Curtis Booker, KSL.com
Provo Mayor Michelle Kaufusi concedes to Marsha Judkins following tight municipal election race
Mayor Michelle Kaufusi appeared to concede the race for mayor on Thursday in a social media post.9 months ago
Mary Culbertson and Joe Wirthlin
Preliminary election results: Utah’s hottest races of 2025
The earliest results for Utah's municipal elections.9 months ago
JODI REYNOSA
24-year-old makes history as Vineyard’s youngest — and first Black — city council member
At just 24 years old, Wood is now the youngest person ever elected to Vineyard’s City Council — and the first Black council member in the city’s history.9 months ago
Simone Seikaly
Cox orders flags to half-staff to honor Cheney
Cheney died Nov. 3 at the age of 84 from complications of pneumonia as well as cardiac and vascular disease.9 months ago
Hannah Schoembaum, Associated Press
Utah university where Charlie Kirk was killed is expanding its police force
Utah Valley University is hiring eight additional police campus officers and two new safety managers to help coordinate event security.9 months ago
Tom Murphy, Aamer Madhani and JoNel Aleccia
Trump unveils deal to expand coverage and lower costs on obesity drugs
President Donald Trump unveiled a deal Thursday with drugmakers Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk to expand coverage and reduce prices for their popular obesity treatments Zepbound and Wegovy.9 months ago
Lisa Mascaro, AP Congressional Correspondent
Nancy Pelosi won’t seek reelection, ending her storied career in the US House
Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi will not seek reelection to the U.S. House.9 months ago
Steve Peoples, AP National Political Writer
Democrats are hopeful again. But unresolved questions remain about party’s path forward
The Election Day romp of Republicans stretched from deep-blue New York and California to swing states Georgia, Pennsylvania and Virginia.9 months ago
Lindsay Whitehurst, Associated Press
Conservative Supreme Court justices appear skeptical of Trump’s sweeping unilateral tariffs
Challengers told Supreme Court Justices that Trump is illegally using an emergency law to claim nearly limitless tariff power.9 months ago
Heather Peterson
Voter turnout: About a third of Utah voters cast ballots in 2025 municipal elections
Voter turnout varies widely by county. Salt Lake and Utah counties are coming in at 23% and 22%, respectively, while rural counties claim 60% participation.9 months ago
Matthew Daly, Josh Funk and Rio Yamat, Associated Press
FAA reducing air traffic by 10% across 40 ‘high-volume’ markets during government shutdown
The FAA is confronting staffing shortages caused by air traffic controllers, who are working unpaid, with some calling out of work during the shutdown.9 months ago
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News
GOP leaders brush off concerns that shutdown cost them on election night
During a breakfast meeting with Senate Republicans, Trump expressed concerns that the government shutdown ‘was a big factor’ in their electoral losses9 months ago
Anthony Izaguirre and Jill Colvin, Associated Press
Zohran Mamdani wins NYC mayor’s race, capping a stunning ascent
Zohran Mamdani has been elected mayor of New York City, capping the Democrat’s stunning ascent from little-known state lawmaker just a year ago to one of the most talked-about politicians in the country.9 months ago
Eric Cabrera
Provo voters say local elections hit closer to home
Voters at the Utah County Health & Justice Building in Provo said they’re showing up because decisions being made locally affect their lives every day.9 months ago
Lisa Mascaro and Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Talks to end the government shutdown intensify as federal closure is on track to become longest ever
Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown intensified Tuesday.9 months ago
Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL.com and Daniel Woodruff, KSL TV
Utah congressman supports continued SNAP payments as shutdown nears record length
But the freshman Republican congressman called the move to use a contingency fund to pay for SNAP, commonly known as food stamps, a "temporary" fix.9 months ago
Tim Vandenack, KSL.com
Latino population is ‘strikingly diverse, relatively young, mostly US-born,’ Pew says
New Pew Research Center figures offer a complex, nuanced look at the Hispanic population, which is increasingly under the microscope.9 months ago
Associated Press
Trial starts for assault case against DC man who tossed sandwich at federal agent on viral video
Sean Charles Dunn is charged with assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating and interfering with a federal officer.10 months ago
Associated Press
Government shutdown threatens to delay home heating aid for millions of low-income families
A majority of the 5.9 million households served by the federally funded heating and cooling assistance program are also grappling with the sudden postponement of SNAP benefits.10 months ago
Adam Small
New election law in effect for Utah’s municipal Election Day Tuesday
Utahns are prepared to decide mayoral, city council, school board and other municipal races. But some of Utah's election laws have been changed since the 2024 presidential election, one of which will be in effect for this election cycle.10 months ago
Associated Press
Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded after judges’ rulings
President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after a pair of judges’ rulings required it to keep the food aid program running.10 months ago
Cami Mondeaux, Deseret News
Several Utah members of Congress reject paychecks during shutdown
U.S. lawmakers are mandated by law to receive paychecks even during a government shutdown, prompting pushback from some Congress members.10 months ago
Mary Clare Jalonick, Associated Press
Trump says he ‘won’t be extorted’ by Democrats, shuns negotiations as shutdown drags on
In an interview on CBS’s “60 Minutes” that aired on Sunday, Trump predicted that Democrats will eventually capitulate to Republicans.10 months ago
