Utah News Dispatch
Utah News Dispatch is an affiliate of States Newsroom, a national 501(c)(3) nonprofit news source supported by grants and donations. Launched in Salt Lake City in January 2024, Utah News Dispatch retains full editorial independence.
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The Legislature established different causes of action and compensation caps for injuries involving autonomous vehicles. -
In the final hours of Utah's legislative session, the Senate voted to pass HB242 in four minutes. Less than 20 minutes later, the House gave the bill its stamp of approval. -
Utah may implement a tax on targeted advertising in a move supporters say aims to protect children from being exploited by addictive social media platforms. -
A Utah lawmaker’s effort to require Utahns to return their by-mail ballots in person while showing a form of identification appears to have hit a dead end for a second year in a row. -
Under the proposal, students would have three annual reading assessments starting in kindergarten and those unable to catch up may have to repeat a grade. -
With one week to go until the end of the session, Utah lawmakers are still sorting through a flurry of complex bills that would make a wide variety of changes to Utah’s elections and voter privacy laws. -
After previously failing on a vote in the Utah Senate, a revived and revamped “Biscuit’s Bill” won final approval from the Utah Legislature on Friday. -
Utah lawmakers have more money to spend during their 2026 legislative session than they had originally projected, according to new revenue estimates. -
Federal judges are hearing arguments from two sitting Utah members of Congress to toss the state’s court-ordered congressional map and revive 2021 boundaries. -
A bill to make Election Day a state holiday — giving some Utahns the day off to vote — failed in the House Monday.
