Two Utah firefighters asked a federal appeals court to revive their lawsuit against the state authorities. The men claimed that the state authorities falsely accused them of prescription drug fraud after a warrantless search.
A Utah woman who is part of a polygamous group filed in a lawsuit alleging the makers of a reality TV show barged into her house without permission and pressured her daughter into participating in a series about people leaving polygamy by offering her money.
A new program to create a training center for policemen has been approved by Utah's Congress. The training will further enhance the ability of police officers in dealing with potential confrontations.
Former Olympic skiing athlete Picabo Street plans a “self-defense and defense of others” plea against charges of assault to her father. Prosecutors at the Summit County Justice Court in Utah will hear the case.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints opposes a bill sponsored by Sen. Mark Madsen that would make Utah the 24th state to legalize medical marijuana.
Utah bill was approved 6-3 by lawmakers that gives the death penalty to someone convicted of human trafficking if their victim dies. Opponents of the death penalty called said bill as expensive and excessive.
A resolution introduced in the Utah State Legislature seeks to declare pornography a “public health hazard” and urges education and policy change to battle it.
The U.S. Department of Justice claims that a polygamous controls the Arizona-Utah border towns of Colorado City and Hildale. The particular religious sect denied housing and police services to non-church members.
The Utah Supreme Court on Thursday lifted an order that had blocked spouses in same-sex marriages from adopting their partners' children, state officials said.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy granted a request from Idaho officials on Wednesday and temporarily blocked the planned start of gay marriages in that state after a regional federal appeals court's ruling striking down the state's same-sex marriage ban.
Lawyers for the state of Utah believe they have the perfect case for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide once and for all the hotly-contested legal rights issue of whether states can ban gay marriage.
Utah's attorney general said Wednesday he was considering an appeal of a U.S. federal judge's ruling that declared part of Utah's bigamy law unconstitutional and which sided with the star of reality television show "Sister Wives" and his four wives.
A 15-year-old Utah boy was arrested in connection with killing his two younger adopted brothers, who were aged 4 and 10. He apparently stabbed to death in their home while their mother was out at a musical recital, authorities said on Thursday. The unidentified teenager is being held at the Farmington Bay Youth Detention Center.
