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Is auto insurance more affordable in Utah? In a word, NO. You may have noticed insurance across the board and especially auto insurance has gone up markedly the past few months. Folks are feeling the pinch as an insurance policy that used to cost maybe $100 a month is now closer to $200...

Utah's mental health and crisis resources are in jeopardy as the impacts COVID-19 may influence lawmakers to make some tough decisions when they discuss the budget. State representative, Steve Eliason, says he hopes he can convince his peers to maintain the services they recently funded through the crisis services amendments bill he sponsored ...

Zion National Park officials are reporting that as tourism dropped for the park, nature has been gradually returning.  Zion National Park Forever Project officials say the lower presence of humans and the cleaner air allowed for animals to return to their natural habitats and routines as crews reported seeing cougar tracks along some of the trails. ...

The City of St. George is putting a hold on renovations and multi-million dollar projects for the upcoming fiscal year amid the pandemic. Director of support services, Marc Mortensen, says that as they were planning the budget for the next fiscal year, it did not seem like a good idea to move forward with them for now ...

Tax revenue losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic are forcing UDOT to slash its budget for highway cleanup.  An appropriations subcommittee in the Legislature has approved a proposal from the agency to cut five-million dollars in its operations budget.  ...

Salt Lake City is taking a financial hit due to the coronavirus pandemic.  Mayor Erin Mendenhall introduced her first budget last night during a virtual meeting.The spending plan estimates one-point-three-billion-dollars in expenditures for the 2021 fiscal year, down by more than one-third from the 2020 budget.  ... Read More ...

The price tag for the new and improved Salt Lake City International Airport has jumped another half-billion dollars. The Airport Advisory Board says the total cost now stands at just over four-billion dollars as it updated the master plan for the renovation...

Governor Gary Herbert will push for a big boost in public education funding as part of his budget proposal. The Governor plans to ask lawmakers for four-point-nine-billion dollars. The proposed increase in spending comes after the Utah Legislature approved the tax reform package last month, slashing income taxes in favor of increased taxes for sales and services...

The Utah Department of Transportation will soon have to dip into its contingency funds to continue removing snow this season. During a meeting last night, UDOT officials say they have budgeted 24-point-one-million dollars for snow removal...