Utah Gov. Spencer Cox said he would sign a bill that bans the use of fluoride in public water systems, rejecting the practice that many public-health experts say is a crucial protector against tooth decay.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox called for a more coordinated approach to the state’s tough-on-crime streak as the 2025 legislative session came to a close. 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

ABC4.com has been tracking some of the session's most talked about bills, so here's a look at the latest from the state capitol.

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.

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

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

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.

A bill that would ban pride flags in all of Utah's public schools and government buildings now awaits the governor's approval or veto.

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.