Utah and National Updates

Elections, Politics, & Government

truth in politics bipartisan group...
Curt Gresseth

America needs a place for truth in politics, says author

Thomas Koenig writes that the nation is ready for a new faction in politics, seeking and telling the truth as its core identity.
5 years ago
COVID-19 vaccination travelers...
Madeleine Porter

U.S. planning to require COVID-19 vaccination for foreign travelers

The Biden administration is taking steps towards requiring foreign travelers to have the COVID-19 vaccination.
5 years ago
municipal elections...
Curt Gresseth

Municipal elections are the most important vote — so cast your ballot Tuesday

SALT LAKE CITY — More important than the presidential election or congressional contests or gubernatorial races are municipal elections, which in Utah are Tuesday. Voters will be able to select their choice for mayor, city council and other local leadership position for the next four years. The winners and their agendas will impact their constituents’ […]
5 years ago
Example of ranked choice voting ballot. Twelve cities across Utah will participate in ranked choice...
Lindsay Aerts

Primary elections take place Tuesday, but many cities picked ranked choice instead

23 Utah cities will skip the primary elections, opting for ranked choice balloting this fall instead. But here's what we know about the primaries still planned.
5 years ago
eviction ban...
JOSH BOAK, LISA MASCARO and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press

CDC issues new eviction ban for most of US through Oct. 3

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has issued a new moratorium on evictions that would last until October 3.
5 years ago
two more utahns have been arrested, US capitol attack commission...
Aimee Cobabe

Two more Utahns have been arrested for their involvement in Capitol riot

Two more Utahns have been arrested for their involvement for their actions on January 6, 2021, at the US Capitol during riots that took place there.
5 years ago
infrastructure bill addresses too many topics critics say...
Curt Gresseth

Mia Love to Congress: Keep it simple, one bill does not need many topics

Former Congresswoman Mia Love says it's time to revisit her 2016 bill that would have ended the practice of cramming multiple topics into legislation.
5 years ago
Bountiful flood control...
Dan Bammes

Bountiful flood control measures mitigated damage from Sunday’s storm

Bountiful flood control measures taken since a disastrous mudslide hit the city in 1983 helped to avoid worse damage this week.
5 years ago
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., updates reporters on the infrastructure negotiations ...
KEVIN FREKING and LISA MASCARO Associated Press

$1 trillion infrastructure bill heads for Senate debate

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is looking to speed up consideration of a nearly $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure package.
5 years ago
us capitol senate infrastructure bill debate begins...
Mary Richards

Too much spending or bipartisan victory? Utah senators talk infrastructure bill

The two US senators from Utah have very different responses to the massive 2,700 page infrastructure bill now up for debate and amendments.
5 years ago
eviction ban...
LISA MASCARO, JOSH BOAK and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press

Frustration as Biden, Congress allow eviction ban to expire

Furious lawmakers in Congress say they were blindsided when President Biden asked them to provide a last-minute solution to protect renters.
5 years ago
January 6 capitol violence...
Boyd Matheson

OPINION: Curiosity critical for those involved in Jan. 6 probe

Think of all of the great breakthroughs in the history of this world. They've all happened because of curiosity -- because somebody was curious about something.
5 years ago
trump tax returns...
Lauren Fox and Tierney Sneed, CNN

DOJ advises Biden administration to hand over Trump tax returns to Congress

The Justice Department told the Treasury Department it "must" turn over former President Donald Trump's tax returns to the House Ways and Means Committee.
5 years ago
Utah water conserve...
Mark Jones and Mary Richards

Utah governor outlines four ways to conserve water in drought

Utah governor Spencer Cox and water manager announce four new steps to conserve water amid the drought.
5 years ago
utah cases...
Saige Miller

‘Another step in the wrong direction,’ says Cox in response to Utah reporting over 1k new cases of COVID-19 Thursday

Utah Governor Spencer Cox is calling the 1,113 new cases of COVID-19 reported by the Utah Department of Health Thursday "another step in the wrong direction." 
5 years ago
racist rioters...
AARON MORRISON Associated Press

Racist remarks of rioters takes center stage in Jan. 6 hearing

Scores of rioters attacked police officers not just with makeshift weapons, stun guns and fists, but with racist slurs and accusations of treason.
5 years ago
Cedar City flood...
Mark Jackson

Cedar City, Southern Utah counties struggle under flood waters

Flash flood warnings were issued for Cedar City as the city struggled to stay ahead of rapidly rising flood waters on Monday.
5 years ago
(Salt Lake County Health Department Executive Director Dr. Angela Dunn, left, speaks during a COVID...
Paul Nelson

Salt Lake County urges kids under 12 to wear masks when they return to school

Salt Lake County urges children too young to be vaccinated to wear masks when start starts.
5 years ago
strategy and tactics required to climb mountains like everest...
Boyd Matheson

Opinion: When it comes to strategy and tactics, you have to have both

If you have a plan but not a goal or a vision without a plan, you will lose. To win, you need a strategy into a brighter future combined with the tactics to guide you to the summit of the dream.
5 years ago
Infrastructure bill...
LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING Associated Press

Infrastructure bill fails first vote; Senate to try again

Senate Republicans rejected an effort Wednesday to begin debate on the big infrastructure bill a bipartisan group of senators brokered with President Joe Biden.
5 years ago
salt lake city county building...
Karilyn Frazier

Salt Lake City mayor declares racism a public health crisis

The mayor of Salt Lake City Erin Mendenhall declares racism a public health crisis. 
5 years ago
Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau ...
MATTHEW BROWN Associated Press

Retired investigator: Biden nominee stonewalled 1989 probe

A former federal law enforcement officer is alleging that President Joe Biden’s pick to oversee U.S. lands in the Western states stonewalled a 1989 investigation into the sabotage of an Idaho timber sale.
5 years ago
Sen Lee on Stone-Manning...
Simone Seikaly

Sen. Lee denounces Biden BLM nominee, calls her unfit to lead agency

Utah Sen. Mike Lee has joined other senators voicing concern over Tracy Stone-Manning, the nominee of President Biden to lead the BLM.
5 years ago
Garland records...
ERIC TUCKER and MICHAEL BALSAMO

Garland bars prosecutors from seizing reporters’ records

Attorney General Merrick Garland formally prohibited federal prosecutors from seizing the records of journalists in leak investigations.
5 years ago