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SALT LAKE CITY — After a heated debate on Thursday, the Utah Senate is poised to pass a bill to drop the permit requirement for Utahns to carry a concealed firearm. HB60 co-sponsor Sen. David Hinkins, R-Orangeville, emphasized that the concealed carry permit does not include extensive gun safety training, but simply requires someone to take a three-hour class, submit an application and pay a fee. "But for people that say this somehow qualifies me to carry around my firearm with any sort of tr...

Tanisha McRae: Law should protect race-based hairstyles Individuals should be allowed to represent their cultural heritage without discrimination. (AP Photo/Terry Chea) Charlotte "Peaches" Smith, owner of the Dreadlocks Salon, works on a customers dreadlocks Wednesday, July 3, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. California has become the first state to ban workplace and school discrimination against black people for wearing hairstyles such as braids, twists and locks. By Tanisha McRae | Special to The Tri...

Utah legislators are trying to improve voter confidence and seek a major change for presidential elections, with the winner simply determined by popular vote.

| Updated: Jan. 27, 2021, 12:55 a.m. A Democratic state lawmaker is launching an impeachment probe targeting Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes over his ties to a GOP attorneys general association — an organization that encouraged people to rally at the U.S. Capitol ahead of the Jan. 6 insurrection attempt. Rep. Andrew Stoddard is moving forward with the effort to impeach Reyes because of the attorney general’s “work to undermine our election process and results, and his regular failure to...

SB107 would require the State School Board to reallocate a portion of a per-pupil funding from a school district that does not provide a broad-based in-person learning option for all students in kindergarten through grade 12 by Feb. 8.

Utah lawmakers are threatening to reduce student funding for Salt Lake City School District if it doesn't reopen in person next month, as it has promised to do.

Utah school districts could lose $ if they don’t offer ‘broad-based in-person learning’ Marjorie Cortez © Steve Griffin, Deseret News Salt Lake City School District students of all ages rally in favor of attending school in person outside of East High School in Salt Lake City on Monday, Dec. 7, 2020. SALT LAKE CITY — Republican Sen. Todd Weiler says he is “thrilled” the Salt Lake City Board of Education voted to resume in-person learning in its middle and high sch...

Because of the pandemic, Utahns can now participate in Legislative committee meetings virtually. The pandemic and worries over violent protest have dramatically changed the setup of Utah lawmakers’ annual 45-day General Session. Lawmakers are being tested regularly for COVID-19; plexiglass dividers have been installed between desks on the House floor and masks are required throughout the Capitol. Because of security concerns, the building is currently closed to the public, but journalists wit...

SALT LAKE CITY -- Religious leaders, local nonprofits and lawmakers are urging the Utah Legislature to restore funding for affordable housing to pre-pandemic levels or higher, in an effort to end homelessness among children. Among families with kids, more than 15,000 Utahns have received homeless services since 2017, according to a report from the Crossroads Urban Center. In the last 11 years, there are 220,000 more households in Utah, but the state has seen only about 185,000 more housing uni...

Utah has been actively courting the tech industry.