Lawmakers in Arkansas and Utah sent their governors legislation Wednesday banning most abortions 18 weeks into a woman’s pregnancy, moving the states closer to enacting bans that could be among the strictest in the country.
Read moreIn a concession speech Monday, ousted Republican Congresswoman Mia Love of Utah took several parting shots at President Donald Trump, the GOP and Washington politics.
Read moreSalt Lake City mayor Ben McAdams has defeated Republican incumbent Mia Love by a slim margin in a hotly contested race for Utah’s 4th Congressional District.
Read moreA Utah county took its fight of a federal judge’s redrawing of election maps – done to remedy what the judge found as racial gerrymandering – to a 10th Circuit panel, arguing the “absurd results” included a historic takeover by Navajo Democrats in a special election.
Read moreThe blue wave that Democrats had hoped would carry them to a Senate majority didn’t quite wash over the West on Tuesday night.
Read moreVoters in Utah are navigating candidates’ war of words in a hotly contested congressional race, embracing the return of a former presidential candidate and grappling with an ever-changing medical marijuana bill.
Read moreA former criminal deputy with the Utah Attorney General’s Office claims he was needlessly arrested, jailed and humiliated on a material witness arrest warrant in the corruption case of two county DAs, simply because he had an international vacation planned and asked the state to reimburse him for changes to it so he could testify.
Read moreA woman who helped kidnap Elizabeth Smart and stood by as the Utah girl was sexually assaulted was released from prison Wednesday amid concerns that she remains a threat 15 years after the chilling crime.
Read moreA group of Utah residents sued the Beehive State and its lieutenant governor Wednesday, claiming an initiative to require counties to allow medical cannabis dispensaries runs afoul of the U.S. and state constitutions and must be removed from the November ballot.
Read moreHarsh drought conditions in parts of the American West are pushing wild horses to the brink and spurring extreme measures to protect them.
Read moreScientists at the Natural History Museum of Utah on Thursday revealed the discovery of fossils belonging to a bony-tailed dinosaur with armor-like skin that walked the earth 76 million year ago.
Read moreFrom Mississippi to the open lands of Utah, millions of voters are casting their ballots in primary elections across the nation Tuesday, as Democrats in four states look for a “blue wave” to sweep open seats and counteract the GOP election upset in 2016 of President Donald Trump.
Read moreOrganizers of a prominent Utah July Fourth festival struck a deal to allow five LGBT organizations to participate in the parade Thursday, reversing an initial rejection given just hours after signing a nondiscrimination agreement with Provo city leaders.
Read moreA Salt Lake City suburb sued the Utah Department of Health, claiming the state’s newly amended administrative rules endanger patients by allowing medically untrained dispatchers to decide what type of transport patients need.
Read moreMitt Romney was forced into a Republican primary in his bid for U.S. Senate in Utah after losing a nomination battle Saturday at the state’s far-right-leaning GOP convention.
Read moreThe 10th Circuit on Tuesday upheld a disputed new provision of Utah election law that allows an alternative method for candidates to get on the ballot.
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