Sam Metz

As the winter's record snowpack melts and cascades down from the Rockies, Utah lawmakers on Wednesday set aside millions of dollars to prepare for potentially historic flooding.

An adult entertainment industry group filed a lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a new Utah law that requires porn websites to implement age verification mechanisms to block minors from accessing sexually explicit materials.

A Utah law requiring adult websites verify the ages of their users has taken effect Wednesday. Pornhub has vowed to disable access to its website until the law is changed.

A Utah judge ruled on Tuesday that a recently passed state law banning abortion clinics cannot take effect on Wednesday as scheduled while the court deliberates over a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood.

Gwyneth Paltrow will not be compensated for the attorneys' fees she paid to successfully defend herself against a lawsuit from a 76-year-old retired Utah optometrist who claimed she was at fault for crashing into him at a Deer Valley ski resort in 2016.

The Planned Parenthood Association of Utah argued in court on Friday that a ban on abortion clinics would “functionally eliminate” abortion access if implemented next week as scheduled.

A potential Republican challenger to U.S. Sen. Mitt Romney has taken a first step toward opposing him in next year’s primary. Utah House Speaker and real estate developer Brad Wilson announced Thursday that he is opening an exploratory committee.