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Northbound I-15 has reopened at Layton Parkway after a medical incident caused a closure Monday evening, according to the Utah Department of Transportation.

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah lawmaker wants to allow people experiencing a crisis to sign up for a list that would bar them from buying a gun from a retail store for a limited period of time. Bill sponsor Rep. Steve Eliason, R-Sandy, emphasized HB267 is not a so-called "red-flag law," a type of law that allows close family members to request law enforcement to remove guns from those considered at-risk. He sees the bill instead impacting, for example, someone discharged from the hospital after a suicide attempt. "While they're in a better state of mind, they can say, 'You know what, I'm going to ...

SALT LAKE CITY — One Utah lawmaker wants to provide first responder agencies throughout the state with $1 million to develop or enhance their mental health resources. "We have seen an increase in mental health needs ... but especially for our first responders, we have not seen the expansion in the kinds of programs that are specific to them," bill sponsor Rep. Karen Kwan, D-Murray, told members of the House Health and Human Services Committee on Monday. HB248 would require the Division of Substance Abuse and Mental Health to administer a grant program to provide mental health resources for ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Should elementary children participate in school suicide prevention programs? That question spurred a debate Wednesday as a Utah House committee discussed a bill that would expand suicide prevention resources to younger children amid the mental health crisis. More Utah youth ages 10 to 24 die from suicide than any other cause, bill sponsor Rep. Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, told members of the House Health and Human Services Committee. "It's remarkable to contemplate that a little under 20% of Utah high schoolers have made a plan to commit suicide," he said. "And we're conc...

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah bill that would allow concealed carrying of firearms without a permit prompted debate Friday among some who believe it will promote individuals' safety and others who fear it will prove deadly amid the mental health crisis. "This is not just a left issue or right issue," bill sponsor Rep. Walt Brooks, R-St. George, said. "This is good data that drives good policy. ... The right to carry or protect yourself is a constitutional right." He said studies in some of the 16 states that allow concealed carrying of firearms without a permit have shown no increase in crime. La...