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The Utah Republican Party is opposing a citizens initiative that calls for an independent ethics commission and a code of conduct for state lawmakers.

On the heels of the release of PETA's findings from an eight-month undercover investigation of animal experiments at the University of Utah , the Student Organization for Animal Rights will protest against the abuse of homeless animals in the school's laboratories.

Utah senators Bob Bennett and Orrin Hatch are fighting hard to keep the health care reform bill from going through the Senate.

A new report shows Utah has moved up from being the fifth to the second healthiest state in the nation.

Another 4,500 Utahns lost jobs last month, increasing the state's unemployment rate to 6.5 percent in October.

A fast moving meteor lit up the skies over most of Utah just after midnight Wednesday.

Utah's two GOP senators, not surprisingly, hate Senate Democrats' final health care proposal.

Utah regulators hurried a decision to issue a strip mine permit after the coal operator complained to Gov.

Sam Rushforth called Utah Lake the misunderstood jewel of Utah County. The Dean of Sciences and Health at Utah Valley University spoke about the history of Utah Lake and concerns he has if the proposed bridge over the lake gets approved during the Utah Valley Sierra Forum at the Provo Library Wednesday night.

If they are Utah guns, they will be be subject to Utah laws. That's what one Utah lawmaker is now telling Washington.

A new poll shows most registered voters in Utah don't approve of President Obama's proposed health care overhaul.

Utahns are less than enamored with President Barack Obama's handling of the nation's economy during what has been described as the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression.

Thirty-eight percent of Utahns approve of President Barack Obama's job performance while 60 percent disapprove, according to a statewide poll.

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Friends, family and Utah dignitaries packed a Mormon chapel Saturday to attend a memorial service for a West Jordan soldier who was one of 13 killed last week at Fort Hood, Texas.

Even in red-as-heck Utah, President Barack Obama's promises to withdraw troops from Iraq and refocus the military on Afghanistan had a majority of Beehive state voters' support as the 44th president prepared to take office.

A Utah couple facing charges of tax evasion is now being accused of ripping off customers.

A section of petroglyphs in Daddy Canyon inside Nine Mile Canyon, in Utah. Parts of this remote Utah canyon decorated with more than 10,000 ancient Indian rock carvings and drawings are being nominated for the National Register of Historic Places.

Eighty-nine House members are asking Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to protect 9.4 million acres of red rocks lands in Utah while Congress works on legislation.

A Utah lawmaker wants the state sales tax on unprepared food reinstated. State Sen.