Besides the curious early case of New Jersey, women in Utah Territory were the first in the U.S. to cast ballots legally, having won voting rights in early 1870. (A Wyoming Territory law had extended ...

From the Collection: The State of Voting Rights in the U.S. Utah’s Complicated Suffrage History Reaches into Modern Day. SALT LAKE CITY — Hope Zitting-Goeckeritz waited for this day. It was ...

(Reuters) - The polygamist family featured in the reality television show "Sister Wives" lost its bid to overturn parts of Utah's anti-bigamy law under a federal appeals court ruling issued on Monday.

Kody Brown and his four wives — Christine, Janelle, Meri and Robyn — are celebrating the news that a law decriminalizing bigamy in Utah took effect The polygamist Brown family can rest easy when ...

When Republican Gov. Gary Herbert signed SB102 into law on March 28, he all but ended Utah’s compliance with the first condition Congress put on the state’s admission to the federal union, making ...

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — Five years ago, Utah decriminalized polygamy. Now, service providers are seeing an incline in reports of abuse among polygamist communities. “People that live in these cultures ...

Utah Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson is defending a measure she promoted six years ago to decriminalize polygamy after an advocate said the move has hurt people in polygamous communities. "The hopes ...

HILDALE, Utah — Marion Timpson’s own marriages reflect Utah’s recent legal battles over polygamy. “I married Holly in 2005 and Katie in 2013, and I married Lisa in 2014,” the polygamist told FOX 13 ...

Sister Wives star Kody Brown and co-stars Robyn, Meri, Christine, and Janelle strike a pose. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/AdMedia Sister Wives — starring Kody ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Polygamy has essentially been decriminalized under a bill signed into law by Utah's governor. On Saturday, the governor signed Senate Bill 102 into law. It reduces the crime of bigamy ...

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