Utah Government News

In the first, a special panel found Utah should pay executive elected officials as much as $50K per year more to attract better talent.

The Zions Bank Wasatch Front Consumer Price Index may have decreased slightly from October to November due to falling gasoline prices, but some key sectors - including utility prices, food costs and increased airfare prices - may be offsetting some of the advantages.

In this Oct. 24, 2012 file photo, Democratic Rep. Jim Matheson of Utah makes remarks to the Women's Legislative Council at the Utah State Capitol, in Salt Lake City.

Thirty-one states fared better than Utah during the 2009-10 financial crisis, which put 100,000 Utahns out of work, including 40,000 in the construction industry.

Utahns who open a Utah Educational Savings Plan before Dec. 23 could get a matching $25 deposit courtesy of Zions Bank.

The very type of laws used by federal marshals to bust up Mormon polygamous families more than a century ago are now being criticized by a U.S. judge as unconstitutional in a ruling that, if it stands, could allow Utahns to live with plural partners.

For far too long, brick-and-mortar businesses have had to compete without the benefit of a level playing field in the marketplace.

Nurses and midwives have been pricking the heels of American newborns since the late 1960s, collecting drops of blood to be screened for inherited diseases.

A U.S. federal judge struck down a portion of Utah's bigamy laws as unconstitutional on Friday, siding with a reality television star and his four wives.

A memorial for Loretta Fuddy, the director of the state Department of Health, is displayed outside the department in Honolulu on Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013.

Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley drew a parody for Wednesday's edition that compared executive compensation to worker compensation .

Greg Hughes is the majority whip of the Utah State Legislature and the chair of its conservative caucus.

The 2013 U.S. Conference of Mayors Hunger and Homeless Survey spotlights a number of success stories in Utah's capital city.

More than a quarter of Utah children who drank alcohol in the past year say they got it at home with their parents' permission.

In need of a little extra cash for the holidays? You might have some unclaimed money tucked away with the State of Utah.

The Wasatch Front is entering its first big inversion of winter, but state officials aren't waiting for the air quality to get unhealthy to declare the Salt Lake Valley's first no-burn day of the season.

Hundreds of grade schoolers jumped up and down on the playground, not just to stay warm but to celebrate the new wave of support from their neighborhood.

The number of Utahns who successfully shopped the federal health exchange quadrupled last month, supporting anecdotal claims that Obamacare's virtual insurance marketplace is working more smoothly.

After more than 16 years living in Utah, there are still plenty of things I don't know about this state.

In need of a little extra cash for the holidays? You might have some unclaimed money tucked away with the State of Utah.