Utah and National Updates

Elections, Politics, & Government

Mary Richards

U graduate assistant reassigned for “second amendment zone”

The University of Utah says a graduate assistant has been reassigned after her course syllabus established a "zone" and said concealed carry holders would be punished.
8 years ago
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Jay McFarland

OPINION: Why would you not indict Trump?

JayMac: The time is here to see if Trump Republicans actually care about the laws or if they just care about the laws that Democrats break.
8 years ago
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Jay Mcfarland

OPINION: Why I’m losing faith in our elections

JayMac: Here’s all the proof you need that Russians are trying to hack our 2018 elections: Facebook suspended more than 600 fake accounts. 
8 years ago
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Jay Mcfarland (JayMac)

OPINION: Why I’m singing Trump’s praises

JayMac: I’m singing President Donald Trump's praises after he signed into law a bill that could add a three-digit suicide prevention hotline bill.
8 years ago
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Heather Kelly

Could the Medical Marijuana Initiative go up in smoke

Drug Safe Utah says it would mandate landlords of any religious persuasion to allow tenants to reside in their properties if they use mind-altering substances
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

UHP graduates 32 new troopers to protect highways, streets

New graduates for UHP are about to hit the roads to boost safety on highways and streets in the state.
8 years ago
Peter Samore

SLC voters asked to approve $87 million bond for road repairs

Leaders already imposed one tax increase this year. Now, they're asking voters to approve another one for roads funding in November.
8 years ago
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Heather Kelly

Rep. Mia Love: repeal the medical device tax

A Utah lawmaker is at the forefront of an effort to do away with a key provision of the Affordable Care Act: the medical device tax. 
8 years ago
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Heather Kelly

Where is Utah’s biggest infrastructure need?

President Donald Trump is proposing $1 trillion in federal money to fix the nation's infrastructure: roads, bridges and dams, with money going to the states that need it first. 
8 years ago
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Heather Kelly

Is the Road Home shelter really worth $7.7 million?

A debate is brewing over the property value of the soon-to-be-closed Road Home homeless shelter in downtown Salt Lake City, and whether its value may price the state government out of the market to buy it. 
8 years ago
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Lindsay Aerts

Mia Love breaks with Trump on trade policies

Rep. Mia Love, R-Utah, says she disagrees with the Trump administration's policies on trade with China and other countries.
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

Councilwoman votes against contracts with woman-owned businesses

A Salt Lake County councilwoman voted against a measure that would prioritize giving county contracts to businesses owned by minorities and women.
8 years ago
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Becky Bruce

Romney: Gov’t needs to prevent wildfires

In a new essay, Mitt Romney is calling the government's failure to prevent wildfires across the American West "unarguable."
8 years ago
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Heather Kelly

Judge hands White House win over national monuments

A federal judge in Idaho has sided with the Trump administration, in ruling the U.S. government does not need to turn over documents related to the shrinking of two national monuments in Utah. 
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

Utah business leader heads to India for skilled workers

The Chairman of Utah's Board of Regents is traveling to India later this month in search of skilled workers.
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

Utah children become newest U.S. citizens

They have waited almost all of their lives, and now, 24 Utahns, all under age 18, are now U.S. citizens after a naturalization ceremony.
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

Utah’s alcohol regulators launch ‘get to know us’ YouTube videos

SALT LAKE CITY – One Utah department is trying to boost its image with a series of YouTube videos called “Meet the DABC.” The Dept. of Alcoholic Beverage Control says to not blame them for Utah’s liquor laws or liquor prices. The DABC wants to end misconceptions among state residents about the process and how […]
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

‘Detonation operations’ to fill Utah’s west desert for two months

HILL AIR FORCE BASE — Get ready for loud explosions in Utah’s west desert over the next few months. Hill Air Force Base will be blowing up solid-rocket motors with aged propellant up to three times a week. The booms from the Utah Test and Training Range will last through the end of September. Depending […]
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

Pleasant Grove sued over new road fee

Pleasant Grove is being sued over its new transportation utility fee. The president of the Libertas Institute, Connor Boyack, says the Utah constitution says such a fee should be a tax instead.
8 years ago
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Lindsay Aerts

November ballot initiative aims to redraw Utah voting districts

Voters will get a chance this November to decide whether they want a new independent citizen's commission to determine how voting lines are drawn after the 2020 census.
8 years ago
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Paul Nelson

Pioneer Park gets a major redesign

Ground is broken today on a major redesign of Pioneer Park.  City leaders say the new park will hopefully drive drug dealers away while enticing more people to come to play on the grounds.
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

Convicted killer of UHP trooper up for parole

A Utah inmate behind bars for 25 years wants parole. But the family of the UHP trooper he killed wants him to stay in prison.
8 years ago
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Mary Richards

Plan to use energy development to fund park maintenance

Congress could help Utah’s National Parks pay for a backlog of maintenance projects going back several years. A new proposal would bring in $5.2 billion over five years from energy development in order to help places like Arches, Canyonlands and Zion National Park. Even Timpanogos Cave. Utah Republican Representative Rob Bishop and Arizona Democrat Raul […]
8 years ago
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Peter Samore

State lawmaker brings back bill to ban cellphone use while driving

Utah lawmakers are haggling over a proposed bill to ban hand-held devices while driving, except in emergencies.
8 years ago