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 ...

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.

He cited sermons from the 1860s from Brigham Young, the second president of the mainstream Mormon church who led pioneers west to settle in Utah. Polygamy was part of early Mormonism, but The ...

In fact, I’d go so far as to say they’re a mob of ghoulish folk barricading themselves behind a religious pretense in order ...

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.

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.

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.

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 ...

PHOENIX — A trial that begins this month in Phoenix is expected to reveal the inner workings of two secluded towns on the Arizona-Utah line that authorities ...

The new mayor of a mostly polygamous town on the Utah-Arizona border is finishing off a complete overhaul of municipal staff and boards after mass resignations when she took office in January to ...

FILE - This Dec. 16, 2014, file photo, shows Hildale, Utah, sitting at the base of Red Rock Cliff mountains, with its sister city, Colorado City, Ariz., in the foreground. Rick Bowmer / AP ...