Lawmakers meet for a special session to address ongoing coronavirus relief, tweaks to election plans, and more. After the Utah Legislature refused to extend the state of emergency for the pandemic, Gov. Gary Herbert said Thursday he will issue a new emergency declaration himself. And have Salt Lake City homeless encampments gotten out of control?…
A Salt Lake City officer who ordered a police dog to attack a Black man who was on his knees with his hands in the air has been suspended pending an investigation into whether the use of force was necessary, Mayor Erin Mendenhall announced Wednesday. The announcement comes a day after The Salt Lake…
Days before student-athlete Lauren McCluskey was killed, aUniversity of Utah police officer showed off explicit photos that McCluskey had taken of herself to at least three of his male co-workers without a work-related reason, according to a monthslong investigation from the Utah Department of Public Safety. The state’s final report reinforces and expands on The…
Utah officials adamantly rejected a proposal floated Thursday by President Donald Trump to delay the presidential election. Elected officials widely panned the tweet from the president, saying it was unnecessary while applauding the state’s vote-by-mail system. The state’s largest teachers union is calling on Gov. Gary Herbert to keep Utah schools closed this fall —…
Protesters crashed a Utah County Commission meeting in a bid to prevent a state mask mandate in schools. The protest was one of two Wednesday as the state is still grappling with how to open schools in the midst of the pandemic. On Thursday’s weekly COVID news conference, Gov. Gary Herbert announced a change to…
The Salt Lake County district attorney announced that two police officers were legally justified when they fired more than 20 shots at Bernardo Palacios-Carbajal and killed him in May. The district attorney said the actions of the officer were “reasonable” and met the legal parameters to use deadly force. Utah law states that a police…
This week in Utah news: Spencer Cox’s lead over Jon Huntsman grows in the race for Utah governor, as ballots are slowly counted amid precautions of the coronavirus pandemic. We’ll give a full recap of Tuesday’s primary election. New documents released by Utah County this week after a public records fight identify the two businesses…
Positive cases of the coronavirus continue to surge in Utah as officials grapple with a response. And science is clear: face coverings help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Why were health leaders wishy-washy about recommending them at first? For the past week, protesters have been at the Salt Lake County district attorney’s office every…
The Supreme Court rejects President Trump’s bid to end DACA. The Salt Lake City Council makes minor changes to funding for police. And while the risk of COVID-19 exposure is “higher than ever,” Utah moves forward with a “full-blown” economic recovery. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen and Sean P.…
Meatpacking employees and their supporters marched Tuesday in Logan demanding that a company close its Hyrum plant for cleaning and that workers be paid while they grapple with a coronavirus outbreak, affecting 287 workers at the facility. After receiving a false negative test result for COVID-19 earlier this week, former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman said…
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