Utah turned to by-mail ballots to raise voter participation. Amid proposals to nix that option, nearly all Utahns are choosing to use it. Our video pro Trevor Christiansen helped make a TLDR of my story: https://t.co/iXVGZI9E8T

Oh, hello! It's been a while! We’ve been deeply focused on bargaining for the past year but now we have great news to share: This morning, the Salt Lake News Guild and Salt Lake Tribune management signed our first labor contract. https://t.co/qrj7SDs3rh

As the U.S. approaches its longest-ever government shutdown, and 86,000 low income Utah households are going without expected food aid, Democratic state lawmakers are calling on GOP leaders to use Utah’s rainy-day funds for SNAP.

Great story by @emilyreanderson regarding Utahns and their opinions on political violence, per the most recent @NoblePredictive #UTPOP statewide tracker survey. It’s an insightful read! 🤓👇🏻 https://t.co/irzY0MvY8p

Here’s what may be next for Utah’s 4 congressional districts, from @emilyreanderson

NEW: The DoD asked the Utah National Guard earlier this week to gauge troops’ availability to support ICE in a two month — or longer — immigration enforcement operation along the Wasatch Front and in Southern Utah.

EnergySolutions has long used political donations for influence. But as Utah expands energy production, the nuclear services company has taken a new direction — buying lawmakers memberships to a conservative group pushing policy in nuclear’s direction.

As a Utah politics reporter, the BIGGEST factor impacting party registration here, and in some other states, isn’t even mentioned in this piece — that the Republican Party has a closed primary and the Democratic Party has an open primary.

Once-Maj. Gen. Michael Turley, his retired rank is now lieutenant colonel, determined to be the "last grade in which he honorably served,” per an Army spokesperson.

Years after Gov. Spencer Cox quashed two investigations into Utah’s previous top military leader, an Army review board knocked the retired two-star general’s rank down to lieutenant colonel following a probe of the commander’s behavior while in uniform. https://t.co/8eM7eAJzsr

Officials at DHHS and DPS said they were on standby to assist Intermountain with emergency resources, but power returned before a state response was needed. w/@carmen_nesbitt, @emilyreanderson, @samuelsski27 and @trenthead https://t.co/02Iw0B3qhp

Months after a Utah marketing firm won a multimillion-dollar contract to help the state’s GOP leaders influence public opinion on their effort to wrest federal lands away, it donated $23K of services toward celebrating Gov. Spencer Cox’s reelection win. https://t.co/xZdfbfA1Qn

Ahead of MOUs with nuclear startups, Utah quietly requested PR firms apply to get residents on board. The $1.8mil plan has ads, “educational events” and private meetings of nuclear companies, potential investors + public officials to find“mutual interests” https://t.co/IZlLeTAaYz

Dana White, who heads UFC, donated hundreds of thousands to Trump 47 Committee last year. Portions of that were passed on to state Republican parties, including $10K to the Utah GOP.

As ICE enforces Trump’s increasingly aggressive immigration policies, 4 Utah companies are making money off of contracts with the agency. One has ties to a U.S. senator, and another has lobbied Congress to put more funds toward detaining migrants.

Deluged with criticism, Mike Lee has deleted some of his posts spreading misinformation about the shooting of two Democratic Minnesota lawmakers. Lee has not apologized for his remarks, and other misleading posts blaming the violence on “the left” remain.

After he made unfounded claims tying the shootings of Democratic Minnesota state lawmakers to their Democratic governor and “the left,” Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar has a message for Utah Sen. Mike Lee: “This is not a joke.” With @RobertGehrke.

The Utah lawmaker who pushed the bill banning pride flags, setting up another standoff between SLC and the supermajority GOP Legislature, has set his sights on erasing another symbol of LGBTQ+ belonging in the capital city: Harvey Milk Boulevard.

A transgender teen in Utah had the go-ahead from the state’s eligibility commission to participate in girls’ high school sports. Even so, UHSAA would not allow her to compete and cited President Donald Trump's February executive order. https://t.co/rM16PMhlGW

In a Utah first, a lawyer has been sanctioned for filing a motion that featured a "fake precedent" invented by ChatGPT. He said a law clerk was responsible and he did not review the document before filing it with the court. https://t.co/cZ9lwuwyJV

Since last year, Utah has extended health coverage to as many as 2,000 immigrant kids at a time. But the Trump administration sent a letter this week warning the 14 states that have such programs to discontinue them, or be audited.