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On Tuesday, 404 new Utah laws take effect — revamping UTA, shortening fireworks season, allowing marijuana use for terminally ill, expanding Medicaid
On Tuesday, 404 new Utah laws take effect — revamping UTA, shortening fireworks season, allowing marijuana use for terminally ill, expanding Medicaid
Lee Davidson By Lee Davidson • May 6

Utah Legislature overrides vetoes in balance-of-powers battle with Gov. Gary Herbert

Lee Davidson By Lee Davidson , taylor w. anderson • April 18

Utahns with large families could be paying a lot more in state taxes next year

Bill Dentzer By Bill Dentzer • April 9

After a nearly 7-week ban, legislators waste no time getting back to campaign fundraising — and the top earner might surprise you

Dan Harrie By Dan Harrie , eric baker • April 6

How Greg Hughes got his inland port in just 44 days, at Salt Lake City’s expense

Bill Dentzer By Bill Dentzer • April 3

Utah’s Latino legislators blast plans for Census to ask if respondents are U.S. citizens

Lee Davidson By Lee Davidson • March 30

State Sen. Margaret Dayton resigns for medical reasons, won’t seek re-election

Lee Davidson By Lee Davidson • March 29

Gov. Gary Herbert vetoes bills he sees as tipping balance of power; House Speaker Greg Hughes ‘would hope’ Utah Legislature overrides governor

Dan Harrie By Dan Harrie • March 27

NetSmartz gets state funding to keep running program that teaches Utah students about internet safety

By Madalyn Gunnell • March 26

Utah gets another four dozen new laws — including UTA overhaul — signed Friday by the governor

Dan Harrie By Dan Harrie • March 23

Gov. Herbert signs another 44 bills, including a $1.7M fee break for EnergySolutions

Dan Harrie By Dan Harrie , lee davidson • March 22

Gov. Herbert signs bills to send statue of Martha Hughes Cannon to U.S. Capitol, allow terminally ill ‘right to try’ medical marijuana

Lee Davidson By Lee Davidson • March 21

Gov. Herbert signs 136 more bills — including enabling more toll roads, reducing days for fireworks

Lee Davidson By Lee Davidson • March 20

Gov. Herbert signs 71 more bills — including curbs on panhandling, protection for public breastfeeding

Lee Davidson By Lee Davidson • March 19

New laws to give Utah women easier and less expensive access to birth-control pills and IUDs

Luke Ramseth By Luke Ramseth • March 19

Special UTA buses for legislative session averaged only 5 passengers per trip

Lee Davidson By Lee Davidson • March 16

Governor signs ‘not yet perfect’ bill to create the inland port for international trade in northwest Salt Lake City

Bill Dentzer By Bill Dentzer • March 16

After students walk out, Utah lawmakers say they’ve heard a message, propose meetings and study of ‘rampage violence’

Taylor W. Anderson By Taylor W. Anderson • March 15

Utah Senate President Wayne Niederhauser decides not to seek re-election

Lee Davidson By Lee Davidson • March 14

Utah governor signs billboard-friendly legislation

By Eric Baker , dan harrie • March 14

San Juan County Commissioner Phil Lyman seeks to replace outgoing Rep. Mike Noel, says ‘rural Utah is under attack’

Taylor W. Anderson By Taylor W. Anderson • March 13

Salt Lake City lobbies for veto on state-run trade hub, but governor still says he’ll approve it

Bill Dentzer By Bill Dentzer • March 12

Sen. Howard Stephenson joins exit line now 20 members long from the Utah Legislature

Taylor W. Anderson By Taylor W. Anderson • March 12

How simmering conflicts over canyon land, the Mountain Accord and Facebook erupted into Utah’s latest water war

Emma Penrod By Emma Penrod • March 12

Lawmakers cut business taxes, lowered the income tax rate and staved off a ballot measure with a single bill. Here are the tax changes from the 2018 legislative session.

Taylor W. Anderson By Taylor W. Anderson • March 11