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Gas tax revenues have risen in the last few years, but Utah isn’t waiting for electric vehicles to cut into that. EV drivers here pay additional registration fees and a charging tax to help fund road maintenance.
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Susan Montoya Bryan/APThe FBI is sending extra agents, analysts and other personnel to field offices in 10 states over the next six months to help investigate unsolved violent crimes in Indian Country. -
Briana Scroggins/Special to KUERThe governor continues to plead with lawmakers to pass fewer bills to ease the burden on school administrators and municipal workers of implementing new laws.
Join us as we explore balance with two of RadioWest's most popular shows. Author Amanda Montell discusses how magical thinking, like using good vibes to ward off illness, is everywhere. And writer Oliver Burkeman questions why we waste precious time trying to get on top of things instead of focusing on what truly matters.
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Love, whose political career included serving Saratoga Springs and Utah’s 4th Congressional District, was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a highly aggressive brain cancer, in 2022. -
The Sundance Film Festival has always called Utah home, but it could pack up and move out of state after 2027. -
In Utah and elsewhere, lawmakers want to undo voter-approved ballot initiatives or make it harder to pass constitutional amendments. -
Maloy says the country risks drifting toward authoritarianism if the executive branch isn't brought under control. But she says her concern isn't specific to President Donald Trump's administration and existed when Democrat Joe Biden was in the White House, too. -
Utah State University is navigating legislative budget cuts, budget reallocations and an overhaul of its general education budget. -
The Utah Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit brought by seven young people who say the state’s energy policies fuel climate change and harm their lives. But plaintiffs can still amend their case and try again. -
According to the National Home Builders Association, tariffs could push the price of constructing a new single family home up as much as $10,000. -
The Zimbabwe sports minister is just the 10th leader in the IOC's 131-year history after one of the most open Olympic elections in decades. -
The move came after tribes across the country objected to the removal of their histories. Defense Department officials said the Navajo Code Talker material was erroneously erased after part of a broader sweep of information that promoted diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI.
Join KUER, noted ecologist and "TreeNote" host Nalini Nadkarni and a panel of tree enthusiasts for a night celebrating "the wonder of trees."
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