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11/16/2024

Western wildfire survivors are calling on Congress to stop playing political football with a bill that would relieve them of federal income taxes on recovery settlements and lawyers fees.

To press their point, they’ve sponsored billboards this month in Idaho and Oregon that directly appeal to the two leaders of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee.

Read more from Oregon Capital Chronicle

Wildfire survivors are calling on Congress to pass a bill that would relieve federal income taxes on recovery settlements and lawyers fees.

11/15/2024

A measure to ensure the federal student aid form opens up annually by Oct. 1 has passed the U.S. House with overwhelming bipartisan support, including from Utah's representatives.

Rep. Burgess Owens said the bill will bring predictability and transparency to the FAFSA form release.

A measure to ensure the FAFSA student aid form opens up annually by Oct. 1 passed the U.S. House with overwhelming bipartisan support.

11/15/2024

A dozen plaintiffs — including a Utah State University volleyball player — are taking an ongoing transgender athletics dispute to a federal court.

Read more from Idaho Education News

A dozen plaintiffs, including one from Utah, are taking an ongoing transgender athletics dispute to a federal court.

11/15/2024

Before new lawmakers are sworn in, advocates are hoping the House will vote on a bill that passed the Senate earlier this year to expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act, or RECA, which offers payments to people sickened by nuclear weapons testing.

Advocates from Utah and around the country are urging the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a Senate bill to revive RECA.

11/14/2024

Though there were more of them on Utah's ballot this year than ever before, not a single independent candidate gained enough traction to win.

Will the independent movement fizzle — or grow?

No unaffiliated or third-party candidates gained enough traction to succeed over their Republican opponents in Utah this election cycle.

11/14/2024

For years, Washington County and the state have advocated for the Northern Corridor, a highway that would have cut through part of the Red Cliffs National Conservation Area.

Now, the Bureau of Land Management is recommending a different option, angering state leaders.

The Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are recommending a different alternative to the Northern Corridor highway.

11/14/2024

Salt Lake City may have a limited say on the plans to build an MLB stadium on the west side. However, the city is seeking ways to insert community benefits to agreements with Larry H. Miller Company. Here is what has happened so far.

Salt Lake City is working with the Larry H. Miller Company to potentially agree to include public benefits in their MLB stadium proposal.

11/13/2024

Despite more Latino men shifting more Republican, a majority continued to vote Democratic in 2024, new findings from the 2024 American Electorate Voter Poll show.

Despite more Latino men shifting more Republican, a majority continued to vote Democratic in 2024, new polling shows.

11/13/2024

As Utah's new Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy tracks the ways that businesses are developing and adopting AI in their work, mental health concerns have taken a big chunk of interest.

That includes questions of data privacy, liability law, health care, education and misinformation.

Utah's Office of Artificial Intelligence Policy, a first of its kind, is seeking to regulate AI in mental health as the technology evolves.

11/13/2024

There were about 12.9 million manufacturing jobs in 2023, slightly more than in 2019, a report found. However, the number of manufacturing jobs has declined precipitously since the all-time peak in 1979.

The largest percentage changes in manufacturing jobs were in Nevada (up 14%), Utah (up 11%), and Arizona and Florida (each up 9%).

Read more from Stateline

A Utah judge on Tuesday denied social media company TikTok's motion to dismiss Utah's lawsuit alleging the platform is harmful to children.

11/13/2024

Utah’s lawsuit against TikTok will move forward after a judge denied the social media company’s motion to dismiss.

The state sued over alleged “addictive features” designed to keep children and teens on the app for as long as possible while downplaying its harm to young people.

A Utah judge on Tuesday denied social media company TikTok's motion to dismiss Utah's lawsuit alleging the platform is harmful to children.

11/12/2024

U.S. House Republican leaders say voters have given them a “mandate” to enact as much conservative policy as possible once they gain unified control of the federal government in January, but declined to provide details about exactly what policies they’d seek to enact.

“The American people want us to implement and deliver that America first agenda,” said Speaker Mike Johnson.

U.S. House Republican leaders say voters have given them a “mandate” to enact as much conservative policy as possible.

11/12/2024

Posing as legitimate massage or bodywork establishments, illicit massage businesses are fronts for prostitution, often engaging in human trafficking, money laundering and tax evasion.

Officials believe more than 100 active, illicit massage businesses are operating in Utah.

According to the Utah Department of Commerce, illicit massage businesses, which are fronts for prostitution, are a growing problem in Utah.

11/12/2024

While some names may be familiar, there was a little restructuring in the Utah Senate Democrats' an all-female group of leaders.

With some races already decided, the Utah Senate Minority elected its leaders for the 2025 session in a caucus meeting.

11/11/2024

Results aren’t official yet, but Salt Lake County voters are on track to reject a $507 million bond that was pitched as a much-needed solution to a jail crisis that has been troubling Utah’s most populous county for years.

Now what will county leaders do?

Salt Lake County voters have likely rejected a $507 million bond that was pitched as a much-needed solution to a longstanding jail crisis.

11/11/2024

Salt Lake City ranked among "most patriotic cities" in the U.S. in a survey that measures support for veterans. But how many of them use the benefits that boosted the city's numbers in the study?

Commemorating Veterans Day, a Utah office that helps veterans access federal programs provides insight on how many use their benefits.

11/11/2024

After four years of now President-elect Donald Trump’s false claims about fraud in the 2020 election, voting in 2024 went smoothly, aside from a few hiccups.

Those who study the election process say they have questions — among them, with Trump heading back to the White House, will faith in American democracy rebound?

Read more from Stateline

Aside from a few hiccups, the U.S. voting process went smoothly in 2024, with few people claimeding widespread voter fraud.

11/10/2024

A federal judge has extended a temporary pause of exploratory drilling as part of a lithium mining project near the Hualapai Tribe’s sacred site after the court found that irreparable harm from drilling is likely.

Read more from Arizona Mirror

A federal judge extended a temporary pause of exploratory drilling as part of a lithium mining project near the Hualapai Tribe’s sacred site.

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