POSTED // Feb 17,2010 - Before bulldozing land along the Jordan River to build a regional sports complex, Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker wants to make sure the city can minimize the damage to bird and animal habitats.

POSTED // Feb 10,2010 - An agreement among legislative leaders to send every gay rights bill to interim study has irritated equality activists...

POSTED // Feb 3,2010 - Capturing rainwater is an easy “green” renovation for homeowners. It’s also illegal in Utah...

POSTED // Jan 27,2010 - Utah's initiative laws are outdated in the same way that current ethics laws are designed for “paperbased” transactions between lawmakers and lobbyists.

POSTED // Jan 20,2010 - Sen. Sheldon Killpack, R-Syracuse, resigned his seat Jan. 16, one day after being arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence.

POSTED // Jan 13,2010 - At first blush, a lesbian carrying a child for two gay men would be the type of thing that would make most legislators’ heads explode.

POSTED // Jan 6,2010 - Anyone needing a new Utah driver license better dig up their citizenship documents and schedule a halfday for sitting in uncomfortable plastic chairs.

POSTED // Dec 30,2009 - After three failed attempts to ban the herb—or, depending on perspective, the psychoactive drug—salvia divonorum, Rep. Paul Ray, R-Clearfield, has decided to leave drug regulations to ...

POSTED // Dec 23,2009 - Despite reports to the contrary, Emigration Market (1706 E. 1300 South) is not in imminent danger of closing.

POSTED // Dec 16,2009 - The state of Utah has the best bond rating possible, hundreds of millions of dollars sitting in the transportation fund and a significant projected revenue shortfall...