Megan Banta

2 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Megan Banta

Note to readers: As a community-funded paper, The Salt Lake Tribune has chronicled Utah's housing crisis for years, but also looks to find solutions. In this series of stories, "Building Options," we'll look to outline the issue and why it matters, but also how a state program is showing signs of chipping away at the affordability crisis. When Evolve Utah was looking to build in Vernal's downtown, the city initially suggested town homes, Wesley Zufelt said.

2 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Megan Banta

Note to readers: As a community-funded paper, The Salt Lake Tribune has chronicled Utah's housing crisis for years, but also looks to find solutions. In this series of stories, "Building Options," we will look to outline the issue and why it matters, but also how a state program is showing signs of chipping away at the affordability crisis. Brian Dobson's budget was tight enough in October that he canceled his health insurance for a year.

3 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Megan Banta

Even though homes are pricier in Utah than nearly anywhere else in the country, buyers do have some advantages, said Jeremy Holmgren, mortgage manager for Zions Bank. More available homes, longer times on the market and more moderate increases in housing prices, Holmgren explained, are giving homebuyers more power in the market.

3 weeks ago | sltrib.com | Megan Banta

Three months after Texas Instruments celebrated an award of up to $1.61 billion in federal money to help it build semiconductor factories - including its second plant in Utah - the company laid off workers at its existing facility in Lehi. The layoffs were part of changes meant to "efficiently support our long-term operational plans," which include eliminating some roles at the site in Lehi off Timpanogos Highway, the company said in an emailed statement Friday.

1 month ago | moabtimes.com | Megan Banta

All four of Utah’s congressional representatives voted for a federal budget framework that health care advocates worry could slash billions of dollars in Medicaid spending in the next decade. U.S. Rep. Mike Kennedy, whose 3rd Congressional District includes Grand County, attending a primary election party as a congressional candidate in Sandy, Tuesday, June 25.