Utah Government News

Health care reform is a topic that continues to dominate the headlines in Utah and across the U.S. Whether it's a conversation about the recent government shutdown, signing up for health care insurance through the government website or tuning in to the ongoing debate about whether Utah should expand its Medicaid program - health care is the issue ... (more)

Just days after our nation celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Gettysburg Address and our nation's solemn commitment to the proposition that all men are created equal, the state of Utah filed a legal brief arguing that it is within the rights of a state to impose laws creating second-class citizenship for LGBT Americans.

Utahns have always made room for Jell-O on the Thanksgiving table, right next to the turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes.

The bobsleigh and skeleton World Cup is taking place in Utah this weekend, and one of Utah's own has already won gold and set a track record.

It will be spring 2014 before Utahns get a look at new disciplinary guidelines being proposed for teachers who get into trouble.

Citing low demand, high costs - and questioning the benefits, Utah's Southwest Public Department of Health does not stock or recommend Gardasil, the vaccine against HPV, the cancer-causing human papilloma virus.

Believe it or not, Peter Breinholt is not a native Utahn - in fact, he was born in Philadelphia and moved here when he was 10. It just seems the singer-songwriter is a long-standing Utah phenomenon.

Kody Partridge, left, and her partner Laurie Wood leave the Frank E. Moss United States Courthouse Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2013, in Salt Lake City.

Eighty years ago, today - on Dec. 5, 1933 - Utah became the 36th and deciding state to ratify the 21st amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ending prohibition and allowing liquor to flow legally across the country.

Washington County Republican vice chair Willie Billings and I agree on a lot of things.

When she first tried several weeks ago to sign up for health insurance on the federal government's online marketplace, Pam Sheridan was repeatedly kicked off by the glitch-plagued website.

This season, the nonprofit organization expects to see an 18- to 20-percent drop in funds through the Red Kettle Bell Drive, which could result in assisting 17,000 fewer people.

Blue Castle is now the first new nuclear site in the Western U.S. with an approved water source, the single most important asset for deployment of a new nuclear power project.

When I quit writing editorials for The Salt Lake Tribune in 1998, I thought I was through imposing my opinions on Utah.

Volunteers from the bipartisan Count My Vote initiative -- including former Utah first lady Jacalyn Leavitt and her son Michael S. Leavitt -- asked Southern Utahns to sign a petition Saturday that would put the initiative on the November 2014 ballot.

In preoccupation with efficiency, forgotten is empathy vital in the cost-effective delivery of service to the public.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics recently released its report regarding October regional and state unemployment data , showing little change from the previous month.

No new taxes. Enough money to pay the costs of educating the expected 10,300 new students .

Utah was among the states hardest hit by the Great Depression, which had left many of its rural and urban residents destitute and starving.

Each Friday, The Salt Lake Tribune presents archival in a special series called A Look Back.