Polygamy is a legacy of the early teachings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, but the mainstream Mormon church abandoned the practice in 1890 as Utah moved toward statehood.

Utah has enacted tough penalties for polygamy in recent years, in a bid to move past the state's complicated history with the practice. But a state senator now wants to reverse the crackdown and ...

Judge decriminalizes polygamy in Utah Kody Brown and his four wives sued Utah in 2011 after a county prosecutor threatened to charge them under the state’s bigamy law.

But Utah's attorney general, pro-polygamy activists and other experts estimate there are an estimated 40,000 people living in polygamous families or communities like this one across the western U ...

He’s dared Utah to prosecute him for polygamy. Now he’s running for mayor. ... The Salt Lake City-based faith officially abandoned polygamy in 1890 and excommunicates members found practicing it.

SALT LAKE CITY -- -- SALT LAKE CITY -- Polygamy is never far from the minds of Utah residents, even when it occurs in another state. A raid on a polygamist compound in Texas earlier this year ...

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah’s governor says the state should appeal a court ruling that favors the family on the TV show “Sister Wives” and strikes down key parts of a law criminalizing polygamy.

Two years ago, a bill was signed into law effectively decriminalizing polygamy in Utah. But has it made a difference? FOX 13 News political reporter Ben Winslow takes a 360-degree look.

SALT LAKE CITY – When the U.S. Supreme Court struck down Texas' law against sodomy last year, at least one justice foresaw the likes of Brian Barnard. Justice Antonin Scalia warned that the ...

Putting Polygamy on Trial in Utah. ... In his office in the central Utah town of Nephi, Juab County Attorney David Leavitt pulls out a 26-page diagram of Green's marriages and divorces.

SALT LAKE CITY — Governor Gary Herbert signed the last remaining bills passed by the Utah State Legislature. Beyond some major changes to Utah’s liquor laws, another big bill signed on Tuesday ...