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Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk announced five tour stops next month, two of which are scheduled at Utah universities. And the protests in Utah have already started.
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Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk announced five tour stops next month, two of which are scheduled at Utah universities. And the protests in Utah have already started.
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As immigrant arrests continue to surge under President Donald Trump, Utah National Guard troops are being asked to volunteer to help with a fall operation by DHS and ICE.
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As immigrant arrests continue to surge under President Donald Trump, Utah National Guard troops are being asked to volunteer to help with a fall operation by DHS and ICE.
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After Gov. Spencer Cox quashed two investigations into Utah's top military commander, the Army has now demoted the former two-star general to lieutenant colonel.
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After Gov. Spencer Cox quashed two investigations into Utah's top military commander, the Army has now demoted the former two-star general to lieutenant colonel.
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Ahead of President Trump announcing that he would invoke emergency powers to militarize law enforcement in D.C., Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee has led a charge to grab power back from the capital city.
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Ahead of President Trump announcing that he would invoke emergency powers to militarize law enforcement in D.C., Utah’s Sen. Mike Lee has led a charge to grab power back from the capital city.
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Democratic state Sen. Nate Blouin is calling on Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams to resign after The Salt Lake Tribune first reported that Adams had initiated a change to Utah law that helped an 18-year-old relative who was charged with child rape.
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Democratic state Sen. Nate Blouin is calling on Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams to resign after The Salt Lake Tribune first reported that Adams had initiated a change to Utah law that helped an...
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As in-person town halls have grown increasingly tense, many members of Congress are turning to telephone town halls, which allow lawmakers to reach wider swaths of constituents — and screen questions.
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As in-person town halls have grown increasingly tense, many members of Congress are turning to telephone town halls, which allow lawmakers to reach wider swaths of constituents — and screen questions.
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U.S. Rep. Blake Moore says Texas Republicans' plan to redistrict for more GOP congressional seats is a "step too far." He is the highest-ranking House Republican to denounce the plan.
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U.S. Rep. Blake Moore says Texas Republicans' plan to redistrict for more GOP congressional seats is a "step too far." He is the highest-ranking House Republican to denounce the plan.
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Utahns have faced what the state’s Division of Consumer Protection calls a “staggering” amount of losses — $32 million in the past three years — to construction fraud.
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Utahns have faced what the state’s Division of Consumer Protection calls a “staggering” amount of losses — $32 million in the past three years — to construction fraud.
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Utah law has been altered in recent years to try to account for how teens who willingly engage in sex acts should be treated by the criminal justice system.
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Utah law has been altered in recent years to try to account for how teens who willingly engage in sex acts should be treated by the criminal justice system.
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An 18-year-old high schooler was facing potential prison time and having to register as a sex offender until help came from a powerful ally — Senate President J. Stuart Adams.
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An 18-year-old high schooler was facing potential prison time and having to register as a sex offender until help came from a powerful ally — Senate President J. Stuart Adams.
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During a brief media availability Wednesday, Utah's only member of U.S. House leadership expressed concerns about how the release of the Epstein files could affect victims.
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During a brief media availability Wednesday, Utah's only member of U.S. House leadership expressed concerns about how the release of the Epstein files could affect victims.
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The now-former head of a taxpayer-funded nonprofit spent public money on vacations to Hawaii, Florida and Las Vegas for him and his wife, paid for massages and exercise equipment, made prohibited political contributions and channeled nearly $2 million t.
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The former CEO of a taxpayer-funded nonprofit spent public money on vacations, political donations and a private business he led, the Utah state auditor alleges in a new report.
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Months after a Utah marketing firm won a multimillion-dollar contract to help the state’s Republican leaders influence public opinion on their effort to wrest public lands away from the federal government, it donated $23,000 worth of its services toward.
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Months after Penna Powers won a $2.6 million contract to help GOP leaders influence public opinion on wresting public lands from the federal government, it donated $23,000 worth of services toward...
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Salt Lake City is set to be one of five new hubs for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, as the agency announced it will move “much of” its headquarters out of Washington, D.C.
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The USDA said no jobs would be eliminated but that some federal employees would be asked to relocate to one of the five new hubs, including Salt Lake City.
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Utah County’s Republican clerk is pressing the brakes on his controversial “Fast Cast” voting method meant to discourage casting a ballot through the mail, his office announced Wednesday.
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The Utah County clerk is pressing the brakes on his controversial “Fast Cast" voting method meant to discourage casting a ballot through the mail, his office announced Wednesday.
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A lawsuit against Tim Ballard that alleged the anti-child trafficking celebrity assaulted and raped his assistant has been dismissed by a judge, who sternly scolded the plaintiff’s attorneys and said they improperly used documents stolen from Ballard to.
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A lawsuit against Tim Ballard that alleged he assaulted and raped his assistant has been dismissed by a judge, who sternly scolded the plaintiff’s attorneys and said they improperly used documents...
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Several hours after Utah’s U.S. senators voted to claw back funding from the nation’s public broadcasting system, the state’s GOP governor stood at a podium Thursday for his monthly news conference broadcast statewide on PBS Utah.
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All of Utah's members of Congress have voted to move forward with allowing President Donald Trump to defund public media. Back home, stations expect their local service "will have to diminish in some...
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All four members of Utah’s House delegation voted this week to block the release of the Epstein files as controversy around the documents related to the late financier and sex offender grows.
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How Utah's house delegation voted on the release of the Epstein files.
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As Utah ramps up efforts to fast-track nuclear energy production, Gov. Spencer Cox’s administration is putting $1.8 million toward a campaign to convince Utahns it’s the right idea.
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Gov. Spencer Cox wants to spend $1.8 million convincing Utahns that nuclear energy is a good idea for the state.
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