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Deseret News Funding is ‘the most money that housing has ever received,’ director says Share this story Kristin Murphy, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Amid an ongoing housing crisis as the Beehive State’s population continues to grow, the Utah Legislature set aside $35 million for affordable housing projects this year, drawing gratitude from advocates. “This is the most money that housing has ever received. Homelessness has received lots of funding in terms of building infrastructure that they need to support homelessness, but we also need to invest in the infrastructure of housing ...

A bill that seeks to rename Dixie State University passed through the Utah House Wednesday and is on its way to the governor's desk.

| Updated: 1:32 a.m. Utah legislative leaders said the process of setting next year’s $21.7 billion budget was one of the easiest they’ve ever experienced. Having more than $1.5 billion in extra money to spend can help clear any roadblocks that pop up. “This is probably the smoothest budgeting process I’ve seen in my nearly decade of doing budget negotiations with the Senate,” House Speaker Brad Wilson, R-Kaysville, told reporters Friday. Last year, the unfolding coronavirus pandemic forced legislators to cut nearly $1 billion from the budget they had approved just a few months ear...

Scott G Winterton, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Senate is poised to pass a bill to prevent voters from switching party affiliation in the months before primary elections after frustration over alleged “party raiding” during last year’s election. HB197 co-sponsor Sen. Curt Bramble, R-Provo, noted that over 79,000 Utahns switched their party affiliation to vote in the 2020 Republican primary. The bill would have originally blocked Utah voters from changing their party affiliation from Jan. 1 of a primary election year all the way up until the primary. But the bill was modifie...

Separately, a bill that would clarify the use of nicknames on the ballot failed. (Trent Nelson | Tribune file photo) Ballots are sorted at the Salt Lake County offices in Salt Lake City on Nov. 4, 2020. Utah state senators voted Thursday to make it harder for voters to switch parties.   | Feb. 26, 2021, 12:33 a.m. The bill, which passed with a 19-6 vote, would prevent affiliation changes after March 31 in an election year. If a voter modified their registration after that date, it would not go into effect until after the primary election in June. The effort comes after tens of thousands ...