recently returned to Utah after a two-year stint as U.S. ambassador to Russia. Huntsman served as Governor of Utah from 2005 until 2009,…

A new public engagement report by the non-profit planning group Envision Utah said people are concerned about the inland port. Chief among those worries…