Utah Government News

Can Utah's legislature, in good conscience, continue to stall on this Medicaid? I ask that Speaker Lockhart, legislative leadership and the entire legislature address this issue in the prompt and humane manner their constituents are demanding.

About 50 same-sex marriage advocates pose for a photograph Wednesday, July 9, 2014, in Salt Lake City, while delivering a petition with thousands signatures to the Governor's Mansion pushing for recognition of gay married couples.

Eight of every 10 Utah voters say it is important for Congress to enact immigration reform this year, and three of every four even favor creating a legal status for undocumented immigrants as part of it, according to a new survey released by pro-reform business groups.

Annette Maughan looks forward to the day when her 11-year-old son, Glenn, who has a rare form of epilepsy, will be able to play hide-and-seek with his siblings like he did when he was 3. It's a sight she hasn't seen in the better part of a decade.

July 8 marks the first day Utahns can apply for the permit to treat epilepsy. The registration requires an application, a $400 fee, a neurologist's certification and a physician's evaluation - but those documents weren't available until last weekend.

With the summer recreation season in full swing, a new survey shows the majority of Utah residents love to romp in the outdoors and get out to play once week, if not more.

Northern Utahns looked for hot, dry weather to continue through Tuesday, while evening thundershowers were forecast to offer some modest relief to sizzling southern Utah.

Salt Lake Tribune readers have seen some changes - in the paper and online - in recent days.

The American people have grown increasingly dissatisfied with the performance of the United States Congress over the past several years.

Gov. Gary Herbert and state legislative leaders tout Utah as the "best managed state" in the nation.

Utah ranks dead last in the country when it comes to support for family caregivers who take care of older or disabled relatives, according to a new national report by AARP.

Utah has arrived at a major point of decision regarding the expansion of Medicaid that I see as basically accepting a federal bribe only to be snared in a trap.

When adjusted for population, Utah has the highest birth rate in the nation, with 17.6 new babies per 1,000 people annually, according to United States Census data.

Washington a U.S. employers accelerated their hiring last month, adding a robust 288,000 jobs and helping drive the unemployment rate to 6.1 percent, the lowest since September 2008.

Salt Lake Tribune readers have seen some changes - in the paper and online - in recent days.

When it comes to programs that promise to clean our air, there's one thing you can count on: Every time safeguards are announced, industry screams that they will doom the American economy and hammer consumers' wallets.

PR Springs a At a remote campsite in eastern Utah's Book Cliffs, Lionel Trepanier places a hose into an empty 55-gallon barrel that he has sardonically marked, "ground water."

The Utah Attorney General's Office on Tuesday filed paperwork with the 10th Circuit Court that was missing from its appeal of a same-sex marriage recognition lawsuit.

Of all the states in the country, Utah is the eighth-most urban. About nine percent of the population lives in open country or in cities of less than 2,500.

Utah is home to about 383,000 caregivers who help aging parents, spouses and other loved ones stay in their homes for as long as possible.