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(Francisco Kjolseth | Tribune file photo) Senate President Stuart Adams, R-Layton, drops the gavel for the start of the 2022 legislative session in the Senate chamber at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.

Utah’s Senate president says he ‘dealt with’ concerns about COVID-19 during session, wants to focus on other issues

By Bethany Rodgers | January 27, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox delivers his 2022 State of the State address in the House Chamber of the Utah Capitol, Jan. 20, 2022. The state is spending $500,000 to upgrade security at Cox's home in Fairview.

Why is Utah spending hundreds of thousands for a building and a fence at Gov. Cox’s home in Fairview?

By Bryan Schott | January 27, 2022, 2:35 p.m.

Bill that would lower Utah income tax rate moves forward

Why Utah’s tech sector is mixing business with politics

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The push in the Utah State Legislature to undo local regulations comes as COVID-19 spreads faster than ever in the state.

As omicron rages, Utah lawmakers go after local COVID restrictions

By Kim Bojórquez | January 26, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall gives the State of the City address at City Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022.

Salt Lake City mayor dings Legislature on COVID and homelessness — ‘when the state stepped back, we stepped up’

By Leia Larsen | January 26, 2022, 3:34 p.m.

(Laura Seitz | Deseret News, pool photo) Utah lawmakers passed legislation that brought sweeping changes to how youths are treated in the juvenile justice system two years ago. In this photo, a 16-year-old Utah boy is led into a Davis County courtroom in 2014.

Utah could join a growing number of states to end fines in the juvenile justice system

By Jessica Miller | January 26, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The FrontRunner commuter train leaves the South Jordan Station on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Utah’s U.S. House members released the list of projects they want to earmark funding for. The one all four agreed on was a request for $5 million to expand service on FrontRunner commuter trains.

All UTA fares are free for month of February in effort to improve Utah’s air quality

By Kim Bojórquez | January 26, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

Chris Detrick | The Salt Lake Tribune Assistant U.S. Attorney Trina Higgins speaks outside of the Federal Courthouse in Salt Lake City Tuesday, February 7, 2017.

Utahn Trina Higgins nominated by President Biden to be the next U.S. Attorney for Utah

By Bryan Schott | January 26, 2022, 5:56 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) State Rep. Matthew Gwynn, R-Farr West, working at the Utah Capitol on Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022, is sponsoring a bill, HB51, that would strike a marriage requirement for couples entering a gestational agreement.

House bill that would allow unmarried couples to enter surrogacy agreement advances to Senate

By Kim Bojórquez | January 25, 2022, 11:51 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) U.S. Rep. Burgess Owens fist bumps lobbyist Jeff Hartley at the Capitol Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2022. Owens also met with House and Senate Republicans and Gov. Spencer Cox during the Legislative session.

Burgess Owens snubs Democrats on Utah’s Capitol Hill

By Bryan Schott | January 25, 2022, 8:11 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The start of the 2022 legislative session kicks off at the Utah Capitol in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022.

Utahns worry bill about firefighter workers’ compensation will secretly impose martial law on unvaccinated

By Bryan Schott | January 25, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Sen. Evan Vickers, R-Cedar City, says income tax cuts remain a priority for the 2022 Utah Legislature.

Tax cuts, cost of living increases and money for schools: How the Legislature wants to spend Utah’s extra $1 billion in revenue

By Bryan Schott | January 25, 2022, 12:47 a.m.

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