The Utah Legislature has approved a bill that bans adding fluoride to public water systems. The Utah Senate on Friday voted 18-8 to give final legislative approval to HB81, sponsored by Rep. Stephanie Gricius, R-Eagle Mountain. It now goes to Gov. Spencer Cox for his consideration. Fluoride ...
OGDEN — Ogden City is collaborating in an effort to take care of federal workers affected by ongoing layoffs. On Friday, the city sent out a press release responding to potential federal worker layoffs that could impact the community. "Federal employees, including those working for the ...
Utah and 16 other states attached to a lawsuit seeking to change Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 have clarified that they're not seeking to have the federal law declared unconstitutional. Attorneys general, including Utah's Derek Brown, made the clarification in a joint status ...
SALT LAKE CITY — Utah may soon loosen its B.Y.O.B. rules, but not in the way some might hope. The acronym has taken on a new meaning in the state Legislature: “Bring Your Own Blood.” Health care facilities in Utah would be required to let patients use their own blood for procedures ...
Editor's note: The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with the Standard-Examiner. The opioid epidemic has had a profound toll on social worker Mindy Vincent. First, she buried her sister, who died from an opioid overdose in 2014. ...
After some tight votes in the House, the time has come for a bill that would have stopped clocks in Utah from changing twice a year. As members of the public gathered in a Senate committee room to speak on the perks of sunlight during the summer, or the burden of the schedule change for their ...
