Utah State Lawmaker Defends Polygamy
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A Republican state lawmaker countered a Senate colleague's dispersal of an anti-polygamy book by passing out materials to fellow legislators defending the practice as natural and not necessarily harmful.
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ST. GEORGE, Utah -- The leader of a polygamous Mormon splinter group was convicted Tuesday of being an accomplice to rape for forcing a 14-year-old girl to marry her 19-year-old cousin.
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ST. GEORGE, Utah  - Attorneys for polygamist leader Warren Jeffs, on trial as an accomplice to rape, said on Friday "religion was on trial" and the state had overstepped its bounds in bringing the case.
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A jury is about to deliberate in the trial of the Utah polygamist, which pits the state's interest in protecting children against his claim to religious freedom
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By JENNIFER DOBNER  SALT LAKE CITY - Saying he was kicked out of his home and his fundamentalist church, an 18-year-old man sued Tuesday to force polygamist leader Warren Jeffs to help him reconnect with his family.
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A bill that would give $1.5 million to the Utah Department of Transportation to study east-west transportation in Salt Lake County passed unanimously out of the Senate Transportation Committee on Thursday.  HB108 is sponsored by Rep. Ron Bigelow, R-West Valley City.
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CEDAR CITY, Utah - Speeding may not be in the Bible. But a Church of Christ minister says traffic laws are God's laws and must be enforced.
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Even some of polygamist Warren Jeffs's critics are worried that his conviction is the start of a legal campaign against 'plural marriage.'
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The first openly gay member of the Utah state Senate was sworn in Monday. Addressing colleagues in one of the most conservative legislative bodies in the nation, Democrat Scott McCoy, 34, said his sexual orientation will not define his work as a lawmaker.
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By Bob Bernick Jr. and Tiffany Erickson Deseret Morning News  The legal and political soap opera now running over private school vouchers turns to a new chapter today as the Utah Supreme Court hears pro- and anti-voucher arguments.
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Calling their lives blessed, more than a dozen children and young adults from polygamist families in Utah spoke at a rally Saturday, calling for a change in state laws and the right to live the life and religion they choose.
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By Doug Smeath Deseret Morning News  A candidate for Salt Lake City mayor is questioning whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints belongs in the downtown renovation business.
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ST. GEORGE, Utah  - A young woman broke down in tears in a Utah courtroom on Friday as she recounted feeling trapped and overwhelmed about a marriage arranged by a polygamous sect when she was 14.
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By Jennifer Toomer-Cook Deseret Morning News  Give more money to schools, give education money to parents -- Thursday's Utah Foundation forum on improving school funding brought some diverse views.  Perhaps some of those could form into recommendations to the Legislature.
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By Cathy McKitrick, The Salt Lake Tribune  Feb. 2--A Senate bill, tailored to affect the outcome of a contentious  land battle between two Utah cities, will be reconsidered today as lawmakers  try to resolve concerns about how the measure could impact the rest of the  state.
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The Utah legislature will meet in special session on Monday to debate a redistricting map adding a fourth congressional seat to the stateÃ¢ÂÂs delegation as part of a deal to give the District of Columbia its first voting representative in Congress.
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Two people at the center of a criminal case against the leader of a polygamous sect may have shared a marriage, but not the same memories of it, according to what they have told jurors.