The Republican-controlled Utah Legislature launched its 2026 general session Tuesday with top House and Senate GOP leaders celebrating the state’s strengths while calling for lawmakers to focus on ways to help people in their day-to-day lives — specifically by reducing cost of living and taxes.

More than 35 productions were filmed in Utah in 2025 across 14 counties, including Summit and Wasatch.

The chief justice of Utah's state Supreme Court cautioned lawmakers against meddling with the judiciary as Republicans pushed to add justices to the high court during their annual 45-day session that began Tuesday.

The Park City Council has identified dedicated bus lanes as the best option for alleviating traffic on state Route 248. The decision gives the city the opportunity to be reimbursed for project costs.

Two thousand acres of open space in Heber City’s Jordanelle Ridge development may be stewarded by a land trust, after all.

A large storm system is expected to hit this weekend, with snow and ice from Texas to the Carolinas and up the Eastern seaboard. The winter system could bring more than a foot of snow.

Republicans on the committee have been seeking to question the Clintons as part of a probe into the government's handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case. The vote sends the matter to the full House.

The move comes after a federal judge wrote in a court document that the "charade of Ms. Halligan masquerading as the United States Attorney … must come to an end."