Representative Ben McAdams has added his voice to the Republican members of the US House of Representatives from Utah, sending a letter to the Acting Secretary of the Interior asking for an emergency exception to the federal law that’s shut off federal funding. KSL Newsradio’s Dan Bammes reports the letters say the parks are at […]
The mayor of St. George, Jon Pike, found exactly how much money it takes to keep Zion National Park open for one week: nearly $29,000. And that will only pay to keep restrooms open and trash clean up for one week.
Utah has two brand new lawmakers representing the state today. Both Mitt Romney and Ben McAdams are being sworn in, and, in a way, both of them already have targets on their backs.
One day before he will be sworn in as Utah's newest senator, Mitt Romney wrote that "the president has not risen to the mantle of the office," and has failed to inspire or have honesty or integrity
Sen. Elizabeth Warren took the first major step toward launching a campaign for the 2020 presidential election on Monday, hoping her reputation as a populist fighter can help her navigate a packed Democratic field.
Only one of Utah’s five national parks will be staffed after the new year as the state pulls back funding during the partial U.S. government shutdown, officials said Friday.
Congress is closing out the week without a resolution in sight over the issue holding up an agreement — President Trump's demand for money to build a border wall with Mexico and Democrats' refusal to give him what he wants.
Gov. Gary Herbert has proposed adding $5 million per year to fund public defenders, a move that advocates say would be a step toward fixing a system that can fall short for people who are accused of crimes but can’t afford their own lawyer.
The federal government was expected to remain partially shut down well into Christmas as the standoff deepened Saturday over President Donald Trump's demand for funds to build a border wall with Mexico, though the Senate had already passed legislation ensuring that workers will receive back pay through the shutdown, and the House was likely to follow suit.
Facing a midnight deadline to avoid a partial government shutdown, President Donald Trump said Friday a closure would drag on "for a very long time" and he tried to build the case that congressional Democrats would bear responsibility if there's no deal over his demand for U.S.-Mexico border wall money.
UTAH — Since last decade’s economic recession, new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show Utah’s population has grown faster than all 49 other states. In the last year, the Beehive State’s unique growth, which includes considerations of new births versus deaths, increased at the highest rate in the nation. Research from the University of […]
