PETA Suing U of U Over Public-Records Dispute

PETA claims public documents were withheld, fee charged unreasonable.

POSTED // Dec 28,2010 - PETA is targeting the University of Utah, saying the school has refused for more than a year to turn over public documents related to research in which about 166,000 animals are laboratory test subjects.

South Salt Lake DUI Checkpoint Gets a Judicial Drubbing

POSTED // Dec 22,2010 - On May 21, 2010, at 11 p.m., officers from South Salt Lake Police Department and the Utah Highway Patrol set up traffic cones in the rain ...

So many need to go to rehab, but Gov. Herbert’s budget says no, no, no.

Governor's proposed budget sets aside no money for Drug Offender Reform Act

POSTED // Dec 21,2010 - Gerald Crawford is a methamphetamine addict—sober now for just three months—who recently passed through what he calls “the gates of hell.”

Records Committee Denies Request to Make UDOT Texts Public

POSTED // Dec 15,2010 - On Dec. 9, the state records committee denied Salt Lake Tribune reporter Robert Gehrke’s request to make public the text messages sent between contractor Guy Wadsworth and a female Utah Department of Transportation employee.

Dog Owners Refuse to Roll Over to Tanner Park Off-Leash Restrictions

The fight over Parley's Nature Park is only getting louder.

POSTED // Dec 15,2010 - When the Salt Lake Valley’s dog-owning community barks, politicians notice. The community’s most recent battle over new off-leash restrictions ...

KRCL: Party People

KRCL 90.9 looks at soirees to raise funds.

POSTED // Dec 8,2010 - It was a difficult legacy to match: KRCL 90.9 FM general manager Donna Land Maldanado, who retired in 2009, had served the station for 30 years.

Bill to Fight Affinity Fraud Faces Early Challenges

Uncle Scam: Legislators try to pin down fraudsters who use influence, shared traits.

POSTED // Dec 7,2010 - Shysters come in all shapes, sizes, religious affiliations, professions and ethnicities—that’s what Keith Woodwell, director of the Utah Division of Securities, told the sentencing commission on Dec. 1.

Downtown Pairing

Critics decry the Downtown Alliance’s close ties to the Salt Lake Chamber.

POSTED // Dec 1,2010 - While the city wrestles with whether to place new restrictions on panhandling—banning after-dark requests for a dime, for example...

Working for Jobs

Government leaders implement a job-creation program for low-income Utahns.

POSTED // Nov 30,2010 - The meeting room at the state Homeless Task Force Meeting was packed with social workers, administrators and various do-gooders...

Crazy Maker: Man Accused of Stealing Bus Transfers Loses Home, Sanity

POSTED // Nov 23,2010 - Simply being accused of stealing a book of Utah Transit Authority bus transfers has kept Mark Yowell in jail for three months—and if he’s released, he’ll be homeless ...