Proposal would step up Utah’s game on teleworking during bad air days
Pedestrians cross 300 West in Salt Lake City with smog visible in the background in 2015. A bill working its way through the state Capitol would step up Utah’s game on teleworking during bad air days. | Ravell Call, Deseret News Unhealthy pollution, bad weather could mean work from...
Flu, RSV cases ‘practically zero’ across country: But should masks take all the credit?
Utah National Guard Master Sgt. Jaime Phair administers a COVID-19 rapid test at the Fairpark in Salt Lake City on Saturday, Jan. 23, 2021. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News Utah reports 338 new COVID-19 cases, 1 new death SALT LAKE CITY — Both RSV and the flu are nearly...
Utah legislative leaders announce $100 million tax cut package
The Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured in 2020. Lawmakers announced Monday their plans to reduce taxes for a targeted section of Utahns as they work to finalize budgets with two weeks left in the legislative session. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Utah legislative...
What Sen. Mike Lee asked President Biden’s pick for attorney general in Senate hearing
Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, speaks during a confirmation hearing for Judge Merrick Garland, nominee to be attorney general, before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021 on Capitol Hill in Washington. | Drew Angerer, Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Five years ago, Sen. Mike Lee joined...
Poll: Utahns want lawmakers to spend extra cash on education, income tax cut
The Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — Most Utahns want this year’s extra revenue in the state’s coffers to be pumped into education, while an across-the-board income tax cut comes in as a close...
Utahn biological fathers are financially responsible for the pregnancy
The Capitol in Salt Lake City is pictured on Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. | Spenser Heaps, Deseret News SALT LAKE CITY — If paternity can be verified, biological fathers may be on the hook if the biological mother seeks payment for the medical costs associated with pregnancy and delivery...
Effort to let political parties drop signature gathering to qualify for primary returns to Capitol
Then-Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox, left, former Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes, former Utah GOP Chairman Thomas Wright and former Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. appear at a forum for Republican primary gubernatorial candidates in Salt Lake City last May. A new bill before the state Legislature takes aim at political...
Utahns rate Biden’s first month in office about the same as Trump’s last month in new poll
President Joe Biden participates in a virtual event with the Munich Security Conference in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in Washington. | Patrick Semansky, Associated Press Utahns see President Joe Biden’s first month in the White House no worse than former President Donald...
New poll shows fewer Utahns saying ‘no’ to getting vaccinated
Andrea Culp, left, gives George Conover, of Sandy, a COVID-19 vaccination at the Mountain America Exposition Center in Sandy on Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021. | Laura Seitz, Deseret News Vast majority of Utahns think distribution of doses is fair SALT LAKE CITY — Just 12% of Utahns insist they’re...
Prosecutors defend Utah bail reform as lawmakers eye changes
Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill answers questions during a press briefing at the district attorney’s office building in Salt Lake City on Friday, Dec. 4, 2020. Gill says Utah’s 2020 bail reform has changed things for the better in the state’s most populous county. | Steve Griffin,...