Utah’s members of Congress ask to meet with President Joe Biden before he takes action on national monuments. Senate hopeful Becky Edwards charts a moderate path, and slams Mike Lee as too “strident.” And the high cost of housing is pushing many renters to a financial breaking point. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Matt Canham…
A freshman Republican congressman answers a barrage of questions from constituents about his vote for a commission to investigate the U.S. Capitol attack. The Utah Jazz advance to the next round of the NBA playoffs — a team effort — but with star performances by shooting guard Donovan Mitchell. And a Tribune columnist offers her take on the importance…
Drought strains Utah’s water supplies and the dry conditions mean a severe (and expensive) fire season may be coming. Conservationists object to proposed exploratory drilling near the edge of Dinosaur National Monument. And a year after George Floyd’s death, how much has changed in Utah police practices? At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen and Brian Maffly, along…
Utah lawmakers meet in a special session to allocate federal coronavirus relief funds — but guns, masks and critical race theory end up on the agenda as well. Plus, with the best record in basketball, the Utah Jazz head to the NBA playoffs. How far can the team go? At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Bethany Rodgers and…
Utah Gov. Spencer Cox says he’s exploring the idea of paying residents to get vaccinated. Meanwhile, he is canceling coronavirus-related unemployment payments. And Utah restaurants and bars are responding in various ways to the lifting of public health orders. At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Kathy Stephenson and Taylor Stevens, along with news columnist Robert Gehrke, join…
The Utah Supreme Court rules that transgender Utahns can change official state documents to reflect their gender identity. First Lady Jill Biden makes a (very) quick visit to Utah. Senator Mitt Romney gets booed by delegates at the state GOP convention. And the LDS Church asks a court to toss out James Huntsman’s lawsuit seeking…
The Bureau of Land Management offers a $10,000 reward after a prehistoric petroglyph panel was defaced with the words “white power.” Utah’s new homeless services coordinator says that rather than building a new shelter, existing facilities need to transition people out of homelessness more quickly. And the challenge to protecting threatened cultural relics inside Bears Ears National Monument grows in…
State epidemiologist Dr. Angela Dunn announces she is leaving the Utah Department of Health. A draft audit recommends changes to some practices of Salt Lake City police. And the Utah Supreme Court considers a question central to the future of the Utah Inland Port: Who controls the land — and the tax revenue it generates? At 9 a.m. on Friday,…
A new “homelessness czar” is appointed to oversee Utah’s response to the growing number of unsheltered people in the state. Refugee resettlement groups express frustration that President Joe Biden has yet to expand the number of refugees the U.S. is willing to accept. And after three years in sanctuary in a Salt Lake City church, Vicky Chavez and…
The end of the statewide mask mandate is nigh. But Salt Lake City says not so fast. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland visits Utah as part of a review of Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments. And Weber County commissioners declare their county a “Second Amendment sanctuary.” At 9 a.m. on Friday, Salt Lake Tribune reporters Leia Larsen and…
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