Utah Government News

For the first time Friday, Utahns got to see Ogden's renovated Mormon temple from the inside as The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opened the sacred edifice to five weeks of public viewing.

Pluralsight , a global leader in online training for technology and creative professionals, announced today the official unveiling and ribbon cutting ceremony for its new headquarters at Station Park in Farmington, Utah.

The governor has chosen 14 candidates to appear on the November ballot for seven state school board seats, including all the interested incumbents, his office announced Thursday.

At the Utah State Capitol, a mural of Brigham Young and the first Mormon pioneers brings some color to the building's spartan rotunda.

The State School Board violated Utah law by adopting the Common Core State Standards without substantive input from parents and educators, according to a lawsuit filed Thursday by the Libertas Institute.

We love Utah. We love the mountains and the desert. We love the people. We even love the interesting and unique culture.

The Government Accountability Office has released a report on the problems with the Obamacare rollout that damns the administration for incompetence and wasting money.

The Utah Department of Agriculture and Food strongly advises horse owners throughout the state to protect their animals by vaccinating them against West Nile virus if they haven't already done so.

The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index climbed 6.6 points from June to July to register at 104.9 - the highest level since its inception.

The Zions Bank Utah Consumer Attitude Index climbed 6.6 points from June to July to register at 104.9 - the highest level since its inception.

A new report on skin cancer shows Utah leads the nation in deadly melanoma cases.

A new report published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research says states that have imposed higher cigarette taxes and banned smoking indoors had lower adjusted suicide rates than states with fewer anti-smoking initiatives.

A state senator who co-sponsored the bill legalizing the possession of cannabis extracts to treat children with epilepsy is considering ways to make it easier for Utah parents to get the oils, including potentially making them available at state liquor stores.

Snowbasin owners Earl and Carol Holding cut the ribbon during the opening ceremonies of Snowbasin's new expansion in 1999.

There will be a little Utah culture in the Middle East for Pioneer Day. A couple of Utah Army National guardsmen are making sure they share a bit of the holiday with the soldiers serving near Khandahar, Afghanistan.

Utah health officials concerned about West Nile virus are cautioning that anyone planning to be outdoors to protect themselves from mosquito bites.

Utah soldiers deployed to Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan are planning what they think is the inaugural Pioneer Day celebration there.

Legislative action on Gov. Gary Herbert's proposed alternative to Medicaid expansion could be pushed back until next year as a result of conflicting appeals court rulings on the Affordable Care Act issued Tuesday.

But over the past year, the rate of inflation in Utah's population center remains below the national average , according to the Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index report released Tuesday.

The latest legal fight over the Affordable Care Act takes aim at federal subsidies given to residents of the 36 states, including Utah, that didn't set up their own healthcare marketplaces, A panel of D.C. Circuit judges ruled Tuesday the law only allows federal subsidies to flow through state-created marketplaces, and not to people who bought ... (more)