Lawmakers introduced a record 86 bills this year increasing criminal penalties — far more than at any other point in the past decade — with over half of them becoming law.

Utah education leaders are asking Gox. Spencer Cox to veto a bill that diverts Utahns’ property taxes away from local public schools and instead drops them into the state’s general fund.

Utah has sent a bill to its Republican governor that would do away with the state’s universal mail-in voting system

Utah’s 45-day legislative session came to an end on Friday, March 7, bringing the total number of bills passed by lawmakers to 582. Many of the bills will now head to the governor’s desk for ultimate approval or denial.

Lawmakers in the 2025 legislative session have prioritized an income tax cut. There's not room in the budget for a Social Security tax cut, they said.

It’s ugly, but it works. And I love that we have this process,” Cox said late Friday. “We’re really proud of what they’ve been able to accomplish in such a short amount of time.”Others were less complimentary,

Utah’s eight degree-granting institutions likely to be tasked with making weighty operational changes on their campuses.

Utah's 45-day legislative session came to a close Friday. What we're watching: Gov. Spencer Cox has until March 27 to sign, veto or allow bills to pass without his signature. He declined to say during a Friday press conference which bills were on his veto list.

Governor Cox said Friday night he will not veto the bill to bar prominent displays of Pride flags in schools and government buildings.He said he would not comme

The chairman of the powerful Senate Rules Committee, Sen. Lincoln Fillmore, R-South Jordan, clearly hasn't been pleased with the progress made on affordable housing at the 2025 Legislature.