Utah and National Updates

Elections, Politics, & Government

Since 2015, Oregon has used automatic voter registration. Citizens have to opt-out of registering t...
Dave Noriega

OPINION: Here’s an idea — why not just automatically register everyone to vote?

Automatic voter registration gave Oregon the biggest voter turnout increase in the nation -- but is that really a good thing?
8 years ago
Election Day 2018...
Becky Bruce

Election Day 2018 deadlines: what you need to know

With Election Day 2018 now just four weeks away, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, is the last day to register to vote by mail. But if you miss that mark, you still have opportunities to register before the votes are counted. 
8 years ago
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Mark Oliver

Now you can register to vote on Snapchat and Instagram

Now you can sign up to vote in the midterm elections right from your phone. Snapchat and Instagram are making it easier than ever to sign up to vote in the November midterm elections. You don’t have to go anywhere and you don’t have to seek anything out. All you have to do is press […]
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

SLCO D.A. creates conviction review advisory board

Salt Lake County’s district attorney has a new Conviction Integrity Unit to review convicts’ claims of innocence comprising of two retired justices, two lawyers and a Baptist minister.
8 years ago
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Josh Tilton

Candidates for Utah commission say growth is biggest issue

Republican Tanner Ainge and his third-party opponent Teri McCabe both said managing central Utah's fast growth is at the top of their priority list.
8 years ago
Senators at the confirmation hearings...
Mary Richards

Utah’s Hatch, Lee, and the confirmation of Justice Kavanaugh

A new Supreme Court justice has been sworn-in... and just in time for the beginning of the high court's term. This follows a contentious confirmation process for Justice Brett Kavanaugh, with key roles played by both of Utah's U.S. senators.
8 years ago
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Colby Walker

With a vote of 50-48 from the Senate, Kavanaugh confirmed

The near party-line vote was 50-48 will see Judge Brett Kavanaugh confirmed, capping a fight that seized the national conversation, the closest vote since 1881, when Stanley Matthews was approved by 24-23.
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

Senator Hatch responds to Kavanaugh protestors

WASHINGTON DC — Protestors have descended again on the US Capitol, upset over Judge Brett Kavanaugh. Utah Senator Orrin Hatch was confronted as he tried to go from his office to the Capitol on Thursday afternoon. A portion of it was posted on Twitter. WATCH: @senorrinhatch tells a group of women and survivors to “grow […]
8 years ago
Utah suicide rates...
Matthew Brooks

Report: suicide rates on the rise in Utah

Utah ranks fifth in the nation when it comes to suicide rates, according to new numbers released this week.
8 years ago
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, along with state and federal agencies, are investig...
KSL NewsRadio

6.5 million pounds of beef recalled due to salmonella outbreak

JBS Tolleson, an Arizona based meat production company, is recalling about 6,500,966 pounds of "various raw, non-intact beef products" after a reported outbreak of salmonella in the United States.
8 years ago
A rape survivor called the state’s rape kit testing hotline....
Peter Samore

Rape kit test leads to identification of imprisoned suspect

A gang member imprisoned for murder has been connected to a cold rape case due to a rape kit and now SLCPD are looking for a second rape suspect.
8 years ago
Mary Richards

Arrest made in “doxxing” of Utah Senators

A former Democratic intern has been arrested and accused of posting private information online about our two Utah Senators, a practice known as "doxxing," during the confirmation hearings of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. 
8 years ago
Dennis Ketterer and Julie Swetnick. Ketterer says his experiences with Swetnick don't fit her story...
Mark Oliver

Kavanaugh letter writer, Dennis Ketterer, shares his story on KSL

Dennis Ketterer, who questioned Julie Swetnick's claim that Brett Kavanaugh was present for a “gang rape”, speaks to KSL Newsradio.
8 years ago
Utah reports an 8% drop in violent crime in the past year and U.S. Attorney General Sessions visite...
Peter Samore

Sessions touts program in cutting violent crime in Utah, U.S.

Utah reports an 8% drop in violent crime in the past year and U.S. Attorney General Sessions visited the state capitol to give credit to his program.
8 years ago
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Mark Oliver

Sen. Orrin Hatch accused of “shaming” Kavanaugh accuser

Utah Senator Orrin Hatch faces criticism for using his Twitter account to share a letter that attempts to discredit Kavanaugh accuser Julie Swetnick.
8 years ago
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Paul Nelson

Regulating a hypothetical marijuana industry in Utah

The debate over a ballot initiative that would legalize marijuana for medical use in Utah has raised a number of other questions, including how the potential industry would be regulated and who would be allowed to grow and sell weed. 
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

Utah sees decrease in opioid-related deaths

After six years of an upswing, Utah reports a decrease in heroin and opioid overdose deaths.
8 years ago
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Colby Walker

Gov. Herbert touts Utah’s growing life sciences industry

Gov. Herbert spoke about Utah’s exceptional life sciences industry at the 2018 MedTech Conference on Friday.
8 years ago
Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz., speaks during the Senate Judiciary Committee meeting on Friday, Sept. 28,...
JayMac & Andrew Hull

OPINION: Flake flaked. It was the right move.

After yesterday’s explosive confirmation hearing, today we were met with a new spectacle, starring Senator Jeff Flake.
8 years ago
Washington, D.C. - NOVEMBER 13: Congressman-elect John Curtis, R-Utah, coordinates logistics in his...
Josh Tilton

Rep. Curtis speaks to Congress on Utah’s summer of wildfires

Rep. John Curtis spoke in front of Congress to raise awareness regarding Utah's summer of fighting fires and how we can improve.
8 years ago
Becky Bruce

Voter registration drives begin in earnest

Elections officials in Utah and across the country are launching their biggest pushes yet for voter registration, with just over a month to go until Election Day. 
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

Sen. Hatch calls Kavanaugh accuser ‘attractive witness’

Senator Orrin Hatch's office is doing damage control after the Senator called Dr. Christine Blasey Ford an "attractive" witness.
8 years ago
Professors say students were glued to TV screens all day...
Paul Nelson

Professors, students, stock analysts watch Kavanaugh hearing

Political science professors at the University of Utah say the testimony of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and his accuser, Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, could be a teaching moment for years to come.
8 years ago
Dave Noriega

OPINION: Accusations shouldn’t be enough to destroy someone’s reputation

There are two roads we could go down. Either we start investigating these accusations -- or we just accept that anything anyone says about us is true.
8 years ago