There is a certain irony in Senate Bill 250, a piece of legislation that would allow Utah's political parties and legislators to grade its two U.S. senators. SB250, sponsored by State Sen. Howard Stephenson, R-Draper, casts a disapproving eye on our U.S. senators and seems to be critical of the 17th Amendment -- passed in 1913 -- that mandates that senators be elected by the people, rather than selected by state legislators.

CEDAR CITY — Three women died in separate traffic crashes Wednesday in southern Utah, including one that partially closed the state’s main north-south interstate for several hours and another involving a state trooper apparently responding to the scene.

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo. -- Workers are breaking up a huge boulder threatening to tumble down a cliff onto Interstate 70 in western Colorado after a rock slide that closed the highway indefinitely.

WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama is pushing a new anti-fraud plan and his top health official is challenging the nation's insurers as the administration cranks up the pressure for a sweeping overhaul of the nation's medical system.