Porn Warning Labels Bill Becomes Utah Law Amid Controversy
Pornography will have to come with a warning label in Utah after Gov. Gary Herbert allowed the measure to become law over protest from the adult-entertainment industry.
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Oil and Gas Leases
A federal court in Utah dismissed conservation groups’ claims against the Bureau of Land Management relating to the sale of oil and gas leases in the southeastern part of the state in March and December 2018. The claims are moot because the bureau suspended the leases in order to perform further environmental analysis, the court ruled.
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Sanders Storms West With Wins in California, Colorado & Utah
The whole wild west is feeling the Bern. As western Super Tuesday states trickle in, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders added California to wins in Utah and Colorado, contributing to the western wall he is hoping to build between himself and former Vice President Joe Biden’s early East Coast victories.
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Sanders Woos Utah Voters at Salt Lake City Stump
Sen. Bernie Sanders rolled into Utah on Monday with gusto similar to that of the winter storm that gripped the Wasatch Front over the weekend, drawing thousands to the state capital’s fairgrounds.
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Wounded Bloomberg Says He’ll Keep Fighting
His aura shattered, a defiant Michael Bloomberg sent a pointed message Thursday to a political world grappling with his underwhelming presidential debate debut: He’s not going away.
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Debate-Bruised Bloomberg Woos 600 at Salt Lake City Stump
Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg, roundly targeted by rivals in his first debate Wednesday night, found friendlier confines while rallying Utahans on Thursday morning.
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White House Finalizes Plans to Shrink Utah National Monuments
The Trump administration finalized plans Thursday to shrink two national monuments in Utah while opening up recently freed portions to possible natural resource extraction and grazing.
Read moreOil Spill
Utah sued Gordon Creek, gas and oil exploration, for a pipeline spill that killed more than half an acre of vegetation, in Carbon County Court.
Read moreBattered & Bruised
A family claims Utah Probation and Parole officers swarmed into their house looking for a man they knew was not there, beat family members without reason and stole $7,000 from the house, in federal court.
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New Species of Allosaurus Discovered in Rocks of Utah
Scientists have discovered a new species of allosaurus in northeast Utah – only the second of its kind known to have roamed what is now North America in the Jurassic period.
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Forest Ecologist Helps Refashion Barbie Dolls as Scientists
When Nalini Nadkarni was a kid, she’d run home from school, climb into one of the eight maple trees in her parents’ backyard and spend an afternoon there with an apple and a book.
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American Samoans Ruled to Be US Citizens, Decision on Hold
A federal judge in Utah ruled that American Samoans should no longer be denied birthright citizenship.
Read morePublic Records
The Utah Supreme Court remanded an appeal which asked the court to determine whether the Brigham Young University Police Department is a “governmental entity” subject to the Government Records and Management Act. After the appeal was certified, the legislature amended statute to “explicitly define” police departments of private universities as governmental entities subject to the act.
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Utah Becomes 19th State to Ban ‘Conversion Therapy’ for LGBT Children
In a victory for the LGBT community, the state of Utah will ban the controversial practice of conversion therapy for children.
Read moreRight-Wing Ranchers
The Western Watersheds Project sued the U.S. Forest Service in federal court, claiming it’s allowing Utah’s Monroe Mountain area to be devastated by scofflaw ranchers who “have made overtly clear they have guns to back up their threats, and they call for the arrest of USFS employees who attempt to exercise basic management and oversight on federal grazing allotments as required by law.”
Read moreHuntsman Launches Bid for Third Term as Utah Governor
Jon Huntsman, onetime governor of Utah and a former U.S. ambassador to Russia, announced Thursday he will seek a third term as the Beehive State’s governor.
Read morePonzi Scheme
The court-appointed receiver sued Eric R. Enloe, Sharlene W. Enloe, Jayhawk Enterprises, et al. in Utah federal court, claiming they made $2 million from Gaylen Dean Rust’s $200 million silver-trading Ponzi scheme.
Read moreCampus Rape
A woman seeks punitive damages from Utah State University, claiming it failed to properly investigate sexual assault and rape charges against a now-convicted football player from six women, including her.
Read moreBYU Files Suit in Fight Over University Police Public Records
In an ongoing dispute over public access, Brigham Young University filed a complaint Wednesday seeking to stop a newspaper from obtaining emails from the school’s police department, claiming that they are considered private.
Read moreUS Woman Gored by Bison in Same Park Where Date Was Also Attacked
A U.S. man who was gored by a bison at a park in June thought it safe to take his date back to the scene of the crime — only for her to also be attacked.
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