Any potential new county would have to meet certain requirements, like not splitting up an existing city and not jacking up the cost for services in Salt Lake County, according to the bill.

Cities could still pursue a split with Salt Lake County despite a negative recommendation. After the feasibility study, the proposed split would go to a special election. If passed, the bill will ...

That's why Salt Lake City is looking to completely rewrite its zoning map, trimming 26 existing mixed-use and commercial zones, differentiated by height, into six more distinctive zones.

The Republican-controlled Legislature approved a map in 2021 that carved up Democratic-leaning Salt Lake County, the state ... state legislature divided the city’s former Democratic-majority ...