Politics

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis delivers the keynote address at the Utah Republican Party 2023 Organizing Convention at Utah Valley University's UCCU Center on Saturday, April 22, 2023.

‘Utah, like Florida, is where freedom works,’ Gov. Ron DeSantis tells Utah GOP during keynote speech

By Bryan Schott | April 24, 2023, 1:58 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Delegates visit with candidates at the Davis County Republican nominating convention at Farmington High School, on Saturday, March 26, 2022.

Is the sovereign citizen movement finding a home inside the Utah GOP?

By Bryan Schott | April 21, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

Gov. Spencer Cox holds his monthly news conference at PBS Utah in the Eccles Broadcast Center in Salt Lake City, Thursday, March 16, 2023.

Gov. Cox says he ‘will defend’ Utah Senate’s rejection of his Democratic nominee to Air Quality Board

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 20, 2023, 10:22 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) People march around the State Capitol in Salt Lake City in support of abortion rights on Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022.

A Texas pastor aims to outlaw abortion in towns bordering Utah

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 5, 2023, 12:00 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A long line of cars forms near Little Cottonwood Canyon during the snow storm on Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023.

Here’s when Big and Little Cottonwood canyons will get expanded buses and tolling

By Jacob Scholl | April 5, 2023, 3:08 p.m.

A sign is shown in front of Planned Parenthood Association of Utah Tuesday, June 28, 2022, in Salt Lake City. The organization is asking a court to consider granting a preliminary injunction against an abortion clinic ban set to take effect May 3. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Planned Parenthood is asking a Utah court to consider blocking the abortion clinic ban

By Emily Anderson Stern | April 4, 2023, 3:52 p.m.

From left, Millcreek Mayor Jeff Silvestrini, Midvale Mayor Marcus Stevenson and Holladay Mayor Robert Dahle.

UPD 2.0? Here’s what could lie ahead for a police force in turmoil.

By Blake Apgar | Jordan Miller | March 27, 2023, 1:54 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The governor’s mansion at 603 E. South Temple in Salt Lake City is pictured on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023.

Know a politician in Utah’s executive branch who did something wrong? Here’s how to submit a complaint.

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 24, 2023, 8:03 p.m.

(Laura Seitz | Deseret News) Utah Gov. Spencer Cox holds his monthly news conference at PBS Utah in the Eccles Broadcast Center in Salt Lake City, Thursday, March 16, 2023.

Governor urges Utahns to prepare for flooding as historic snows begin to melt

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 16, 2023, 11:15 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A Silicon Valley Bank branch in Cottonwood Heights, Monday, March 13, 2023.

Silicon Slopes could have avalanched. Here’s why banking could change in Utah.

By Emily Anderson Stern | March 14, 2023, 12:00 a.m.

(Robin Pendergrast) A person experiencing homelessness uses a discarded All-Star Game banner as part of their shelter as Salt Lake City police patrol the area around 500 West in Salt Lake City, Thursday, March 2, 2023.

The Jazz claimed no involvement in plans to get homeless Utahns off the streets for the All-Star Game. Emails show otherwise.

By Blake Apgar | March 13, 2023, 2:15 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Opponents of of SB31, the bill to change Utah's state flag express their opinion in the House gallery at the Capitol, Mar. 2, 2023. SB31 adopts the redesigned flag as the official flag of Utah and gives three iterations of the current flag historical designation.

Lawmakers approved a new Utah state flag, but now opponents want voters to repeal the banner

By Bryan Schott | March 9, 2023, 12:52 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Carson Jorgensen, GOP Chair, wearing a cowboy hat, joins delegates on the edge of a packed auditorium at Kearns High School for the Salt Lake County Republican convention on Saturday, April 9, 2022. Jorgensen is stepping aside as party boss after one term.

Carson Jorgensen stepping aside as head of Utah GOP. Who will lead Beehive Republicans next?

By Bryan Schott | March 8, 2023, 6:41 p.m.

(Illustration by Christopher Cherrington | The Salt Lake Tribune) State lawmakers passed a bill in the waning hours of the Legislature's general session Friday that would dissolve the Unified Police Department in 2025. As of Monday, HB374 was awaiting Gov. Spencer Cox's signature.

Salt Lake County’s Unified Police Department will likely dissolve in 2025. Here’s why.

By Jordan Miller | Blake Apgar | March 13, 2023, 2:28 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson, left, speaks with a few state representatives as she is escorted to her vehicle by her security detail after speaking at the Salt Lake County Republican convention at Kearns High School on Saturday, April 9, 2022.

Utah Lt. Gov. Henderson’s security detail effectively defunded by lawmakers in final budget

By Bryan Schott | March 4, 2023, 4:36 a.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) A homeless camp is cleared out in front of the Fourth Street Clinic in downtown Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023.

State might require more places in Utah to help the homeless

By Blake Apgar | Sofia Jeremias | February 28, 2023, 4:33 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) People gather for a rally in defense of abortion rights at the Capitol after the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade on Friday, June 24, 2022. According to a new national survey, 42% of Utahns “favor or strongly favor” the demise of the landmark ruling.

Here’s how Utahns and Latter-day Saints really feel about abortion

By Emily Anderson Stern | February 25, 2023, 2:50 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Participants gather on the steps of the Capitol, for the national Day Without Immigrants rally, on Monday, Feb. 14, 2022. In an op-ed published in The Washington Post on Tuesday, Gov. Spencer Cox wrote that he supports a proposal that would allow states to sponsor immigrants.

Why Gov. Spencer Cox wants to sponsor immigrants to come work in Utah

By Emily Anderson Stern | February 22, 2023, 12:54 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) Thickets of invasive phragmites choke an area of wetlands near Farmington Bay, pictured in November 2022. Phragmites can dam up water discharge and block the movement of most wildlife.

How 1983′s floods damaged the Great Salt Lake

By Jacob Scholl | April 10, 2023, 5:57 p.m.

(Courtesy the Utah State Historical Society) A 1942 image of the Utah State Training School in American Fork, where the majority of the eugenic sterilizations in Utah took place.

At least 830 people were forcibly sterilized at state institutions. Now one Utah agency is looking for survivors.

By Emily Anderson Stern | February 15, 2023, 8:11 p.m.