Ahead of the upcoming 2024 legislative session, Utah lawmakers have the ongoing housing crisis as a top of mind concern. A legislative audit report released late last year offered recommendations that may become key in the course of the session, which begins Tuesday. Here’s a look back at that report as well as a look […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — This year’s Utah Legislative Session is kicking off on Tuesday, and bringing with it a few controversial proposals. There are nearly 400 bills and resolutions on the table for lawmakers to discuss over 45 days. While some involve funding proposals and changes to procedures, others tackle more controversial issues. Here […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Several feet of snow in the mountains. Difficult travel conditions. Extreme avalanche dangers. All of those are expected for Utah this weekend as another two winter storms look to roar into the state, bringing wet, heavy snow and powerful winds. On Friday, the National Weather Service upgraded nearly all of […]
An 800-pound moose caused some commotion this week in Utah. The lone bull running along the highway in Sardine Canyon, about 75 miles north of Salt Lake City, attracted the attention of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources. In a video released by Utah DNR on Jan. 11, the moose can be seen galloping next […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — After back-to-back winter storms brought heavy snow and powerful winds to Utah this week, another set of storms is on track to swirl into the Beehive State this weekend, creating a messy Friday evening commute and possibly delivering 3 to 5 feet of fresh powder by Sunday to the northern […]
When Utah lawmakers meet Tuesday to kick off their annual 45-day session, the focus will be on the lists of priorities set by the Republican supermajorities in the House and the Senate. The House majority published a 45-page guide entitled, “For Utah A Bold Vision, A Bright Future,” to showcase their intention to “pass policies […]
Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson and Abby Cox, wife of Gov. Spencer Cox, will announce their endorsement of Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Thursday, according to Haley’s campaign. A spokesperson for Henderson confirmed Wednesday night she will endorse Haley. Henderson and Cox will join members of Haley’s campaign Thursday to announce her Utah state […]
The last time there was a U.S. Senate race on the Utah ballot, the state Democratic Party chose to get behind an independent candidate rather than back one of its own. That’s not happening this year. Three Democrats filed with the state Elections Office by the Monday deadline for the seat now held by retiring […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Workers at the Utah Food Bank said hunger in the Beehive State knows no season. Utah Food Bank President and CEO Ginette Bott said she is hoping people continue to think about donating food, time, or money even after the holidays. 24 people accused in massive drug and money laundering […]
Utah’s campaign season started with a bang in 2024. Prior to this year, the candidate filing period took place in the first week of March. But a 2022 law shifted the filing deadline to the first week of January to give lawmakers a clearer preview of the political landscape going into the legislative session, which […]
The holidays are over, and no one needs to tell that to the Utah Food Bank. “We run with our hair on fire during November and December,” says Heidi Cannella, the Utah Food Bank’s communications director who is showing Deseret News photographer Scott Winterton and me around the organization’s 88,000-square-foot warehouse on the west side […]
SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A Utah couple is days away from welcoming home the two newest members of their family and becoming first-time dads. The dads, Sam and Kameron Cook, said the arrival of their twins never could have happened without one woman who is “beyond just their surrogate.” All lanes of new West […]