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In the last stretch of its current legislative session, Utah passed a bill to create a 6-member Colorado River Authority toadvocate for Utah's interests in water from the Colorado River. The bill faced opposition from environmental groups throughout its journey to law but sailed through the process with little resistance from Utah's elected representatives. The bill passed in the Senate on Wednesday with 24 members in favor, 2 absent and 3 opposed. The three votes against all came from Democratic senators representing the Salt Lake County area: Luz Escamilla, Derek Kitchen and Kathleen Rieb...

Final day at Capitol: Governor says he’ll sign bill lifting statewide mask mandate April 10 Deseret News © Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Rep. Kay J. Christofferson, R-Lehi, speaks on Friday, March 5, 2021, in the House chamber at the Capitol in Salt Lake City for the first time since battling COVID-19. He is on oxygen. SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Spencer Cox says he won’t veto a bill lifting the statewide mask mandate April 10. The Senate on Friday night passed HB294 setting the timetable to lift COVID-19 restrictions, but amended the House-approved measure to end the statew...

Final day at Capitol: Governor says he’ll sign bill lifting statewide mask mandate April 10 Deseret News © Kristin Murphy, Deseret News Rep. Kay J. Christofferson, R-Lehi, speaks on Friday, March 5, 2021, in the House chamber at the Capitol in Salt Lake City for the first time since battling COVID-19. He is on oxygen. SALT LAKE CITY — Gov. Spencer Cox says he won’t veto a bill lifting the statewide mask mandate April 10. The Senate on Friday night passed HB294 setting the timetable to lift COVID-19 restrictions, but amended the House-approved measure to end the statew...

Citizen intiatives and referenda would be harder to get on the Utah ballot under a bill that gained final passage through the Legislature on Thursday.

Legislative session ends as governor praises many ‘good bills’ that passed and many ‘terrible bills’ that didn’t Lawmakers passed more than 500 bills and allocated more than $21 billion. (Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Gov. Spencer Cox steps into the House chamber following Rep. Francis Gibson, R-Mapleton, motion Friday night that the Legislature hear from “Gov. Gary Herbert.” House Speaker Brad Wilson noted that the motion script apparently had the name of the former chief executive, a gaffe that drew laughter from the body. at the Capitol in Salt Lake City on Fri...