All the headlines from our Utah Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 13 2015 // A federal appeals court says record-setting test pilot Chuck Yeager can sue a Utah gun safe company that named a line of safes after him.The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver ruled Tuesday that the 91-year-old...
Feb 9 2015 // Utah state officials have seen what they describe as a sharp uptick in attempts to hack into state computers in the last two years, and they think it related to the NSA data center south of Salt Lake City.The increase...
Feb 9 2015 // The Utah Department of Transportation says 256 people died on roadways across the state in 2014, up 16 percent from 2013. It was Utah’s highest death toll since 2008, and it reversed a trend that saw fatalities drop...
Feb 9 2015 // The number of driver privilege cards issued in Utah to immigrants in the United States without permission hit a six-year low in 2014, state figures show.The 35,200 cards issued last year are down from a high of 43,000 in...
Jan 26 2015 // The Utah Department of Transportation says 256 people died on roadways across the state in 2014, up 16 percent from 2013.It was Utah’s highest death toll since 2008, and it reversed a trend that saw fatalities drop...
Jan 26 2015 // Dustin Wittwer has joined Dixie Leavitt Agency’s Cedar City, Utah sales office specializing in commercial insurance. Wittwer has a background in sales and experience working as a department manager at Scheel’s...
Jan 21 2015 // The number of driver privilege cards issued in Utah to immigrants in the United States without permission hit a six-year low in 2014, state figures show.The 35,200 cards issued last year are down significantly from a high...
Jan 8 2015 // Gov. Gary Herbert says Utah has no plans to join two other states in suing Colorado over that state’s legalization of marijuana.The Deseret News reported Herbert said that despite no current plans to sue, Utah is...
Jan 2 2015 // Uninsured drivers on Utah roadways can expect to have their cars impounded on the spot under a new law that took effect Thursday.Utah police have had the option to pull over an uninsured driver and impound their car since...
Dec 18 2014 // When news broke that the Utah Department of Insurance found that popular new benefits company Zenefits was not in compliance with state insurance law, and would have to alter its operation or cease transacting business,...
Dec 15 2014 // A Utah lawmaker is working on a bill proposing statewide regulations for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft.Some say the smartphone app-based companies should follow the same rules as taxi drivers, including...
Dec 8 2014 // Motorists can drive a little faster on most urban interstates along Utah’s Wasatch Range.With a few exceptions, the speed limit was raised from 65 mph to 70 mph beginning today. The Utah Department of Transportation...
Dec 3 2014 // An administrative agency has again found itself at odds with free-market innovation. In this case, Utah’s Department of Insurance has demanded that a popular new web based human resources platform named Zenefits...
Dec 1 2014 // A Utah lawmaker is working on a bill proposing statewide regulations for ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft.Some say the smartphone app-based companies should follow the same rules as taxi drivers, including...
Nov 19 2014 // Salt Lake City tourism officials and a Colorado ski resort have settled a legal fight over a marketing slogan targeted to tourists in the lucrative winter sports industry.Utah marketers dropped “USA” from their...
Nov 19 2014 // A Utah woman says she encountered only brief resistance when she recently had her driver’s license photo taken while wearing a colander on her head as a religious statement.Asia Lemmon, whose legal name appears on...
Nov 18 2014 // Integro announced it’s enhancing its aviation practice with the addition of sector specialist Leslie DeWald as managing principal. DeWald and her team of four will be based in Park City, Utah. They specialize in...
Nov 18 2014 // Workers Compensation Fund in Utah has declared a second dividend in 2014.The $9 million dividend represents 5 percent of premium collected from July 1, 2013 to June 30, 2014. With this second dividend, WCF will have paid...
Nov 17 2014 // The Utah Department of Transportation is moving ahead with plans to raise freeway speed limits along the Wasatch Front from 65 mph to 70 mph.UDOT officials say while they’re seeking comment from affected cities and...
Nov 11 2014 // Insurance underwriters involved in a legal battle with the Rolling Stones over a $12.7 million claim have won permission to seek evidence in Utah about the mental health of Mick Jagger’s girlfriend before she took...