gun regulations

After last week’s mass shooting at a Texas elementary school, one Utah lawmaker wants to introduce what he calls modest gun reform.

Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill to ban people from openly carrying guns near polling places. And the League of Women Voters of Utah, Mormon Women for Ethical Government and others are suing the state of Utah over the new Congressional map.

One lawmaker in Utah’s House of Representatives has brought back legislation that would require Utahns to undergo expanded background checks for firearms transfers, but it failed to pass out of committee.

Colorado Democrats advanced a bill last week that would make it a crime to openly carry a gun near a polling center or ballot drop box. And a new study found lesbian, bi-, pan- and a- sexual women in Utah are four times less likely to graduate high school than heterosexual women.

In Colorado, more than 160 new state laws took effect on Tuesday; Diné College has increased the minimum wage to $15 an hour for more than two thirds of its employees.

As part of the efforts, the Treasury Department will inform states that they can use funds allotted by the American Rescue Plan to aid in reducing gun violence.

Legal experts say the state's law is unconstitutional. But it could have a chilling effect on the state's law enforcement officers anyway.

Colorado lawmakers are on the verge of sending Governor Jared Polis a bill that would allow cities to ban assault weapons and pass other gun laws stricter…

Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill creating a new branch of government dedicated to preventing gun violence.Montezuma County is in an official state of…

Colorado lawmakers have passed a bill to block gun sales to people who commit violent misdemeanors such as assault and child abuse. The Ice Lakes area…