Utah Government News

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.

After a major drop in confidence last month, consumers in the Beehive State have regained their faith in the local economy, a new report states.

Oil lobbyist Jeff Hartley only speaks for his own pocketbook. Allowing energy lobbyists to speak for citizens is leaving the fox to watch the sage grouse house.

Join in to help others with #GivingTuesday | Deseret News : Utahns are generous people, which is why our state leads the nation in charitable giving and in volunteerism.

A large storm is causing delays for Thanksgiving travel in the northeastern part of the country, but many Utahns are reporting travel has been unusually smooth for a holiday weekend.

Somehow, it always seems to surprise conservative Utah political leaders when the costs of education are added up.

New study results from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency show the mercury intake of women of childbearing age across the nation has dropped dramatically, but the amount of fish being consumed has changed very little.

Kidnapped at a rest stop, locked in a box and delivered to a surreal world with many suns, one season and no sky, this Utahn likely has quite a story to tell.

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