Taylor Stevens

Utah's Legislature aims $70 million toward affordable housing. Advocates say it's not enough.  Salt Lake Tribune

Need help finding a job? Free advising and help with your job hunt is available from the Utah Department of Workforce Services, which is launching a revamped website and informational campaign Monday for its Career and Education Program.

Critical race theory, Second Amendment sanctuary won't be considered during this week's legislative special session  Salt Lake Tribune

Are you a renter? Tell The Tribune how the Wasatch Front's hot housing market has impacted you.  Salt Lake Tribune

As vaccine demand has dropped in recent weeks, Cox said he’s been working with the Legislature to come up with “new and innovative ideas” to get people vaccinated. A $1 million raffle is “one of those ideas” and is “something that I support.”

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced Wednesday that the state plans to withdraw early from federally enhanced unemployment benefits in an effort to get people back to work.

As the Utah Republican Party prepares to nominate a more permanent replacement, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox announced Tuesday that Chief Deputy Treasurer Kirt Slaugh will serve as interim state treasurer.

Abby Cox, Utah’s first lady, unveiled a four-pronged initiative Tuesday that’s aimed at encouraging Utahns to “show up” to improve their communities and combat what she described as a societal “empathy crisis.” She’ll focus on foster children, young people with disabilities and on further cultivatin…

Kaitlyn Mahoney hopes to address the lack of community gathering spaces for members of the LGBTQ community in Utah with the opening of a “little queer bookstore” in the Salt Lake City area this summer. She envisions it will be a space filled with books by queer authors or containing queer characters…

Crews Sweep Away Homeless Camp at Police Shooting Memorial  U.S. News & World Report

A Salt Lake County Health Department crew cleaned up an encampment of unsheltered people in Salt Lake City Wednesday, during a rainstorm with strong wind gusts. Officials say residents were offered help and shelter beforehand, and it was necessary to alleviate environmental and health concerns at t…

Former Senate President Wayne Niederhauser will serve as Utah’s new state homeless coordinator, Gov. Spencer Cox announced Tuesday.

While members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints share certain religious beliefs, leaders of the faith reiterated Sunday that they need not hold the same political ones. That sentiment came through in in a speech from Dallin H. Oaks, first counselor in the governing First Presidency …

With the end of Utah’s statewide mask mandate on Saturday, some service workers along the Wasatch Front fear the beginning of a new phase of the pandemic — one marked by increased confrontation as they enforce face covering requirements now established by their employers.

Utah’s latest coronavirus data released from the state Department of Health.

The Utah Department of Public Safety is set to soon launch a new pilot project that will explore the use of digital driver licenses, or a state identification card that can be stored on your phone.

Salt Lake City leaders and others are concerned that two west side community members were removed without explanation from an inland port community advisory council and subcommittee dedicated to air quality and the environment.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill into law Tuesday that sets in motion the process for merging two major state agencies, the departments of health and human services.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed several bills into law at his rural Utah office on Monday, including a controversial one that creates a $75 million “bank” for state-backed loans to develop utilities and make improvements within the Utah Inland Port.

Examples of "hostile architecture" are popping up all over and are being used to keep people experiencing homelessness out of public parks, park strips and other places.  Salt Lake Tribune