Utah and National Updates

Elections, Politics, & Government

SALT LAKE CITY -- Expungment fees are going up in Utah. Before July 1, if you were eligible to expu...
Clayre Scott

Expungement fees are now four times more expensive

A program decreasing the cost of expungement fees has expired, making it harder for people to erase their criminal records.
3 years ago
Aimee Cobabe

Utah leaders respond to Supreme Court’s student loan relief decision

Millions of borrowers will not receive student loan relief after a Supreme Court decision and reactions are split among Utahns.
3 years ago
FILE: A man stands at a homeless tent camp in Salt Lake City on Dec. 20, 2022. Utah County releases...
Bridger Beal-Cvetko

Utah Homelessness Council approves $3M for a new emergency shelter for families

The Utah Homelessness Council voted to dedicate the money to building a second emergency shelter for homeless families in Salt Lake County.
3 years ago
spencer cox is pictured, he just signed a bill about domestic violence lethality assessments...
Mark Jones

Gov. Cox declares July 2 as a day of prayer and thanksgiving

Gov. Cox has declared Sunday, July 2 to be a day of prayer and thanksgiving.
3 years ago
Celeste Maloy is the GOP convention nominee for the special election to replace Rep. Chris Stewart,...
Lindsay Aerts

Is Celeste Maloy a registered voter if she was marked ‘removable’?

Is Celeste Maloy a registered voter even though voter records show she was on the removable list?
3 years ago
a pregnant woman writes on a paper, a new law seeks accommodations for pregnant workers...
Clayre Scott

Law requires employees to make accommodations for pregnant workers

The Pregnant Workers Fairness Act requires covered employers to make "reasonable accommodations" for their pregnant employees.
3 years ago
Documents show Celeste Maloy's voting record maintained her Republican affiliation, despite inactiv...
Lindsay Aerts

Celeste Maloy voting records show Republican affiliation when she filed congressional candidacy

Celeste Maloy's voting records shows she has been registered Republican since 2016, becoming inactive before reactivating her registration this month.
3 years ago
A child reads a book at Seoul Plaza in Seoul, South Korea, on April 23. Photo credit: 	Wang Yiliang...
Jessie Yeung and Yoonjung Seo

South Koreans become younger overnight after country scraps ‘Korean age’

Under a new law, more than 51 million citizens of South Korea woke up Wednesday to find themselves a year or two younger.
3 years ago
Donald Trump's allies are outraged after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said that he does not know if...
Kristen Holmes and Nicky Robertson

McCarthy says ‘I don’t know’ if Trump is strongest 2024 candidate

Supporters of former President Donald Trump are outraged after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy said the former president may not be the strongest candidate.
3 years ago
improving internet access...
Devin Oldroyd

$317 million coming to Utah to expand internet access across the state

The Beehive State is set to receive $317.4 million from the Biden Administration to improve internet access across the state.
3 years ago
Highway 89 in Logan Canyon...
Adam Small

Hwy 89 in Logan Canyon getting new layer of safety for truckers

UDOT is adding another layer of safety for truckers on a problematic road in Logan Canyon. Highway 89 is a major trouble spot for truckers.
3 years ago
Diane Lewis, chairwoman of the Utah Democratic Party, talks on her phone inside her office at the p...
Mark Jones

Utah Democratic Party to hold virtual convention Wednesday night

The Utah Democratic Party will hold a virtual state convention on Wednesday night to determine a candidate in the race for the 2nd Congressional District seat.
3 years ago
Utah Congressional 2nd District candidate Celeste Maloy, center, 
won the Utah GOP nomination in th...
Lindsay Aerts

Celeste Maloy addresses questions about her residency and voting record

Celeste Maloy was elected on Saturday as the Utah GOP nominee to run in the special election for Utah's 2nd Congressional District.
3 years ago
The Supreme Court said Monday that Louisiana’s congressional map must be redrawn to add a second ...
Tierney Sneed

Supreme Court allows for Louisiana congressional map to be redrawn to add another majority-Black district

The justices reversed plans to hear the case themselves and lifted a hold they placed on a lower court’s order for a reworked redistricting regime.
3 years ago
an auditorium of GOP delegates pictured...
Lindsay Aerts

GOP delegates elect Celeste Maloy to ballot for CD2 special election

In an unexpected twist, delegates in Utah's Second Congressional District elected Celeste Maloy to the primary special election ballot on Sept. 5, 2023.
3 years ago
SALT LAKE CITY -- The Navajo Nation took a hit this week after the Supreme Court ruled against thei...
Clayre Scott

Navajo Nation disappointed with their loss in the Supreme Court

A member of the Navajo Nation said hopes were high surrounding this suit after a win in the Supreme Court last week regarding the Indian Child Welfare Act. 
3 years ago
Left to right: Scott Hatfield, Greg Hughes, Becky Edwards, Jordan Hess, Kathleen Anderson, Scott Re...
Mark Jones

Delta, Utah set to host Saturday’s Utah Republican Convention

The Utah Republican Convention that will be held Saturday at Delta High School. The convention will help determine the GOP nominee in the race for the 2nd Congressional District seat.
3 years ago
French Southern Region President Renaud Muselier with Governor Cox...
Carlos Artiles Fortun and Andrew Gordon

Gov. Cox looking for trade opportunities in Europe

Governor Spencer Cox is in Europe, meeting with French and UK officials in hopes of bringing more trade to the state.
3 years ago
Utah's farm labor shortage. In a field next to Ogden River, about an hour's drive north of Salt Lak...
Hugo Rikard-Bell

Hard times in a good year: Why lifting Title 42 won’t help Utah’s farm labor shortage

A different labor force than in the past, and a hitch with the H2A Visa, impacts Utah's farm labor shortage far more than Title 42.
3 years ago
Chuck Layton, who recently had all of his toes amputated due to frostbite he endured while homeless...
Curt Gresseth

Ex-mayor Anderson says he running (again) to defeat homeless crisis

The homeless crisis in Salt Lake City is mainly what is driving Rocky Anderson to seek a third term as mayor.
3 years ago
utah 2020 debates...
Lindsay Aerts

One Republican will know Saturday if they qualify for CD2 special election ballot, here’s how they’ll get elected

By the end of the day Saturday, one Republican candidate will become the first person to qualify for the Congressional District 2 special election ballot.
3 years ago
When Rep. Chris Stewart, R-Utah, announced he would step down from his role representing Utah's 2nd...
Lindsay Aerts

Utah’s special election has national implications says GOP chair

State GOP leaders say reaction to Utah's special election is a sign the state is becoming more than a so-called flyover state.
3 years ago
Special counsel Jack Smith speaks to reporters on June 9, in Washington. Smith has begun producing ...
Tierney Sneed and Katelyn Polantz

President Trump receives first batch of evidence against him in classified documents case

(CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith has begun producing evidence in the Mar-a-Lago documents case to former President Donald Trump, according to a Wednesday court filing that hints that investigators collected for the case multiple recordings of the former president – not just audio of an interview Trump gave at Bedminster for a forthcoming Mark Meadows memoir. […]
3 years ago
Speaker Kevin McCarthy urged House Republicans to vote against the resolution brought forward by GO...
Annie Grayer, Manu Raju, Haley Talbot and Morgan Rimmer

McCarthy warns House GOP now is not time to force vote impeaching Biden

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy tells Republicans now is not the time to impeach President Biden.
3 years ago