A Grand County sheriff’s deputy in Moab, Utah now faces calls for accountability after body camera shows her twirling a lasso while searching for a Black man, who was suspected of shoplifting. Leaders with Black Lives Matter Utah and NAACP Salt Lake say it signals a lack of progress after many believed 2020 to be a national reckoning on racial injustice after George Floyd’s murder.
A Utah lawmaker says she plans to file yet another bill that would ban the use of handheld cellphones while driving, following four unsuccessful attempts in the past.
Tech company Rasa Legal launched a new web app during a press conference Wednesday to give Utahns an easy and affordable way to determine their eligibility to potentially expunge their criminal records.